The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-05

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vt Gen. Shaftcr's headquarters Frl-
day. July /. + p. H., by the Assoclated
Press DESPATCH boat Cynthia to Port
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Julv > 11:3O D. m.-Gen. Shafter ar
my has had its baptism of ire. WITH
he cSpcrate courage and magnificent
dash of veterans it has conquered the
Spauish works before Santiago ana 1T
This hour is driving the enemy into the
streets of the city. The victory was
won at = heavy cost in killed and wound
oil If * impossible to estimate the loss
at this writing but it probably ap-
uroachcS 800. The proportion Of officers
is large.
\ partial list of the officers killed or
wounded is as follows:
Captaiu O'NeilI. of the Rough Riders,
killed.
Lieutenant Colonel Lobykoff, Twenty
second infantry.
Captain w. Z. Morrison, Sixteenth IN
fantry.
Lieutenant Scott, Thirteenth infantry
wounded.
Lieutenant Colonel Patterson. Twenty
second infantry, wounded Ill the groin
Lieutenant Ordc, Sixth.
tapIdll 1iSlOl' Nlh'h
cd in the stomach.
Lieutenant f.. H.. Liscum, Twenty
fourth.
cant J., +. Brett, Twenty-fourth
wounded in the arm.
Can't. A.. c.. Ducat. IWenty-fouftn
wounded in region of the heart.
Can't. Charles Dodge Twenty-fourth
Second Lieutenant j. I'll. Augustine
wounded in the side and arm.
Lieut.. Myer. Company II, Third cav
airy. wounded i'll hip.
Lieut.. Herman, 9Th. spine injured.
Lieut.. Gross, 9th, wounded i'll the mp
and left leg.
Capt. Walker, 9th infantry, wounded
in right leg.
Lieut.. Robertson. Company G, 9th in
fantry. wounded III right leg.
Lieut.. Purdy, Company Z, 9th, wound
ed i'll thigh.
Capt. Morgan. 3rd cavalry.
Capt. Dood, :ird cavalry, wounded Ill
head.
Capt. Narpenter, 18th, wounded IN
stomach.
arm.
Capt. Torrey. shot in the leg.
Lieut.. Bcsaro. 18th infantry.
Major Corliss, 18th.
Capt. jackson, 18th.
Lieut.. Charles t.. Field, It'll, sho,
through the forehead. fatally.
1t is reported that Col. Emory was
killed.
In some cases every officer in a com
pany was lost.
The Spanish loss must have been
heavy. The Spaniards opposing General
Lawton's division, lost in killed. wounded
or taken prisoners. 1000 men. The loss
Oh the centre and left must have been
double that in number. Our troops took
position during the night although, Gen
Bates reserve did not come UP until
morning. General Lawton's division on
the extreme right, supported by Captain
Capron's battery; General Kent's divis-
ion in the centre and General Wheelers
division on the left supported by
Captain Grimes battery planted on Il
hill, formed Il line which stretched
across the whole width of the rayine i'll
which Santiago lies. behind which III the
shelter OF an old sugar house where the
rear cavalry division was maSSed. were
General Duftieid's Michigan volunteers
who moved out at daylight. over the
line of railroad from Sihoney.
Immediately i'll front of Gen
cral Lawton lay Caney. surround
ed by ~blOckhouScS and e~ntrcnch-
ments and against this point were the
operations directed. Beyond the San
Juan river. two thousand yards before
the centre and left, lay Il line of en-
trenchmentS Il mile west of the city.
These two divisions were covered by !;
heavy tangled underground between tho
San Juan and the Rio Guiana.
, The Americans had the advantage of the
sun i'll the morning. which shone directly
in the enemy's faces. The engagement
opened when the feet lying outside the
entrance to the harbor began dropping
shells into the lower end of the
Spanish earthworks. This firing which
was entirely by bearings was not
effective. At 7:2O the land engage
ment opened with firing from Capt
Capron's battery on the east and righ1
upon the blockhouses and entrenchment>
before Caney. This was followed quick
W by simultaneous attacks by Gen
Chaffee and Col. Ludlow, who occupie,
Il thanking position to the north. TIL,
Spanish replied with great spirit ano
nerve when our shells burst dircctl,
over their entertainments. \ few min
utcs before s O'Clock Capt. +. Crime.
opened with his battery on the heights
to the right of the main redoubt situate,
i'll the center of the Spanish line o.
entertainments directly before the city
The Spanish reply was immediate an,
wonderfully accurate. The second O
third of their shells broke over on Capt
Grimes guns. killing two men ant
wounding four. Both the Spanish an,
American batteries used shrapnel. Nh,
neXt Spanish shell burst just beyon,
the battery and riddled Il sugar house
behind which Col. Woods Rough Rider,
were waiting Il forward movement. 1
WAS from this elevation that the Eng
lish, German and Japanese military at
taches viewed the engagement.
Capt. Grimes shells, set for Il range o
$500 yards. slightly oyershot the mark
1t was difficult to locate the Spanish
guns. as they used smokeless powder
and in this the first artillery duel w,
had the worst Of it. Up to this tim,
there had been no infantry fire except Oh
the extreme right where the Spaniard
were being hard pressed by Genera
Chaffee and Lawton.
About $50 a balloon was sent up i
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