The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-01
spANIARDS MAKE NO STAND
rVENIY FALLING BACK BEFORE
THE AMERICAN ADVANCE.

srcee Guns stII Five Miles behind
tbc Observation-Disclosures OF the
Army Going on as Fast as Possible
IN the Vicinity of AquadOres.
shafter Takes Up His Quarters
with wheeler at the FrOnt-Caney
evacuated by the Enemy.
c,opvright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
on Board the Associated Press Dispatch
Foat Dandy, Off Juragua, Province of
Santiago de Cuba, Wednesday, June 20,
D. m, via Kingston, Jamaica, Thursday,
June 80, Il a. m.-The forces of the Ameri-
can army are being modified as rapidly
as possible in the vicinity of Aquadores,
four miles from Santiago de Cuba. The
moment the tedious task is completed the
attack on Spain's last ditch is Eastern
Cuba will be begun. When that will be,
Gen. shafter himself cannot say.
The troops can be moved without seri-
Gus delay and are pushing forward rapid
", but the movement of the pack trains,
wagons, ambuances and artillery is tax.
ing the skin and endurance of the officers
and men to the utmost
From Baiquiri, where the artillery was
tiOn, the road runs through tangle of
tropical underground up and down steep
hillsides and over treacherous sWamp-bor-
dered streams for distance of over twelve
miles Through this continuous thicket
the rear guard of the army is cutting its
way.
Engineers are at work levelling the track
and filing pits, while a large force of
regulars and volunteers with axes, aided
10y Cubans with machetes, are hacking
down trees and clearing out the brush.
few light guns have already reached this
point The siege guns are not yet within
five miles of the vanguard.
Cen Shafter left his ship to-day. and
took up his quarters with Gen. Wheeler
al the front. His appearance there gave
rise to the runor that an attack on San
tiaso would occur tomorrow, but the staff
officers tonight say ii is Impossible to get
the army in shape to strike a blow for
several days.
About 2,000 troops are camped four miles
east Of the besieged city, and the remain
der OF the forces stretch along the road
from there to Jaragua and Baiquiri. The
advance forces are in a semi-circle, the left
flank resting about two miles from those
under Gen. Chahee. with the extreme right
under Col. Mills about . mile TO the north
west.
Beginning with the Twelfth Infantry at
the extreme left, the Seventh. Seventeenth,
Fourteenth, Twenty and Tenth In
faniIy extend to the right In the order
named. Beyond them, picket lines are es-
tdbhshed three quarters of a mile nearer,
Sauusao city being in plain sight of Gen.
Shaftcr ana Col. Mills troops. Much
amusement has been caused among the Of
ioers by the large number of Red Cross
flags flying from buildings in Santiago
Seven such flags could be counted to-day,
and it is reported that two more were
HOlSied tn-ntChf "a oil Hxrin
the largest and most prominent buildings,
and our officers say the Spanish soldiers
evidently intend to thus try to protect
every place in the city offering a good
mark for the American artillery.
For the past day or two the landing
alaces have been without incident. The
hospital corps has finished It's camp and
several patients are already undergoing
treatment. There are quite a few cases
OF measles under the care of the physi-
cans but majority of the cases of sick
ness result from the heat and extreme
hardships the men have undergone partic-
ulafy in waiting for shelter and food
curing the landing off Santiago.
Ihe fleet lies silently and grimly wait
lns for the moment TO come when it shall
nAa.ly measure its strength with the har-
Dor batteries. All day long four Ameri-
Sdh men-of-war lay within a mile and a
haIf Of Morro's guns, but not a shot was
e&changed. The sailors on board could al
most nave exchanged words with the SOL
oiers ashore, and the fact that the Span
lards did not risk a shot or two is taken
70 Indicate that perhaps they are very
short of ammunition
Inc Iowa, Massachusetts Indiana and
New Orleans could easily have been Kit
as they lay almost motionlees within .uch
easy range, but Fort Morro might have
neeh country school house for all the
hostile demonstration it made.
rrrsa- u -
son today that the Spanish supply boat
Furisslma Conception, which escaped
from Jamaica recently, has arrived safely
at tunas, the port oS Sancto Spiritus, on
11e southern coast of the province of
santa Clara The naval officers here are
nneh chagrined at the fact that the
steamer got away.