Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-27
American Army
Before Santiago.
Friday's Conflict Known as Battle Of La
Quesina--Spanish Troops Strongly En-
trenched-- More Artillery Needed
movements of Forces in Cuba.

Jaragua, Cuba, June 27.-The initial
fight of Colonel Woods Rough Riders
and the troopers of the 1st and 10th
cavalry will be known in history as the
battle of La Quasina. 1t is now def
nitely known that 16 men on the Ameri-
can side were killed, while so others
were wounded or are reported missing.
The Spanish l0sscs were far heavier.
Captain Mccormick ana Captain Luna,
of the 1st volunteer cavalry, reported
as among the dead or wounded were
unharmed; also Colonel Wood, whom
Adjutant General Hall reported NOR
tally wounded.
Roads impossible for Heavy Guns.
On board the Associated Press dispatch
boat Dauntess off Baiquiri, June 81
General Shafter expects to move his
| headquarters from Baiquiri to Jaragua
this evening, where the transports are
rapidly landing the last supplies of for
age and ammunition. The last of four
light batteries of artillery started this
afternoon for Juragua, by road. The
ordinance officers say the road is imprac-
ticable for siege guns, and the landing
facilities for them inadequate. About
500 mules are still corralled here. The
military authorities are rapidly making
up pack train to take forward rations.
The men ashore have five days supplies,
but supplies for ten days are needed as
a precaution against sudden move.
Santiago in Plain Sight
Copyrighted by Associated Press
On Rio Guiana, June 26, noon, via
Kingston, Jamaica, June ~, 9 a. m.-
The advance force of the American
army rests on this stream, with the city
of Santiago four and half miles west
ward, in plain sight. Last night the
outposts consisting of two companies of
the 18th infantry under Major Coolidge
occupied positions at right angles to the
road, guarding the crossing mile and
a half beyond Sabinalla, where three
regiments of General Lawton's division
camped, the 1st, 4th and 18th. The
Sth, 2nd and 22nd Massachusetts,, with
the Rough Riders" the 10th cavalry
and portions Of several other regiments
are strung out behind them towards
Juragua. About 300 Cubans under
General Gonzales camped around GEN
eral Lawton's headquarters, but less
than so did scout duty last night. Cen
eral Wheeler today, with the 1st, 2nd
and 10th cavalry, and the 'Rough
Riders, with dynamite guns, moved up
to where General Lawton's outposts
were last night, and four batteries of
the 2nd artillery and four Gatling guns
with special detail under Lieutenant
Parker were brought up and planted .
on the brow of hill overlooking the
basin in which Santiago lies. Not
shot was fired from the American side
last night, although the front of the
American line was not 100 yards from
the entrenchments where the Spanards
propose to combat the advance on San
tiago.
Three canon shots were heard during
the night They seemed to come from
distant Spanish batteries or perhaps
seaward. The top of every hill and
mountain north and cast of Santiago is
occupied by block houses, from whence
the Spaniards can view the movements
of the American army as it advances
beyond Sabinella to the eastward of the
city. Each cash in every knoll and bit
Of high ground arc Spanish entrench-
ments A correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press, from an elevation to the