The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-30
THE FINAL ATTACK
NAY BE DELAYED.
Dynamite and Calling Guns TO De
Usei to Clear the Trenches
Used by the Spanish.
MORE SPANISH TROOPS
REINFORCE THE CITY.
Starvation There Staring the People
In the Face The Health Of the
American Army Excellent
Cubans H. Good Trim.

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Copyrighted. ls9s by the Associated Press Z
AZ the front on the Rio Guayama, :
Monday, noon, per the Associated Press ,
diapatch boat Wanda to Port Antonio, q
Jamaica, via Kingston, June 2s The {
American front has been advanced be- 3
yond the first crossing Of the Rio Quay. J
ams about mile, and tug lies three
and half miles from the Spanish on. ,
trenohmenis.
General Lawton's brigade rests on the ,
road 20 Santiago de Cuba. The Third
brigade, under General Chafee, the
Seventeenth, Twelfth and seventh rcgi.
ments, hold the trench with his com.
mand lying across the road aud river.
The First brigade the Eighth, Twen.
ty.second and Second Masslchusctts- :
under General Evan Clarke, lies ON the
left bank, slightly In the rear, and the
Second brigade-the First, Fourth and I
Twenty-hfth occupies the opposite po-
si.ion on the right flank
General Wheeler, with the cavalry, !
Is in the rear between the Scvilla hills q
and the Rio Guayama.
A strong line Of outposis Is main. Z
tanned. General Chaifec's brigade with ,
5000 Cubans under General Aguirrc,
and several hundred under Colonel Con. I
zales, was diminishing towards the city.
The Cuhans had several slight skir.
mishes with the SpAniards stationed on I
the hills ON the American right flank,
and our auxiliaries occupied the block
houses in that vicinity which were eyac-
uated before daybrcak by the spaniartl.- -
The latter retreated towards S>-7ac.
de Cuba. No fatalities aro.fslS - /. =.
General IAwtol n ans rsssl ~.
General W. an anec ss-ronghly
.a-.'-.~.u years s.si.h position
Par laformation furni.
- have very good mar
Ind defensos OF the city.
IN information has been obtai
..om Spanish pacihcos who have slir
out OF the city and given themselves
They report great distress in santi,
They say the Spanish troops arc ON i
rations and that all supplies are
Mer. ing held for their I'd NM,
inal The sick in the NNshe paci,
'n''on say. are suffering frcn.-.N .of food.
they also report tha, n spAniards W
v killed and that ~ were wounded as
result OF the engagement on Friday "
own Colonel Young's and Coloucs Woo
igars, commands.
The most startling information
= tanned from the pacihoos is that ii,
tho advance began almost sO.OOo sn,
ish soldiers have arrived AZ sap,i.,,
. Cuba This statement is made ON ,
authority OF General Lawton. and be
also OF the opinion that General pan
may be able to effect A iunc,,o, -,
General Linarcs at Santiago do cr'
- There are two forts OF considerable !,
porlanee within the Spanish lines pr
"a blanco, at the southern e,a =, !,
bay and Santa URSULA, at the soutbe,
corner. "' j
On the road to Caney on the north
Tort Thercarc about l5O men IN "a,
- OF these Notifications and stretcb,,
- around the whole city are nine barho,
- wife fences, five yards apart while M
inside these are lines Of rife pits On On
s'de' TO the eastward, about two mil,
beyond the American outposts. 4 a li,
- OF entertainments extending fr,,n a.
norihen extremity Of the city TO Mo,r
IN castle. ''o'i
a ii''le west Of south, at a distance a
20 ABOUT seven miles from General law
% tons headquarters lies Morro castle
w Inc road to within 100 yards OF tho h,,
VIZ series was reconnoitercd by Gonen
q. Chaffee and stan recently.
Tho Cubans believe IL food can BE- cul
90 on santiago must yield. They say Ger
vera's entire fleet except the torned,
oo ooat destroyer Terror, is in the hnrbor
IN NO aggressive move by the American,
on Is anticipated for several days. The road
90 70 the base of supplies must be greatly
~ improved before the onward movement
" can be safely made.
AT present it taxes the quartormastcr'
department to the utmost to get proyis.
ions and ammunition.
General Garcia, with 800 men WIN
landed Yesterday, is expected TO reach
> The front today. The Americana are in