Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-01
CAPTURE OF CANEY.
This is the Object OF the Attack by
LawtOn's Division.

LawtOn's Division.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Off Juragua, Province of Santiago de
Cuba Thursday, June 80, pm, per the
Associated Press dispatch boat Wanda, via
Port Antonio, Jamaica, July /, am, and
Kingston, Jamaica, July 1, S:15 am.-Over
fifteen thousand American soldiers, includ-
irg all the regular troops now operating in
Cuba, and three volunteer regiments. sup
ported by four thousand Cubans under
General Garcia, lie tonight within view of
the Spanish entrench11ents north and east
of Santiago de Cuba, ready for a forward
movement in the morning which may lead
Immediately to general assault upon the
city.
The advance will be made by General
Lawton's division, forming the right wing,
and if the Spaniards show signs of re-
treating or circumstances otherwise war
rar; it. General Wheelers division and
General Kent's division will doubtless join
in the advance, endeavor to drive the
Spaniards before them. and enter the city.
While the movement may not reach this
eAleHl tOIlOTIOW llS puTpOSG Is " lOTCe lie
5000 men of General Lawton's command
two miles further forward than they are
now, to the little village of Caney and oc-
cupy the ridge overlooking the city and
harbor, from which our artillery fire can
be rained upon the Spanish entertainments
in front of the city and upon the large body
of Spanish soldiers holding them.
Further Advance.
1t may be that they will be satisfied to
accomplish this movement in one day and
then postpone a further advance until the
light artillery and siege guns can be placed
in position on the ridge and preparations
can be made to pour deadly fire of shell
and shrapnel into the entrenchments, dis
lodging the enemy and enabling the main
body of the American forces to carry the
city by storm.
1t is believed that as General Lawton ad-
vances General Kent's DIVISION on the left,
will attack Aguadores, on the sea coast,
four miles east of Morro Castle. which
would give army a case much nearer
Santiago than the present one at Juragua.
Until today our men at the front have
been subsisting on half rHtions, but, owing
to the excellent work of Colonel John Wes-
ton, chief of commissary@ department. sup
plies have been sent to ahe front by pack
trains with great dispatch all the day and
night, and our soldiers sare no longer in
want Of food. Though they have been
drenched with rain for4several days and
have been suffering from, lack of sufficient
food the spirit of our soldiers is all that
could be desired, and they are eager for
the general attack UPON the enemy's
stronghold.
Went to the Front.
The Sd and Goth Infantry, the last regu-
lars to remain at Juragua, went to the
front today, and the 33dt Michigan and one
battalion of the 34th Michigan will break
camp early this morning and join General
kents division on the seacoast, leaving
nothing at Juragua except supplies and
large field hospital in charge of the chief
surgeon of corps, prepated to attend the
wounded who may be sesIt there from the
field hospitals at the frcht.
With our troops closing in on the Spanish
entertainments and lyins almost at the
gates of Santiago, supp 5rted by the great