The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-07


New York, June IA special from
Kingston, Jamaica, reports that 5000
United States troops have landed near
Punta Cabrera, little to the west of
Santiago de Cuba, where a junction was
effected with General Calixto Garcia's
army of 5000 insurgents. 1t is added
that the landing was effected under COW
er of fire from Simpsons fleet. With
the troops were several heavy siege
guns. The normal force Of the Span
iards in the City of Santiago de Cuba.
is 25,0O0 men. OF these only 5000 are
regulars. Five thousand are volunteers,
like our national guard, and the rest
are the Spaniards of the city given
arms and pressed into service. Ad-
miral Cerveras fleet brought over 49,
600 Mauser rifles TO arm these raw
levies. Other Spanish troops are being
hurried from Guantanamo, Holguin and
Manzanillo to reinforce Linares' army.
The reinforcements will be harassed by
the Cubans, who have been marching
into Oriente as fast as they can be
armed with the rifles furnished them
by the United States government
Warships Cover Their Landing.
More United States soldiers are COM
ing daily. Their landing is perfectly
protected by the guns Of the American
fleet The transport Resclute, formerly
the Yorktown, with 500 men, field artil-
lery and ammunition, was at Hole st.
Nicholas. 1t is conveyed by the torpedo
boat destroyer Mayfower Commander
Mackenzie of the Mayhower refused to
tell whittier he was bound, and nobody
from the troopship was allowed on
shore The obvious des ,ination is San
tiago. Among Garcia's Cubans are the
! 400 men under General Lacret, recently
sent over in the Florida. Karl Decker,
Evangelina Cisnero's rescuer and See
ley. who won fame by the Little Egypt
dinner in New York, are with Lacret.
! There are no roads in eastern Cuba
| but there is a good horse trail from
Punta Cabrera through pass in the
mountains to a valley, by which access
may be gained to Mount San Pablo,
that overlooks the City of Santiago. and
other heights that command the har-
Dor forts. The Cubans have accom-
plished wonders in the way of building
a road for the American artillery. They
were directed by officers of the United
States engineer corps, and what with
bridges. slides and corduroy roads Of
palm trunks the American cannon is
probably rolling into position over the
rough country.
Land Defenses of Santiago.
The Santiago forts were built with
reference to sea attack alone, so the
heights that command them from the
Landslide were left entirely unguarded.
The guns of MORO and Socapa only
| point out to sea. If the Americans can
only seize these hills and plant batter
les there the forts can be made unten-
able. With the fleet at the same time
pounding away from the sea they will
not last any time. Since the attack on
| Santiago became a known design Gen
eral Linares has thrown up earthworks
on these heights and built blockhouses.
| These hasty defenses are all surround
ed with barbed wire and bitches. On
these high points the fiercest fighting
will be done. Ii will take gallant
charge to carry them, for the Spaniards
| fight well behind walls. General Linares
sent troops to Punta Cabrera to oppose
| the landing of the Americans, but the
| fleet shelled the woods and the Span
| iards fell back to make their defense
| out of the range of SIMPSONS guns.
| The heights west of Santiago are all
| ablaze every night with the signal fires
| of the insurgents. The Spaniards are
making no attempt to dislodge them.