The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-29
ADVANCE OF OUR ARMY
A DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT NOT *
PEcTED FOR SEVERAL Days.

IA DECISIVE ENeAGEMsNT. NOT *
PECTED FOR SEVERAL Days.
Gen. Lswson'6 Brigade 0ccuplss u Or. qua.
tao spapisrds Retiring 10 savlns, Nine
miles f-om sa.tlrgc. Who're Thry WIZ
5ako stspd-
The advance Of the american army
has reached the edge Of the tabIe!and
IN whirh ths harGor Of Santiago de
Cuba !!.S Here, Z miles from Moro
Castle as The crow flies, The main body
OF the troops has united, aud the Span
iar6s are infull retreat toward Santa
60 de Cuba. They may attempt 8
surprise, but decisive engagement IS
not expected for several days.
General Law!on's brigade, which
rested Thursday night ct Demsj,y
ahO. four miles vest Daiquiri, resum-
ed march at daylight. Eafore noon
lis brigade, consisting Of The Twenty.
second infantry, The First infantry,
tie Second Massachusetts volunteers,
with companies Of the Eighth ca7alTy,
!,&if OF tho Fourth cavalry and several
companies of the HweGty ffGh color
eGj cavalry. occupied SUragua, fTe
miles beyond, and the American flag
Was hoisted there
The SoaDiart!s retired before the ad-
vance, which was covered by Cuban
Skirnishers, burning the biockhouzes
rs they went Col. Wagner, with g
small reconnaissance Yarty OF about
fnr;y men, brushed against the l2Gk
OF . retreating Spanish column, two
hundred strong, at firmez2s. a doz-
cn shots were fred by the Spaniards,
Col Wagner fell back. Bsiora Gen.
arsl Lawlon could bring UP the
Twenty second, the van regiment, the
.Scaniards had decamped westw&.d
JIragua was abandoned by General
iinaras and j, 200 Spanish troops with
such haste ih&t they had 10 tine 10
turn tue town, though az Intellectual
effort was made tc destroy The iccomo
lives OF the railroad snd the rolling
sock. General Linares retreated &c
Savilia, SIX miles Yves. OF Juraeua By
read and nine miles from Santiago de
CUBE.
4 detachment OF 10 Cubans, under
Col. Aguicra, collided with the Span
isb rear guard The Cuoans lost t1o
men killed and had seven men wound
ed The Spanish loss is not known.
.Ooe Spaniard was machetsd. General
iChaffae, with the Ninth cavalry, the
r. sm2inder OF the Eighth and Fourth
and Seventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth
infantry, reached Juragua at dark.
Genera! Bates, with the reserve OF
the IwenIie:n infantry, and Cci.
Woou's Ncugh Riders, dismoUnted,
with dyn&nlte gun hurried forward
from Bs!quirl st 5 . clock, proceeding
by forced msrcheS.
When the couriers brCUghtth news
that Juragua had been occupied, the
troopship which had not disembarked
their troops steamed to Juragua, with
the view CT landioe them there, bat
the heavy sea besting on the beach
madei it Impossible 10 get the boats
through The surf. Dispatches of Gen
eral Linares winch have been captured
indicate that the Spaniards were Or,
dert to retreat toward Santiago de
Cuba.
The Cpbans expect the first stand to
be made at SavIlIa, and they have
proved good prophets in the past.
General Lawton'S men are badly fagg-
ed By forced marches and the iltence
heat. Their raIions ars almost ex.
h&usted. They started with three
days supplies, and further food could
not be landed today; but psck train
will be sent for ward.
Strong outpos.s are maintained IN
order to prevent surprise, and Jura-
gus is also under the protection of the
guns Of the warships. Thus the flank
OF the advancing American column is
safe. The Spaniards. to attack our
troops, must make a forced march
through an s!mcst impsEetrable un-
dergro Gth.
There were only two casualties dur,
ing the landing OF the sEcops az Bal
q2iri, Corporal Coz b and Private Eng-
'.s2 Of troop d, Tsnlh cavalry Color
e.. fell between a aJigbIer ard the pier
C4ot&Ia O,N-iil, Of Woods Rough
l..l.rs. plvrg9d iLt> the sea at the
..laK oi his HE, bat the men were
crushed before he reached them.
0'Neill was former mayor OF Tucson
ARR.
Several horses and mules were
drowned while swimming ashore
through thcs surf.
General Garcia army offoUr tGoUs-
and me2 is TO be conveyed by trans.
ports from Aceberros and landed at
Ba;quirl tomorrow, TO join the t8elve
hundred uuder General Castillo and
10 CO operate with the American
:roops. The moyeman: today also
amounts TO 2 change OF base.
a brisk musk etry tire w&S heard IL
the direction OF SAviIla SIS The Nauat
less left at DARK.
SpsnIsh grisonors.