The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-08-23

self would DO tnat same uay, some
regiments Al cannon having already
advanced. In the extreme vanguard,
in sight OF the fortified Spanish out
posts, was Colonel Carlos Gonzalez,
commanding division of Bayamo, and
part of the brigade OF Ramon de las
Taguas.
con the 30th l encamped with my
| forces at El Salado, nine miles from ST.
honey and four and one-half miles
from Santiago, where General Shafter
established his headquarters. At 3
o'clock in the afternoon 1 received or
ders to place myself at MarianaJo, be-
tween Caney and San Juan, to protect
againS any attack from the enemy the
batteries which were going to fire on
both points, should the enemy come
from Santiago.
AT the commencement OF the at
tack on Santiago there were $4,000
men In the American army. There
were 1000 Cubans under my immediate
| orders around the city At $50 in the
morning Of the first OF July began
the march toward Marianajo and at
o'clock / had already occupied the po-
sitions allotted to me.
AZ - ClDth lHe american DdIIeTleS
fired on the Notifications of the hill OF
San Juan the Spaniards answering
with their artillery, and shortly after
ward fire also commenced from the bat
teries against El Caney the garrison
of the place answering with heavy fire.
At p. m, after a gallant assault, the
| Americans took San Juan, It's garrison
| being either killed or made prisoners,
except a few who had escaped to San
tiago de Cuba. At 6, after repeated as
! saults in which the Cuban forces under
Major Duany took part, the Americans
occupied FL Caney.
'The garrison Of the village perlshed
mostly in the assaults, and those who
escaped died on the field, among them
J General Vera del Rev, who was al
ready fatally wounded. The enemy at
! tempted to make a sortie from Santl-
ago, and was repulsed. This day Cen
eral Linares, commanding the garrison,
| was wounded in the trenches Of San
| tago, and turned his command over to
General Toral
"The Americans advanced to the su-
| burbs of the city by the road leading
| from Caney, the vauqushed being the
Cuban forces under Colonel Gonzales.
Our losses the first day of July were
about 100, all our forces being under
the enemy's fire.
General Shafter ordered me to oc-
cupy the right flank of his army on the
advance on Santiago, and I made
night march, camping at 10 o'clock the
same night, after ordering some forces
almost on to Santiago.
"At dawn of the I'd 1 continued to
advance by the right flank toward the
north side Of the city, General Cabreco
| going with his division in the vanguard
| and at the extreme of the same General
| Sanchez Hecheverria with his forces.
| When General Francisco Sanchez ad-
vanced by the railway line on Santiago
on the morning Of the I'd, he met four
guerillas who fired on our forces, which
returned the fire and killed them. Col
| onel FerrerO, advancing by the right,
met and defeated a guerilla band on
! the hill OF Quintero, occupying the posi-
tion which we held, as also the height
! OF La Carload.
During the whole day Of the 2d heavy
fire was exchanged with the enemy in
Santiago who from the fortihcations
fired with rifles and guns at our po-
sitons. We had ten casualties. This
day the French colony left the city
|
country, taking shelter under our flag.
My forces slept in the positions occu-
pied, within rifle shot of the city.
"On the morning of the Sd there was
firing with the city. At 10 o'clock the
| Spanish navy weighed anchor from the
bay of Santiago, where 1t had been for
| some weeks, and within one hour It
was destroyed by the American men
of war. Admiral Cervera, with his Of
ficers and seamen, about 600 escaped
to and west Of Santiago, but the Cuban
forces on the coast compelled them
to surrender to Colonel Jose Candel-
ario Cebreco, who afterward delivered
| them to the Amercina navy"
Then follows a detailed report of the
dolngs of "our forces" up to the sur
render Of Santiago and the statement
| cOncludes
THE American government has de-
cided to occupy the city of Santiago at
| present with two regiments, and as
General Miles has not given me orders
to cooperate in any further operations
retire with my forces to their respec-
tive territories"