Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-12
GENERAL TORAL.

fantry. Wounded-Lieutenant N. ].
Lutz, Second infantry; Private Charles
jerks, Company A. Second infantry;
Private Charles Lentki. Company B.
Second infantry, and Private Nelson
Gilbert, Jr, Twenty first infantry"
This indicates that severe fighting
certainly took place during the bonn
bardment If not before it, There is lit
tie reason to doubt that the attack Is
general today, though SO far no dis
patches whatever have been received
from the front. General Shafter sent
the war department word that he in
tended beginning the attack Monday.
put this intention.
The war department also made public
the following dispatch from General
Shafter:
playa del Este, July 1O.-The navy
has promised after the bombardment
begins to get in close to the harbor with
some Of their light draft boats. II the
bombardment tomorrow is not quickly
conclusive, they will make the attempt.
AS soon as Henry's endorsements ar
rive we will surround the town and can
knock 1t to pieces with our light guns.
Captain Goodrich Of the st. Louis as
sisted me very ably in disembarking
troops. My plans for tomorrow are to
keep up the bombardment of the
trenches and city and complete the in
vestment on the northwest by the troops
which have just arrived at Siboney, one
regiment of which, the First Illinois,
has now reached me-"
There were many inquiries at the Of
fee of the adjutant general, beginning
In the early morning, for the latest dis
patches. To all Of these but one an
swer was returned: General Shafter
had been given free hand to deal with
the situation, subject to but one condi-
tion-namely, that the Spaniards In
Santiago must be captured and he had
not informed the war department as to
the details of his plans further than
was indicated in the dispatches receiv-
ed from him yesterday
spaniards Must Not Escape.
The officials here do not conceal their
apprehension that the enemy may es-
cape from Santiago under cover Of
darkness, and are consequently relieved
each day when the dispatches from the
front show that they still occupy the
Town. Ic IllIIl6SlL WdS SO
much concerned over the possible es-
cape of the Spanish force that he direct
ed the sending Of explicit orders to Cen
eral Shafter to prevent 1t at all hazards.
General Skaters available force to-
day, after counting all re-enforcements
and deducting the dead, siok and
wounded. Is 22,S50 fighting men, accord
Ing to military estimates. This Is based
on an estimate Of 10000 men in General
Skaters original expedition and about
IL, 900 in various expeditions which have
gone since then, making in all $4,000
men. Against this, however, must be
deducted the casualties in the fighting
thus far, and also the men confined to
the hospital by sickness. The deduction
Is roughly estimated at 5000, leaving
about $4,000 men available today as the
fighting force Of the American army.
Captain General Blanoo is making
desperate efforts to get in supplies
through the American blockade lines.
Inspired by the successful attempt of
the Purisslma Conception to land sup
plies on the island of Cuba, he is now
causing to be loaded another steamer at
q Mexican port with the intention of
running the blockade and bringing in
1000 ana ammunition TO the beleaguered
capital. This is large ship of about
$500 tons. and she already has taken on
a bountiful supply of food and is ex-
pected to load 100000 cartridges. The
craft Is believed to be the steamer Mon
tevideo, now at Vera Cruz, and protests
have been lodged with the Mexican gov
eminent by the American consul there
against the clearance of the vessel
The Montevideo is an auxiliary cruis-
er of the Spanish navy, it is said, and
carries considerable battery, includ-
Ing two Hontoria guns and secondary
battery, which would make her a most
formidable opponent for most of the
smaller United States craft now en-
gagged in blockading the southern coast
OF Cuba and off Havana, for 1t is gath
cred that the monitors have been with
drawn and are now at Key West. No
tice of the vessels movements will be
communicated to the blockading squad
ron promptly, and it is entirely improb-
able that she will be able to repeat the
feat OF the Purissima Conception.