Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-07-05
OUR LAND FORCES TO BE GIVEN A REST.
Reinforcements are now Being Rushed to Cuba to
Strengthen Our Army.
FOREIGN FLEETS WITHDRAWN FROM MANILA.

Chaffee was wounded slightly, a rife
bullet cutting through his foot,
but he will not be compelled
to leave the field. The only
SEVERE FIGHTING DURING THE DAY
occurred when the Spanish fleet was
leaving the harbor. The enemy evil
IDENTIFY attempted to divert the atten-
ton Of our troops, but the Americans
responded SO willingly that the fire soon
ceased and was resumed only at inter-
walls during the remainder of the day.
Last night the only aggressive move
which the Spaniards made resulted in
their severe defeat. About 10 o'clock
the enemy came out of the bitches
about the city walls In large force and
dashed straight for the American lines
In one or two places our men fell back
from their positions but quickly
RALLIED AND DROVE THE ENEMY
back pell nell into their own bitches.
The Spanish losses must have been
frightful, as they were exposed to ter
rifle fire for quarter of an hour. The
losses ON the American eide were very
light as our soldiers lay in rifle pite and
had every advantage. The most daring
Spanish forces are the sharpshooters.
They take their positions almest at the
wall and from dense tree tops do execu.
tion with smokeless powder. making it
difficult to locate them. Several times
they shot into General Skaters tent,
which is several miles from the front,
and they have infested the trail for ten
miles between Juragua and the out
posts. One OF the most
HORRIBLE FEATURES OF WAR
is that dozens OF men have been killed
as they lay in litters and that surgeons
wearing the emblem of the Red Cross
Society upon their arms have, been the
special objects of attack. The number
of the killed and wounded for the eweek
reaches tonight about 1900. No effort
is apparently being made by our
officers to expedite the listing
of the casualties and not fifth
of total names are known even to com-
manding officers. Already
800 GASES HAVE BEEN HANDLED
at the hospital, where the men have
been brought because of overflow from
the hospitals at the front. ALI the
wounded here are recovering. There
has been only one death since the hos
pital was established, that of Private
Meyers, Of the Sixth Infantry. which
occurred today. He was shot through
the body Adjutant Wood, of the
Ninth Cavalry, who was shot through
the face and not expected to recover,
is improving rapidly, and will be sent to
Key West next week. There has been
much conjecture today as to whether
Lieut.. M. A. Mabon, Tenth Cavalry,
acting as typographical officer of the
staff, made maps Of the trails before
Fridays battle. He has been at work
most Of the time, in and around the
Spanish lines. He almost always re-
fused an escort, and though he had
been shot at several times, he has not
been wounded. Thursday, white out
with two men, he encountered a de-
tachment of Spaniards and an officer
and
TOOK THEM ALL PRISONERS.
A total of 900 prisoners were cap
tured in the battle of Caney, Friday, OF
whom forty-five were regular Spanish
soldiers in uniforms, two were officers
and the remainder were armed resi-
dents of the town. Nine wounded men
were left in block house, attended by
native physician. The other prisoners
were brought to Juragua today, in
charge of Captain Macarthur and two
companies of the Thirty third Michi-
gan, which camped along the railroad
The Cubans followed them In greai
crowds and hurled epithets at the
| frightened captives. All the soldiers
belonged to the Twenty ninth Spanish
regulars and expected to be killed.
SURRENDER DEMANDED.
In advance of American lines sever
miles South of Santiago July 4. vi;
Port Antoni0.-At noon, yesterday
acting under instructions from: Wash
4 ington, Major General Shsfter, com
mander of'the troops, sent letter t,
General Linares in command Of tn
4 Spanish forces, demanding surrende
| Of the city. The message was delivere'
| by Col Dorst. Three hours elapse'
before firing could be stopped.
SURRENDER REFUSED.
{, General Linares responded promptl
with an absolute refusal to surrender
Shafter at noon today notified Linare
J, that unless Santiago surrendered, hol
tIlitiee would be resumed al. nos
! Tuesday. Up to this evening Li41re
/ Ihas not replied to the second reQues
for the surrender of the city. Confel
ences with the Cons1Is of forelg
!, powers have been conducted near Ger
Il Wheeler's headquarters. Consuls sci
there were 81 900 men, women an
4 children, foreign subjects In the cit,
: and requested cessation of hostilitif
In ordes TO enable them to be remove