Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-07-06

| Oeneral Oracla reported ne nOld
the railroad from Santiago to Sa
Lucis, and has burned q bridge an(
removed some rails; also that Genera
Pando has arrived at Palma, aud thai
the French consul with about foul
hundred French citizens came into his
line yesterday from Santiago; have
directed him to treat them with every
courtesy possible.
SKATER.
Major General
sTRoSGHoLDs HAWK FALLEN.
The Spanish Strongholds of Caney
and FL Paso have fallen, and the fort
at Aguadores, just east Of Moro Castle,
on the coast, has been blown to ruins
by the guns of the fleet. With the excep-
ton OF about a thousand troops who
are guarding Baiquiri and Juragua, the
entire army is engaged, together with
4, 1000 of General Garcias Cuban troops.
The men fought gloriously. The bat
tie began just at daylight at point
about eight miles from Juragul and
four miles northeast of the outer for
tifcations of Santiago. The general
order for an advance was issued by
General Shafter at dark last night, and
by midnight every mi an in the army
know that desperate Struggle would
come with the dawn.
THE FIRST SHOT.
The first shot was fred from the |
battery at GAO by Captain Capron,
whose son, Captain Allyn K. Capron,
Of the Rough Riders, was killed at
5evilla. The shot was directed at
Janey, where the Spaniards were in
orce, and it fell in the heart OF the
own. The firing continued for twenty
/
minutes without response. In the
mean time the cavalry division had
moved forward on the main Santiago
rail, headed by a light battery of the
econd Artillery,under Captain Grimes.
he movement of this battery was a
eartbreaking task, owing to the mud
the valley and steep hill. Under
he Spsn'ards in the little town OF Ell
aso rstreated, and Captain Grimess {
'ttery took up position there and Z
gan rapid firing INTO Caney. The .
lbs of the two batteries made the U
ace so hot that the enemy fin ally re- d
ed, having no artillery. "
The town was surrounded by rough
rthworks and lines of barbed wire.
A RAKINe FIRE. be
After the enemy had been driven sh
I'M Ell Paso twenty-one shots were or
sd by Captain Grimes and Cap tain r.
prom from the position into the outer ~
ti6cations Of Santiago before re- VII
'nse came. When it did come, ha
yever, it came with unexpec ed ac- boz
cy, the shots beng from g. and ter
lch rapid-fre rifles, evidently taken No,
m Admiral Cervera's warships and ~
united behind tho Notifications. The POI
Inish gunners raked the bill on GOV
oh were the headquarters of Gen. mis-
8 Garcia, Castillo, Capote, and Rab. T
shell struck large sugar store cur
Sc, on the red corrugated roof of
CHI stood ten Cubans viewing the VI
t. The roof fell and all of the IN
ans were wounded, and three of bro
n will die. wat
THE ENEMY RETREATS. oooc
way to the left General L,wton's
sior, with Chaffee's men and Ca exp
s Battery, was mean time fighting deer
ely with the enemy entrenched in the |
about Caney. The Spaniards con- as I'll
d every inch of ground bitterly, side,
ought with unexpected GOODNESS ,,non
courage, bat the irsistible onward uPon
ment of the Americans force them
treat. Al
IL o'clock the terrible fire from
lin Capron's guns, and the mus 'no,
If the mtn, broke the Spanish to tn
md retreat began toward the There
outer Notifications. The enemy the b
he trail known as the main San b;s .,
road, and Captain Crimes Bat 49,. y
Immediately pitching shells in anu d
OF the Ietreating men, while CLIQUE
lment of 1000 Cubans, headed can "
rcia, started to cut of the retreat severe