Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-07-06

at Aguadores. just east of MORO
Castle on the coast, have e blown
to ruins by the guns of the fleet.
With the exception of about a
thousand troops who are guarding
Baiquiri and Juragua, the entire
army is engaged, together with
1000 of General Garcia's Cuban
troops. The men taught g%loriously.
and If the same measure of success
which attended today's engagement
follows the fighting of the next "A
hours the American flag will fly from
Santiago's walls on Sunday. The
officers and men are thoroughly con-
WINGED the city will be theirs by
tomorrow night. The battle occur
red at daybreak at "a point Is miles
from Juragua. and four miles from
the outer Notifications of Santiago.
The first shot was fired from the
battery on the eXtream right at 6
O'Clock by Capt. Caprcn, whose son,
Captain Allyn Capron of the rough
riders, was killed in the battle at
Sevilla. The shot was directed at
Caney and 40 Spaniards were i'm
force and fell in the heart of the
town. The firing continued 20
minutes without response. Mean
while the cavalry division had
moved forward on the main Santi-
ago trail, headed by a light battery
of the Second artillery under Capt.
Grimes, and soon occupied Ell Paso-
81 shots were fired by Captains
Grimes and Capron from that posi-
ton into the outer Notifications OF
Santiago before any response came.
When it did come, however, it came
with unexpected accuracy. The
shots being from 3 and 5-inch rapid
fire guns, evidently taken from
Admiral Cervera's ships and mount
ed behind the fo~rtitications. The
Spanish gunners raked the hill on
which Ell Paso stands. The first
shot struck u large sugar house on
the red corrugated roof on which
stood ten Cubans viewing the fight.
The roof fell and all the Cubans were
wounded and three of them will die.
A detachment of 800 Cubans went
forward from Ell Paso and then Col.
Wood, with the rough riders, the
First and Tenth cavalry started
down the hillside straight for the
enemy's Notifications. Capt. Grimes
battery poured a steady fire into the
Spaniards to protect Woods ad-
vance. The dismounted cavalry half
way down the hillside selected a
good spot and from there opened
and maintained 70 20 minutes a hot
fire. The S~paniards pounded away
at the hilltop with vicious persist
ency, but most of the Spanish shells
went over the hill top and into the
ravine beyond. Here several de-
tachments of Cuban troops were
standing as reserves and before they
could be moved seven insurgents
were killed and several slightly hurt.
AT the same time two Americans
were killed and nine wounded.
Away to the left Gen. Lawton's
divisions with Chaffee's men and
CaprOn's battery was meanwhile
fighting fiercely with the enemy en-
trenched in and about Caney. The
S%paniards contested every inch bit
terly and fought with unexpected
GOODNESS and courage, but the irres-
istible onward movements of the
Americans slowly forced them back
beyond Caney. About IL O'Clock q
terrible fire from Capt. Capron's
guns and the muskets of the men
broke the Spanish line and the re-
treat began towards the line of the
outer Notifications. The enemy
took the trail known as the main
Santiago road, and Capt. Grimes
battery Immediately began pitching
shells after the retreating men, while
detachments of 1000 Cubans headed
the retreat. By noon although very
i'll, General Wheeler established
headquarters at the extreme front
and the center of the line and still
holds his position. The hardest
fighting of the day seems to have
been on the right flank and heavy
are expected from there.
The advance there was more rapid
than at other points on the line and
General Chaffee and his brigade was
the first to Cross the little San Juan
close to the line of the outer
Notifications. At 2 O'Clock Caney
had not been entered by the Ameri-
can troops, but they had pushed on
past it and it was theirs any time
they chose to march into it.. At this
hour Gen. Shafter, whose head
quarters for the day had been three
miles to the rear, went forward to
assume personal command of the