The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-13
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in ths hands Of the Americans The ar
rival OF rsinforcements has enabled Gem
eral Shafter to stretch his line around the
city, and its investment is now complete.
| The situation Ia now such that it Is i'm
possible for General Toral to receive rein.
forcements, while 1t is almost eq ually i'm.
possible for him to leave the city.
The line Of decentralization Is some
what weak In spots. but should the enc
my attempt to make sorlie, reinforce
ments could be speedily thrown wherever
they are needed. Our Cuban allies are of
much use in completing the Investment of
the town.
Tho plan of General Shlfter contemplate
cd reopening 'ha bombirdment as soon as
1t was possible for the gunners to sec plain
iy this morning; but for some time q
heavy mist hung over tho mountains and
valleys, effcctually shutting out from view
the Spanish lines about tho city.
1t was not until o'clock that the rays
of tho sun dis,ipatod the vapors so that
objects could DO seen at distance. Then
the American sunners received orders to
reopen their fire upon tho Spanish defenc,s
and the city itself.
General Shafter had determined that am
mun'ion should not DO wasted, and he,
therefore, gavo orders that each gunner
should PICK out some particular object
and destroy it.
General Randolph's battery of field
pieces. which was planted on tho centre of
our line on the ridge surrounding the town
to the cast, was The first to open fire Tho
other bat; cries followed ut comparatively
long intervals
The firing WAS very slow, but. at tho
same time. extremely accurate Ten min.
utes elapsed between 10 discharge of each
gun; but when it was fired the missiles
sped true to their marks Tho damage to
property in the town was enormous.
The Gatlng euhs OH the firing line werO
not in action to-day. The infantry fro
was directed solely at Spanish sharp shoot
ers, who, fhidden in trees, sought to pick
Oh our men. particularly tho handling
the guns
Several Of thes, Spaniards wcre seen to
plunge headlons from lhoir hiding places
to The ground good proof that our shots
had found them inthelr places of coucea..
ment.
The dynaiaite gun of the Rough Riders,
in charge of Scrgraat Hlllust Als1p Bor-
rowe, WAS used effectively to-day against
the enemy.
The Spanish defense was lulicrous.
only four shots were fired from their bat
terios in reply TO our gunncr4, and these
did no harm villa ever.
IL is believed that tie ammunition Of the
Spaniards is getting low and that they arc
rcscrvng it for uIc III tho cven' OF II gem
erhl assault by our troops, an idea that
General SKATER abandoned several days
ago.
His plan now is to harass the enemy |
with a continual fire from his batteries, |
and to have tho infantry Use their rifles
only when they hAvJ Tho enemy in plain
sight to aim at
Tho change in tn, plan Of campaign is
due to General Shaftnr's knnwIols &c that u
general engagement would prove 700 cost
ly in lifo on the American side and his
belief that the same end can he attained
by harnssing The enemy ind destroying his /
drIrnCei n sato range
Playa Del Este, Guantanamo 3ly July
- -CaptAlu Young, Of the !lislon Mon
day morning, while Off santa Cruz, sue
cccdud III cutting the cable connecting Ht-
wanna with Santiago, JT way of Cienfue-
90, Trinidad, Iura., and MuHzrnillo
Then lie cut off !G) feet of Tie strand and
to we'd the ends in opposite di eItlons. each
lyr IL coupe Of mile.
SUIT Against la EourEosEe Owners
ph;ladrlphn July l3-Churias Llebre,
the philauelphinu who escaped from the
wrGc& OF tho BJHrgrSur, arrived in toHu
last evening.
Before leaving New York city he with
several OF lht Survivors Il the disaster re.
thiDeu iaWyor, TO prosecute their claims
for damages against the Cnmpn-uir Gen
prule 1ransntltn ic Iii .brcs sui5 vii! DO
made u tcat-case and viii be entered for
80 DO
LiebIc. in addition to l0o5lng his two
rs, Paul and Ernest, lost some valuable
property.
I,ehro sal he was able to get his two
boys into one OF tle LUnt5, and had plenty
OF ti:np TO dress them before placing them
there.
There was no room in tho boat for him
20 h. left his boys to the tender merCies Of
Wild nni wave.
lie witnessed the cnpsizng of that boat,
but WIS unable to get near his sons.
LicbIc confirms the story Of brutality on
The Part Uf the c'rW AMI Austrian sailors
Hcaasrr's haI tho nurdaiors acts Of tho
sailors killed Barrett. OF this CRY
Joseph WushruW of No 26 Market street