Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-06
AT TEE FRONT,
Nav. From Dur Army That Il Vow En-
camp.d All Around the Clf1
Of san tiHgn.

r,IIy 6-lt is now known IAaL r@HGI -
PandO has succeed ii n rea'nIHz Inv
belenguered city with force estl MA F'-
ar !. 400 men. General Shdftef mas re-
uortet Pnna0's arrival to the war oe-
partnlent. and Is L consequence F--='i
fOrcerents VIII be rushed 90 n4ln a.
once. It ha. been hoped that LlnAfea
would be- without help IN tile approach
Ing struggle, BUT P1nd2' arrtV 4 mas Al
tered circumstances i i.trIe.
Az noon Sunday. acting Undsr m
srructions from Washington. MAJOR
General Shafter, the commander u the
American rrocps. sent letter 70 tT'sn-
ara Linires. IN command II the sran i
ign forces defending Santiago, demand
irr the surrender 81 the CRY. The mes
sage was delivered by Colonel Dorst'
Three hours Elapsed before the Hrln&
could be stopped. General LInAres re-
spond4d promptly with an absolute re-
fIsaI to surrender.
General Shafter at noon Monday re-
peated his demand Tor the SURRENDER o.
In. city and notified General Linare*
that unless Santiago surrendered hos
tlIties would De- resumed at noon on
Tuesday. Conferences with the c0uaul-
ducte,. near General Wheelers head
quarters. The c0nsuls said there Tere
81. 900 men. women and children, foreign
subjects in th4 city, Ar! thy r4q'ies ted
a. cessation Of h0stilicies in order 70 en-
able them to be removed outside SAINT
ago and 10 be placed under the crocec
ton Of the United S5ates. This vas der
tnitely refused by the American com
n7ander. who declined to accept any
such responsibility. The consuis -=rt
toll! that It rested with them to insiai
UPON General Linares surrender. The
conference WAS resuret a. 0'c!oCk
Monday morning, whel the insults ax-
pressed grave doubts as To General Ii
Mares surrender on account Of the "a >
kilograms In regard 70 Spanish vtcsorte:
and yellow fever among the American
troops sent daily TO Madrid. which
caused. the Spaniarts to think they
dare not surrender ana return t. spain.
Tn. British Earships Pallas ma Alert
and the Austrian varshtp Mari. The
-ssa have been allowed by Rear Aintra.
Sampson to 4ntar the barber 0t Sarri-
ago ie Cuba and remove f0reiG1 SUI
jects Ou4 BclttsI, Vessel has already
cleared Tor Kingston. jamaica
Although the trlrg continued all day
Sunday 3etvaen the outp0sts very little
damage was done a either side. Gen
erA ChaEee vas WOUNDED slightly, L
rita bullet cutting through his 1cot, but
he vas not compelled u leave the f-ld,
The only severe firing during The day
occurred vte1 tie Spanish 1sec was
leaving the harbcr The =ranly =v:i4ltly
atren1pt4,. 10 divert The attention II aur
TROOPS, but the Americans Responded! So
willingly that the ire soon ceased ami
was only resumed at intervals during
TIL. remainder Of the day.
Sunday GIT the only aggressive
movement the Spanish had made r.
suited in THAR severe defeat. A. about
10 O'clock thu aaeyny came cut Z the
trenches about the city walls : large
force and dashed stra ght for he Amer
lean lines. IN 1ne u two places our men
Eel back from th4tr PCS tio1, hut quick
" raiIi='. and drove ne enemy ha,'t se,l-
r7eI into their own bitches. The span
tsh losses must have been fri-htfui az
they we're exposed to i terrific fire SCR &
quarter OF an hour. Tha losses 60 the
American side were very light, az our
soldiers lay n the rifle pits and had ev-
cry advanta~e.
The most DARN OF the Spanish forces
are the sharpshoorecs- They take thAt-
positions almost at tn wall and from
the dense tree tops Do execution with
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