Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-03
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD
AMERICANS, THOUGH DOUBTLESS
vIcroRs. LOSE VERY HEAVILY.
MANY OFFICERS IRE KILLED.
1t IL Reported That Colonel Emory
Received n Mortal wound-span-
iards suffer GreatIy-The Sun
Favors Our Boys.

| AT GENERAL SKATERS HEAD
| QUARTERS. Friday, July 1. p. NJ. BY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
| BOAT CYNTHIA TO PORT ANTONIO,
July 2. via KINGSTON. July 2. l1:So p.
| M.-General Skaters army has had its
baptism Of fire. With desperate courage
| and magnificent dash OF veterans II has
conquered the Spanish works before Sam
| tiago. and at this hour is driving the
| enemy into the streets OF the city. The
| victory was won at a heavy cost in killed
and wounded. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the loss at this writing. but it pro-
baby approaches 900. The proportion OF
officers is large.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
A partial list of the officers killed or
wounded follows:
Captain O'NeiI, Of the Rough Riders.
killed.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Lobykoff, Twenty
second Infantry.
Captain W. p. Morrison. Sixteenth In
fant=y.
Lieutenant Scott. Thirteenth Infantry,
wounded
Lleutenant-Colonel Patterson, Twenty
second Infantry, wounded in the groin.
Lieutenant Ore, Sixth.
Captain Taylor, Ninth Cavalry, wound
ed in the stomach.
Lieutenant Colonel e. II. I.iscum, TWEEN
ty-fourth.
Captain J. E. Brett, Twenty-fourth,
wounded in the arm.
Captain A. c. Ducat, Twenty-fourth,
wounded in region of the heart.
Captain Charles Dodge, Twenty-fourth.
Second-Leutenant ]. II. Augustlns,
wounded In side and arm.
Lieutenant Colonel Carel Sixth. wound
cd in the hip.
Lieutenant Mayer. Company II, Third
Cavalry. wounded in the hip.
Lieutenant Herman, Sixth. spine in
Jured.
Lieutenant Gross, Sixth, wounded in
the hip and the left leg
Captain Walker Sixth Infantry, wound
ed in the right leg.
Lieutenant Robertson, Company q.
Sixth Infantry. wounded in the right leg.
Lieutenant Purdy. Company c, Sixth,
wounded in the thigh.
y.
Captain Dodd, Third Cavalry, wounded
in the head.
Captain Carpenter, Seventeenth, wound
ed in the stomach.
Captain Kerr, Sixth Cavalry, wounded
In the arm.
Captain Torrey, shot in the leg.
Lieutenant Beraso. Seventh Infantry.
Major CorIiss, Seventh.
Captain Jackson, Seventh
Lieutenant Charles T.. Field Seventh,
shot through the FOREHEAD, fatally.
1t Is also reported that Colonel Emory
was killed.
DISASTROUS RESULTS.
In some cases every officer in COM
pany was lost. The Spanish loss must
have been heavy. The Spaniards oppos- |
Ing General Lawton's division lost in |
killed, wounded, or taken prisoners 1000 |
men. and the loss on the centre and left |
must be double that number.
The Americans had the advantage of the |
sun In the morning, which shone directly |
in the enemies faces.
The engagement opened when the fleet |
lying outside the entrance TO the harbor
began dropping shells into the lower end
of the Spanish earthworks. This firing
was from the east side of Santiago from
a hill. The eastern line of defence is |
practically wrecked.
The fighting yesterday was steady.
though the Americans were embarrassed |
by the heavy brush. The Spanards made
a brave but spasmodic defence. Much of
the Spanish firing was by volIey, while
ours was mostly at will. earn bullet being
aimed at n special target. IT Is impossi-
Bile to estimate the Spanish loss.
The hospital service is admirable.
fhnIOh lnRkinO 4. |
CAPTAIN CAPRON'S BATTERY.
At 7:20 the land engagement opened
with firing from Captain Capron's bat
terry, on the extreme right, upon the
olock-houses and entertainments before
Caney. This was followed quickly by
ATTACKS by General Chaffee
md Colonel Ludlow. who occupied a
ianklng position TO the north. The Span
sh replied with great spirit and nerve
when our shells burst directly over
heir trenches. few minutes before s
''clock Captain Grimes opened with his
)attery on. the heights TO the right OF the
main redoubt, situated in the centre OF
he Spanish line OF entertainments, di-
ectly before the city.
SPANIARDS SHOTS ACCURATELY.
The Spanish reply was immediate and
accurate. The second or third
|
irimes's guns. killing two men and
four. Both the Spanish and
american batteries used shrapnel. The
ext Spanish shell burst just beyond the
artery. and riddled a sugar-house. be-
ind which Colonel Woods Rough Riders
we're waiting a forward movement II
'as from this elevation that the English,
ierman. and Japanese military attaches
LEVIED the engagement.
WE WE'RE wORsTED.
Captain Grimes's shells, set for a range
$500 yards, slightly overshot the mark
/ was difficult to locate the Spanish
uns. as they used smokeIess powder, ana
/ this. the first artillery duel, We had ,
no worst OF 1t. Up to this time there mad
cen no infantry fire. except on the ex-
'eme right, where the Spaniards were
cling hard pressed by Generals Chaffee a
nd I4awton. 4