The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-29

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d. AT THE FRONT, On The Rio
Guiana, Monday, June 81 Per the AS
sociated Press Dispatch Boat Wanda,
via Port Antonio Jamaica. June 2S, via
Kingston, Jamaica). The American
front has been advanced beyond the
first crossing of the Rio Guiana about
mile, and a tug lies three and half
miles from the Spanish intrenchments.
Gen. Lawton's brigade rests on the
road to Santiago de Cuba. The Third
brigade, under Gen. Chaffee, the Seven
tsenth, Twelfth and Seventh regiments,
holds the trench, with his command
lying across the road and river. The
First brigade, the Eighth, Twenty-sec-
! ond and Second Massachusetts, under
Gen. Evan Clarke, lies on the left
ond brigade, the First, Fifth and Twen-
ty-fffth, occupies the opposite position
on the right flank. Gen. Wheeler, with
the cavalry, is in the rear, between
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strong line Of outposts IS maintained
here.
Gen. Chaffee's brigade, with 5000
Cubans under Gen. Aiguerra and sew
eral hundred under Col. Gonzales, was
skirmishing towards the city this
morning. The Cubans had several
slight skirmishes with the Spaniards
stationed on the hills on the American
right flank and our auxiliaries occu-
pied the block houses in that vicinity,
which were evacuated before daybreak
by the Spaniards. The latter retreated
towards Santiago de Cuba. No fatali-
ties are reported.
= Gen. Lawton, Gen. Chaffee and Gen.
Wheeler have thoroughly reconnoitered
the Spanish position and with the aid
OF information furnished by the Cubans
have very good maps of the roads and
defenses of the city.
DISTRESS IN SANTIAGO.
Much information has also been OBJ
tanned from Spanish pacificos who have
slipped out of the city and given them
selves up in the hope of getting food
They report great starvation and dis
tress in Santiago. They say the Span
ish troops are on short rations, and
that all the supplies are being held for
their use.
The sick in the hospitals, the pa
cificos say, are suffering from lack of
food, and they also report that sew
enty-seven Spaniards were killed, and
that eighty-nine were wounded, as the
result of the engagement on Friday
command.
The most startling information re-
ceived from these pacifcos is that,
since the advance begun, almost 1000
Spanish soldiers have arrived at San
tiago. This statement is made on the
authority of Gen. Lawton and he Is
also of the opinion that Gen. Pando
may be able to effect a junction with
Gen. Linares at Santiago.
There are two forts of conSidera BILE
Importance within the Spanish lines,
Punta Blanca, at the southern end
of the bay, and Santa Urusula at the
southeast corner.
On the road to Caney, on the north,
is another fort. There are about 45O
men in each of these fortifications, and
stretching around the whole city are
nine barbed wire fences, fifty yards
apart, while just inside these are lines
of rife pits.
Outside, to the eastward, about two
miles beyond the American outposts,
is line of entertainments extending
from the northern extremity of the city
to Morro castle. A little to the west
by south, at a distance of about seven
miles, by Gen. Lawton's headquar-
ters, lies Morro castle. The road to
within a few hundred yards of the bat
teries at the rear of Morro was recon-
noitered yesterday afternoon by Gen.
Chaffee and several members of his
staff
The Cubans believe that, If the water
supply of the city can be cut off, San