The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
PRESSING F0RW ARD.
Advance Of the American Army
on Santiago.
The sPANlARDs cooPED UP.
Slight skirmishes Between Spaniards
and Cubans. Heavy Losses Sus-
tanned by the Enemy. Starvation and
Distress in City of Santiago.

he Anerl1;n 'front.' has been aa-
faAeeo ": oeE"h" N" hfsi crossing "1 Jhc
mo "uatna about i n!lit. ana 4 Tug Hes
thfee anu i h''li mites ir"n '&e Span
lSil e''rei,eh1nen1S M =! III '>aH'ia&".
"eheF;'. nahee eris'1e, "i5a 'f'F''
thotS,thu ubaliS ul'uef HeIeraI -hS'ilF
IA aud several hundred GnderI "i, uon-
ZaieS WAS Sklrml>hln% towards the city
this mornln"
The C4banS had several Sligni >Nl;m-
lSi'eS with the SranltFdS stationed on
'he hlitS on tie american riSh' nahS,
ana our aitNlIiaFleS occupied l!iS btoIK
houses IN that NlclnIt%, witch were
evacuated before daybr"aS by The span
lafdS. The latter relr";'t"'i towards
Santiago de Cuba.
General Lawton. General thattse ana
General " hee!er have thoronghly re-
connolteaea the Spanish position. ana;
with the AID OF information furnished
ny the GuhaHS- nave Very s""o maps Il
.'ne roaoS ana oeiehseS "l inc Si'!
-hucn iilofHiation mas ''lSo pGe'i "o-
tanned ifohl Hp2Nlsi! 'acihcoS. VINO nave
Silppeo out OF inc cay ana gwen 'neNl-
selves up IN the nope OF getting 1o"d.
hey report great starvation and, DIS
tfess IN Santiago. They say the Span
ish troops are on short rations and that
all The supplies are being held Tor their
use;
The SICK IN the hospitals; the pacl1-
cos say, are suffering from lack OF 1000.
ana they also report that seVcnty-SeNeh
We're Sii5ed ana that eignty,nlne were
wounoed as the result OF thc engage
ment on Friday last with COL Wood
ana Dung commands:
The most startling information OBJ
tanned from the paclhcos Is that since
the advance began almost twenty thous-
and Spanish soldiers have arrived at
Santiago oe Cuba. Ihls statement Is
made on the authority OF General Law
ton and he is also Of the opinion that
General Pando may be able to effect
junction with General Linares at San
tiago de Cuba.
There are two forts of considerable
Importance within the Spanish lines
Punta Blanco. at the southern end Of
the bay, and Santa Ursula at the south
east corner. On the road to Caney, on
the north, is another fort. There are
about $50 men in each Of these fortif-
cations, and stretching around the
whole city are nine barbed wire fences,
fifty yards apart, while justinslde these
are lines of rife pits.
Outside to the eastward, about two
miles beyond the American outposts. IS
line OF entrenchments, extending
from the northern extremity OF the city
TO MORO Castle
\ little west O! south, at Instance
OF about seven miles lfom SFeherai Law
ton $ heaoquarters, hes -Iorr0 Gas'lg'
ne roa0 10 WltAih 4 ie" hahoreo Safos
OF the batteries at the rear OF MOTT"
was = reeonpol5erea Ut, YESTERDAY afternoon
py "etiet"' Insne' '''u S'' e''' '''''''
pegS II, o. ms s'ah .c =,
Inc Cnpans oeiieSe tNaS II 'he WI
Ter supply 0! :n Tue ci1s eou:u ge 'o' "il'
Santiago =, WIZ ntse 70 = ) ieio - "'!:e, .
aheS Say 'na' Aelnl''i @ o5'Ne'I j,.,.,. em..'s
Il, nee'' eAeep' I,e Soi 2eu0 ''"''' oe'Iiol'
e' Ao' - - ~. =. -
Ton Is inclined 70 olscfedlI 'he fepor'S
that guns nave oeeh taken from '"e
SHIPS TO strengthen the oe!ehceS on
land. lie says 1t would be Impossible
for ADMIRAL Cefvera t" reach the posi-
ton OF the American army with hts by
guns from Where the Spanish ShipS
he.
No aggressive move BY the Amerl-
cans is anticipated Tor several days.
The road to the base OF supplies must
be greatly improved before the onward
movement can be safely made.
At present 1t taxes the quarterihAS-
ters department to the utmost To get
provisions and ammunition Last night
one pack tram arrived Win supplies
sufficient to last until tonight, and as
this dispatch is being written another
train of ammunition is coming IN. \
train OF ammunition has reached Gen
eral Chatfce brigade, and L battery
OF Gatllng guns and dynamite guns,
attached tu the houSH hiucIS. htS
been moved 10 General Wheeler
camp.
There Is no hlsh =rotnd IN tue pres
ent position where h"lchSiSS or "a'-
img guns could be put III position. but
httle further on Is ground w!'efc 2'''tS
can be mounted ana from winch ;tl' el-
!eciNe hre can pe ciree'e" III INC ol'"''-
lsh entrehciiihehtS.
There were no alarms ia>1 night.
Many OF onr othrerS are amazed as
they have looked Tor resistance t" our
advance. he ground over which tAey
have Travelled could have easily been
defended. but the Spanish have >teadl-
" retired. not even attempting TO har-
rass our Aanks as the columns moved
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