New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-07-06
AN EARLIER REPORT.

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WASHINGTON, July 5. From the
heat and carnage of the battlefield OF
Santiago, General Shafter has sent the
following dispatch summarizing the
situation. It is dated Playa del Este,
July 8: a.. .." ....'...: g..
We have the town we'll infested in, the
north and east, but with very thin line
Upon approaching it we find it of such a
character and the defense so strong it will
be impossible to carry it by storm with
my present forces. Our losses up to date
will aggregate 1000. but the list has not
yet been made. But little sickness out
side of exhaustion from intense heat, ex-
ertion of the battle and the almost con-
slant fire which is kept up on the
trenches Wagon road to the rear is kept
up with some difficulty on account of
rains, but will be able to use it for the
present. .
General Wheeler is seriously i'll and
will probably have to go to the rear.
General Young also very i'll, confined to
his bed. General Hawkins slightly
wounded in foot during sortie the enemy
made last night, which was handsomely
repulsed The behavior of the troops was
magnificent. General Garcia reported he
holds the railroad from Santiago to San
Luis and has burned q bridge and re-
moved some rails. also that General
Pando has arrived at Palma and that the
French consul with about 400 French citi-
zens came into his line yesterday from
Santiago. Have directed him to treat
them with every courtesy possible.
~ Will Send Aid Immediately. .-
At first, when it was known that the
American commander had pronounced
the defenses to, be 80 strong that it
would be impossible to carry it by
storm with his present forces, there
was momentarily wave of deep ap-
prehension. But this was not shared
by the military authorities here. All
their energies. all their attention was
turned to meeting the situation as pre-
sented by General Shafter. There was
neither time nor intention of taking
into account the reasons, for the fact
was plain that the American army had
fought its way inch by inch under a
blazing sun through dense tropical
vegetation, steadily advancing and
beating back the foe, taking position
after position, until, as General Shafter
reported, the town was well invested
on the north and east by long drawn
out lines Of American troops. That
was sufficient tribute to the valor Of
our brave men and it silenced all cavil
over the conditions now presented by
General Shafter. It was 4 time for
action, for reinforcements, and toward
the execution Of this end every effort
Of the administration was at once
turned. . ..-.. :. .. gs. .*$sS =
Santiago Torn to Pieces. 81 4.
But there was other information of
. different tenor coming about the
same time. The American army was
not alone feeling the effects of this
three days shock of arms. The posi-
tive information was at hand that San.
tiago had been literally torn to pieces
and that in the work and ruin of de.
molished buildings the Spanish casual
| ties mum ered fully 1000. This infor-
nation came from one of the foreign
consuls stationed at Santiago, who
reported to the representative Of his
country in Washington the fearful
havoc within the city wrought by the
American army and the feet. The
bursting shells from our feet had done
the greatest damage inside Of the city.
| Buildinps were riddled with rifle shot