Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-29
DELAYED BY SUPPLIES.
sp,vIARos RECEIVE RtlNfoRCEarNTS.
Oh 600 sicn said TO Have Entered SANTA
go-Dimcuitics tho American
Army Must Meet

taTut Jaflultas VIA hluEHhfls '"i'i"''Nf
Junc s.-tcopyrlghted. SOS. by the As
.,elated Press 1.-The American front
tss been advanced beyond the FIRST
,r,sslng Of the Rio Guiana. about a
mile. and tug lies three and onc-half
ples from the Spanish intrcnchments.
Gen. Lawton's brigade rests on the
r,,d TO Santiago de cuba. The Third
brigade under Gen. Chance. the Sew
,rtccnth. Twelfth and seventh regi-
penia. holds the trench. with his conn
mand lying across the road and river
The First brigade. the Eighth. Twcn-
,y.secoud and Second Massachusetts,.
under Evan Clark IL on the loft Of
the bank. slightly In the rear. and the
second brigade. the First Fourth and
Twcnty.nfth. occupies the position op-
posltc the right flank. Gen. Wheeler.
with the cavalry. is In the rear. be-
tween scvlna hills and the RIO Guiana.
A strong line OF ouiposts Is maintained
ahead. 1000.
hams under Gen. Agulrra. and several
hundred under Col. Gonzales, are sllir-
v,lshinR toward the city this morning.
nI.shea with the Spanlarda Htntioned ON
ne hills. ON American right hank. aud
our auxIllaucs occupied uie block
house In that vicinity. which was cvac-
mated before dnyhruak hy che span.
iaria The latter rctreutcd toward
SANTIAGO de Cuba. No fatalities are
tcn. i.awton. Gen. Chafrce and Gen.
wheeler have thoroughly tccunnlltcrcd
the Spanish position, aud with the AID
cf Information frunlfhgd by the Cue
bans have very good maps of the roads
and bitches Ia the vicinity. Much In
formation has also been obtained from
Spanish paclncos who have Slipped
out and given themselves up in the
hops M obtaining food. They report
starvation and distress In Santiago.
They say the Spanish troops urN 900
fhirt fatlona. and that all the supplies
are being held for their use. The
sick in tho hospitals. tho pacihcoa say.
are suffering from lack ~ food. ana
they also report that seventy
Sranlnrla were killed and that eighty
nine were wounded aa the result ~ the
engagement on Friday last with Col.
Woods and COT YounF'n commando
Tho most startling information OBJ
tanned from the pacinCol Il that since
the advance began. almost 10000 Span
inh s1ldiofa have arrived ut Santiago
de cuba. The statement IL made on
the authority Of Gen. Lnwtnn. and he
~ also Of the opinion that Gen. Plndp
may b. able 10 erect q juncture with
Gen. f.lnarcs nt Santiago de cuba.
There are two forts ~ considerable
Significance within the spanish lines.
punta blanca, at the southern end ~
The bay and Santa Ursula. AZ the
Hnuthpaat corner. on the road TO
Cancy. on the north. ~ another fort
There IRE about $50 men In each of
- "a 80 A fs.sH
around the who'll city nre nine barbed
wire fences, nfiy yards apart. while
Just Inside thrae lines ARE rifle plta.
outside, 60 the eastward, about two
miles beyond The American outposts.
is n line of entrenchmenta extending
from the northern extremity " the
city 10 Moro Castle. 4 little west ~
rnuth, nt dlnthrFe ~ about seven
miles from Gen. Ltwton'a hoadquar-
frru lies Morfu Castle. The road 10
within few hundred yards NJ the bat
terrier az the rear of Moro was recon-
u1ltercd yesterday afternoon by Gen.
chance and several members OF his
Hhn.
The cubans believe that n the water
supply Of the city can bee shut on. SAN
tiaro Will have 10 Yield at once. They
cay that Admiral Coryern'H entire fleet
except the torpedo boat destroyer Ter
nor. Is In the harhnr.
ihe reports that guns have been taken
frum the ships 20 strengthen tho de-
fausrH on land lie says lt would b.
impossible for AdmlralCervcra 90 reach
thg position ~ the American army with
Dis big guns from whore the spanish
ships lie.
80 nggrcrsive move by the Amcr-
cans n anticipated Tor several days.
The road To the base ~ supplies must
b. greatly improved before the onward
movement can be safely made. AZ
present II taxes the quartDrmAHtef'H de-
partment 10 the utmost 10 got pro-
visions ana ammunition. Last nlght
ono pack train arrived with supplies 10
last tonight and ~ this dirpatch II be-
ing written another train Of nmmuni-
ton la coming In.
a battery OF Calling guns ana dyna.
mite runs attached 10 the rough riders
has been moved 90 Gen, Wheeler's
ramn There N no high ground In the
present position whore llOtchklFH OF
Calling guns could be- put In position,
but a little further on n ground where
guns can he mounted ana from which
an effective fire can he directed at the
Spanish entertainments.
There were no alarms last night
Many ~ our officers are amazed. NJ
they have looked for a resistance To-
our advance, The ground over which
thty have Travelled could have easily
been defended. but the Spanish have
steadily retired, not even attempting
70 harnFs our nnnk, az the columns
moved on through a natural nmhuscad-
Ing country, Apparently Gen. Llnnre>
prefers 10 place faith Ia the dofenHes
" tho city md Intends 10 make
'lHHt ditch FIGHT" ~ II, A few though
only q few-hOld 10 the theory that he
docs not propose fighting az all,
Gen, Garcia. with 900 men, landed
Yesterday and expected In reach the
iupi today. The Americans ARE I'm cX-
t..'rnt spirits and there n q remark
nhn lack ~ sickness. Thus FAR th>
water supply has been good and thors
nav. been no bad effecta from the
changes except q few eases NJ dyson,
,rry There WAS a brief rain squan
last night
~ noon today Mat. Coolidge received
orders 10 clear the road h1vlnd m"
mont, whore the stream doubles bach
h1y.H NJ Tor the advance NJ artillery
dynamite gun ard a llotchklss gun
VII ho nut In position
Gen Wheeler who made recon,
tn."lnce Tor half mile hevond the
,htWlHh line this morning, nndlng that
y. Wi4 unable 10 obtain the desired
WOW through the luNurIant tropiCu
lI1nH dlsmounted ana climbed
utr A major GENERAL Of the United
l'"1 army IN the forks Of tree
,4NnNlnr The Spanish uutnostH through
y. he'd glnssrs wnH a spectacle thHt
.le lme idea of the wonderful en-.
i} M The dnHhing rN-Confcdorutc
'NlIfy londor This feat NJ agility In
, U.H oa years Of age put 20 the blush