The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-26
The Enemy Was Driven from His PO-
sItiOn Which Was Strong.
WOOD OCCUPIES THE GROUND.
Lighters are Needed at Once to Unload
artiIIery-The Voyage Was Sue
cessful-Ianding is Difficult on
Account of the Heavy Surf,
Spanish Positions Were
All Bombarded.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Three dis
matches from General shafter regarding
the engagement between the Spaniards
and the American forces were made pub
lie at the War Department to-day. The
first reached the Department at noon and
was as follows:
PLAYA DEL ESTE. June 2-Adjutant
General, u. S. A., Washington: Baldulri,
lime 2f-Further news from General
Wheeler places our loss in this morning
firing at about ten killed and forty
wounded. Captain Capron, First United
States Volunteer Cavalry. killed Wound
ed Major Brodie. Captain McClintocx
and Lieutenant Thomas (received mere
Thos. and supposed to be an abbrevia-
tion). FIRST United States Volunteer cav
alrv. Major Bell. Captain Knox and Lieu
tenant Byram, First United States Caval-
~ Captain Knox seriously; Captain
wainwright, formerly reported wounded
,s uniniured. The names of the others
killed and wounded are not yet known
SPANISH POSITION STRONG.
The Spaniards occupied a very strong
and entrenched position on "a high NIL
the firing lasted about an hour ana 'he
enemy was driven from his POSITION
ubich is now occupied by our troops
about a mile and a half from seviiia'
The enemy has retired towards santiago
de Cuba. err,urrR
(Signed) 90, tbo,,gn
The second dispatch received thousn
apparently written before that gwen o"'
earlier in the day. follows:
FOR GOOD POSITION.
r,1,.., nal Este .June
,atutant-General. Washington
Haiouiri. June "a: In pushing out 10
occunv a good position near Seyilla' 10
1T and entrench until supplies and ar
tilIerv could be Iarded, Fourteenth ana
sro,tb cavalry Csourteenth, apparently
is =, n,sstake) and Woods Regiment had
a eki-r,,sh. enemy was driven from MS
nosition. and General Wheeler reports ne
nov occupies their ground. Nolnl q
Major Bell, Captain Knox Capldln
yvsinvrieht. Lieutenant Byram, Frst
Cs,,oirv and n number OF men, Above
names only given. Lighters and steam
tnes asked for this morning should be
sei,s ls,anoS2 az Y,'''' sHAFTER
THE VOYAGE.
The third telegram made public is::
PLAYA Del Este, via Hayu.
June .. 1898.
Adjutant-General. U. s. Army Washing
ton, d. c.:
Baiouiri. June 23.-Had very fine yoy-
age. lost less than fifty animals SIX OF
eight to-day. Lost more putting th'"
through the surf to land than on trans
ports. Command as healthy as when we
left. eighty men sick only deaths TWO
men drowned In landing. Landings dlih-
cult. coast quite similar to that In vicin-
ifv ~ san Francisco, and covered with
dense growth OF bushes, landing at Bal
ouirl unopposed. All points occupied by
Spanish troops heavily bombarded py
navy TO clear them out. Sent troops To-
ward Santiago and occupied JaraBua
CITY. a naturally strong place. thlS
morning Spanish troops retreatlng as
coon as our advance was known. Had
them about six hundred. all told. Rail
road from there i'm. Have cars and en-
gine IN possession.
DIsEMBARKATGON.
With assistance OF navy, disembafked
six thousand men yesterday and as many
more to-day VIII get all troops OFT To-
morrow. including light artillery ana
greater portion OF pack train. probably
all OF it with some Of the wagons. AMI
mails have TO be jumped 10 the water ana
flowed ashore Had consultation with
n. at p. NJ. on 2Oth twenty miles west
of Santiago. These officers were unani-
mously of the opinion that landing should
be made east OF Santiago. 1 had come
TO the same conclusion.
TO COMBINE WITH GARCIA.
General Garcia promises to Join me at
Jarugua City tomorrow with between
three and four thousand men, who will
be brought from west Of Santiago by
ships Of the navy TO Jarugua City and
there disembarked This will give me
between four and five thousand Cubans
and leave one thousand under General
Rabi 10 threaten Santiago from the west.
General Kent's division is being disem-
barked this afternoon at Jarugua City
and will be continued during the night.
The assistance of the navy has been
OF the greatest benefit and enthusiastic
cally given. without them l could not
have landed in ten days and perhaps not
at ell as / believe ! should have lost
many boats in the surf. At present want
nothing: weather has been good. no rain
on land and prospects for fair weather.
(SIgned) SHAFTER,