The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-08
.,SANTfAG0tS~
=. ATTACK.
General Shafter and Ad=
,miral Sampson to Re-
duCe the City. 90

HBefore Santiago, July 7, by way OF
Playa Del. Este, July S.-General Pando,
1t Is understood. has left General Toral,
commander Of Santiago, in the lurch.
Pando is said to be making his way as
fast as he can across country toward Ha.
vaua. The achievements which General
TOral was counting upon have not arrived.
The situation Of the city Is moro desper-
ate than ever Tie Spanish losses have
lsen heavy. They grow greater every
day. Ell g.
The food supply In Santiago Is low, and
It's understood that the ammunition Is
running short. The American position Is
being hourly siren gthened.
Tho cable operators who left Santiago
on Wednesday have been sent back, in
order that General foral may be able to
communicate freely with General Blanco
and The Madrid government.
The prospects for the equalization OF
Santiago Without further fighting grow
with each hour Of delay. Tho Archbishop
Of Santiago has appealed to General
Blanco to surrender the city.
General Toral has been officially inform.
cd by General Shafser Of the complste de-
struction OF the Spanish feet and that the
American warships are now free to CO.
operate with the army IN tho reduction of
Santiago He has been given such Tina AS
uo Ihuy ucein proper W COuSluor Uue du-
Visibility Of captivating with his CART.
son.
Although General Toral Is apparently
anxious to resist to the bitter end, the ut
ter hopelessness Of holding out against
siege by land aud sea must be forcing it.
self upon him
Firing was not resumed today, although
tho truces are supposed to be ended.
:. Washington, July s.-Despatches have
lna t, ~,
effect that the army and navy will make
joint attack on Santiago to morrow at
noon.
8General Shafter, after many days OF rest,
will come up against Santiago the second
time much refreshed, and reinforced to the
extent Of ut least q, 500 troops. These. added
to the 10, 900 United States troops already
under him and the 5000 under General
Garcia, will bring General Shafter fight
ing force up to about 80. 900.
The troops cut their way through Gar
cia's mon at San Pedro, northwest OF I'll
Caney, where junction was formed.
abou; 5000 coming from Guantanamo and
about 1000 from Holquin. This inform a.
ton was given by an official posted in
these details and upsets the hitherto accept
cd theory that tho reinforcemeuts came
from Manzanillo under Pando.
From these must be deducted 100
The total regular force under General
Linares in the city Of Santiago was II. 45O,
including thirteen at!alions of infantry,
SEQ men each; four squadrOns Of cavalry,
IS men each, and one battery, 100 men.
To these must be added the recent rein
forcements, computed at about 1000 men.
The fact is, the troops from Manzanillo,
about 1000, have not yet arrived at Santi.
ago, but are near there, nor has any force
under Garcia boon on the west since they
were brought hence IN transports to the
Siboney country on the east. Putting to-
gether all these figures Linares mny, with
in the next forty.eight hours, count upon
about 23 O0D men, exclusive of volunteers.
They will leave about 2 $50 men in the
Holguin division and about 500 men in
Manzanillo division. There are other
Spanish regular troops In the province, in.
Guiding the light division under General
Bernal, to the number of about 1000.
OF the regulars under General Shafter,
about H. 900 are armed with the krag- Jor
gensen rifle Tho volunteers are armed
with Springfelds and are the Second
Massachusetts, Seventy-flrst New York,
Thrty,third Michigan. and Thlrty-fourth
Michigan and Ninth Massachusetts.
The expedition about to arrive in Santi-
ago carries the first Illinois, tho First Dis
trict Of Columbia and $50 of Skaters reg
ular infantry recruits
The six light batteries Of six guns each
which the department thought had gone
by the Unionist, Specialist and Comanche
it turns out now had not gone up to this
morning, but, according to Il despatch re-
ceived to-day, it was expected they would
get off to-day.
Tampa, Fla, July S.-The steamship
Mascotte, which arrived here with mum.
Der of those wounded at the battle of San
tiago, had on board Captain J B. Kerr,
Second Squad. Sixth Cavalry. He tells
graphic story Of the bravery OF tie Amer
lean soldiers who forced the Spanish
trenches IN tho face of scathing fire. He
gave the loss of officers as forty per cent.
Of the total, and stated that whenever
man was exposed wearing shoulder straps
he was shot down by tho Spanish sharp
shooters alta mile and a nalf as thong he
were but that many rods.
The negro troops are said to have fought
like demons
Manila Bay, July Shy way of Hong Kong
and Paris, JulyS
General AguinaldO has issued a procla.
nation in Spanish and Tagal (he native
language) announcing the birth of the
Philippine Republic. of which he assumes
n bp Pre- ilnpt