The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-20
LOSSES IN ia DAYS WAR.
Total on Both Sides Less Than That
of Single Battles.
From the New York Times.


commanders have received the order to
cease firing, It is possible to reckon up
with some degree of accuracy the loss of
life and limb in the ia days war. Desul-
tory fighting may continue for some days
between Cubans and Spaniards in the Gu
pan interior. Admiral Dewey and Gen.
Merritt are still ignorant of the steps ia
Ken toward peace, and dispatches indicate
| that there has been pOst-protocol fighting
about Manila. Aside from the possibilities
OF loss thus suggested the Army and Ma
| Wy departments are in possession of nearly
| complete lists of casualties on the Ameri-
| can side, and of more or less accurate es-
inmates OF losses inflicted upon the Span
iards. The double total is probably less
| than that of single battles in our civil war.
Inc spanish casualties are, of course, far
| greater than ours, but are difficult to esti-
mate because of conflicting reports The
| hrst defenders of Spanish honor to fan in
| the war were undoubtedly killed at the
bombardment of Matanzss, on April q, the
| war having been declared by Congress to
| have commenced on April 81
| shortly after this the cruiser New York
| fought some Spanish cavalry at Cabanas
| thirty-eight miles west of Havana with
out sustaining loss, and on May l. Dewey
won his world-famous victory off Manila.
after stopping for breakfast when half
| way through. The loss on the Spanish side
footed up 400 killed and over 800 wounded
! The American casualties consisted of the
| Wounding of six seamen.
Among the Spanish wounded were the
two commanders of the Castillo and the
| Don Antonio de Ulloa and the executive
officer of the Reina Christina. The cap
| tain, chaplain, clerk and boatswain IF
the Reina Christina were killed. few
days later Dewey captured the gunboats
Leyte and Callao, and the spaniards cap
tured the American bark Saranac.
| Inc Nicksburg and the cutter Morrill,
engaged the Santa Clara batteries off
| Havana on May without sustaining in
! jury -Four days later came the fight in
| Cardenas harbor, in which the only Amer
lcan naval officer to be killed In the war
met his death The cruiser Wilmington
| torpedo boat Winslow and gunboat Hud-
son had entered the harbOr to attack some
Spanish gunboats. In the fight a shell
burst aboard the Winslow, killing En-
sign Worth Bagley and four others The
| Spanish losses in Cardenas included one
medical officer, three sailors, two women
three children killed; wounded unknown
| The day of this skirmish was also the
| Gay on which the cruiser Marblehead the
gunboat Nashville, and the auxiliary
| cruiser Window attacked some Spanish
| troops behind improvised breastworks at
| Cienfuegos. One seaman was killed and
another was so badly hurt that he died
| t9AtSAs Cdpl. hdyudfQ ana Lieut.. Gamer
| on Winslow, both of the Nashville were
! slightly and Robert Volts of the Nash
vile, Herman w. Kuchneisted, John Davis
| and John T. Doran of the Marblehead
| and William Levery were seriously wound
! ed. Many other Americans received trif-
ing wounds. The Spaniards lost 300 kill
| ed and many hundreds wounded
| SIMPSONS bombardment of San Juan
de Porto Rico, an engagement satisfac-
| tory In its results, took place the next
day, the Iowa, Indiana, New York, Ter
ror, Amphitrite, Detroit, Montgomery
Wampatuck and Porter Joining in the ut
tack The enemy responded with a
heavy fire, killing Frank Widemark.
seaman on the New York, and the gun
ner's mate on the Amplitude, and wound
! ing seven. The ships We're uninjured The
| Spanish governor general reported the cas-
ualties in the town as eight killed and
| thirty-four wounded.
! A second minor attack on Cardenas took
| place in which seven Spaniards were re-
| ported wounded, and on May 81 Comno-
| dore Schley bomDarded the Santiago for
| t.hcations, firing on Moro Castle. La To-
capa and Punta Gorda. Our forces were
unscathed and the Spanish loss was re-
ported heavy. On June Sampson took
turn a the forts, silencing them without
sustaining loss. On the Spanish side Col
Ordonez, Capt. Sanchez, Lieut.. Yrizar and
| Officers Perez and Garcia were wounded
An ensign and five sailors were killed and
sixteen sailors wounded. One infantry
man was killed and twenty wounded.
Five American ships bombarded Cal
manera, IN the Bay of Guantanamo on
! June 7, and forty marines went ashore
there from the Oregon three days later
| Then they were joined by 600 more ma
rines from the troopship Panther. under
| Lieut. Col Huntington, and the Marble
| head, Vixen and Dolphin ran tlp the bav
To fire. an fha ateE,
! first battle of the marines took place June
| II, when Assistant Surgeon John Blair
! Gibbs of Richmond Va, Sergt. Charles II
Smith and two privates We're killed. The
Spanish loss Is unknown. In the next two
or three days fighting, in which the ma
| rines did gallant work, Sergt Mai Henry
| Goode and Private Tauman were killed
and five privates wounded. There were
/ also some Cuban casualties.
SIMPSONS next bombardment of Santi-
ago resulted in the killing of an officer
and three men and the Wounding Of an
| officer and twenty men. On June 13 the
! Yankee fought a Spanish gunboat off
| Cienfuegos, and Scion =. Kennedy of this
city was wounded. Three DAYS later the
| Spanish general Joval was killed in a
naval ATTACK on Santiago. A gunner was
| killed at target practice on the Yankee
| by an exploding she'll
Then Shafter effected a landing in Cuba
and moved upon siboney, and the army
| took up Its share of suffering and danger
| The daring and famous charge of the
| Rough Riders and the Tenth Cavalry and
| First Cavalry an Sevilla Heights near
Siboney, when 1000 Americans fought
| twice their number, took place on Tune
"a. The killed included Capt. Allyn X.
| Capron, Sergt Hamilton Fish, Sergt.
| Marcus d. Russell all of the Rough
Riders; Capt Maxlmiliano, Corpl White
of the Tenth Cavalry, Corpl. Doherty. and
| ten privates. Maj. Crow, Lieut. Col.
Alexander o. Brodip, Capt McCnntock
and Lieut.. Thomas Of the Rough Riders
and Maj. Bell, Capt. Knox, and Lieut.
| Byram Of the First Cavalry were wounded
and forty-six other soldiers. The Span
| ish lost 2S5 killed and wounded
| The Texas shelled the Santiago batteries
| on June %, when a 6-inch shell killed
| Apprentice Frank =. Blakely and wound
| ed seven eeamen. Shortly afterward
| Thomas Levalley OF White Plains, N. y,
| died in the Key West hospital OF appen-
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