The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-05
FRIDAYS BATTLE
Graphic Account of the Big
Fight Before Santiago.
CONTEST WAS VERY DEADLY.
Spaniards Fought Stubbornly to Re-
sist the Advance of the Amer.
lean Troops

Good Work OF Capron's Battery--Hot En-.
gagement mt the Covered Way Held by
the Dons-Chanee's Men Finally Carry
1t by Assault, Finding No Enemy There
When They Reach the Entertainments
Pierce Fighting at a Hacienda.
Hong Kong. July 5.-The United
States dispatch boat Zafiro. which left
Manila July 1, has arrived here. She
reports that the American troops In the
| transports City of Sydney, City of
Peking, and Australia, conveyed by the
| 30, having taken the Ladrone islands on
the way and having left men there
Headquarters Of General Shafter.
July l (Evening), via Kingston, ia
maica, July 5.-[Copyright, 1898, by the
Associated Press. l-Hemmed mall sides
by Gen. Lawton's division the Spanish
troops in the town of Caney are tonight
practically prisoners Of war; and by
Gaybreak tomorrow Spain will have lost
1900 Of her best soldiers killed. wounded
and taken prisoners in and around the
town, which was practically in the hands
or the American forces at o'clock to-
night. This result was not obtained
however, without severe fighting on the
part of the American forces, and 1t
is safe to say that the loss in General
Lawton's division alone will be 150killed
or wounded. In General Lawton's di-
vision the Second Massachusetts had up
to the middle of the day sustained the
heaviest loss, although other regiments
were more actively engaged.
Both Sides Fought Well.
During the afternoon the fight for the
possession of Caney was most obsti-
nate and the ultimate victory reflects
great credit upon the American troops
1t was glory, too. for Spain. Her men
Fought in entertainments, covered ways
and blockhouses. while the American
FORCES were in the open from first to
last. The Spanish soldiers stuck to
their work like men and this, the first
land fight Of the war, may we'll cause
Spain to feel proud of her men. The
American soldiersattacked the entrench-
ments through open ground and from
the firing of the first shot until they were
on the hills above Caney they fought
their way forward and the Spanish were
driven backwards. ro
Plan of the Battle Stated.
General Chaffee's brigade held the
right Of the line with the town of Caney,
General Ludlow's division was in the
center OF and Colonel Miles had the left.
The plan of battle was for Captain |
Allyn Capron's battery Of the First ar
tilery which held a position in the |
center above General Ludlow, to shell |
the fort near the town; for General |
Chaffee to close in as soon as the artil- |
lery had reduced the fort and driven the |
Spaniards towards Santiago; General |
Ludlow to lay in the road below the |
hill on which Captain Capron's battery |
wasstationed and swing in on General |
Chaffee's left, while Colonel Miles bril-
gace was to keep close to General Lud-
lows right and, by simultaneous
movement. sweep the Spaniards in to-
ward Caney.
Opened by Capron's Battery.
General Lawton, who personally d.
rected the operations Of his division.
left his camp at a. m. and at O'Clock
was with Captain Caprons battery on
the hill above Caney. Orders were given
that the battle should begin from the
center. unless General Chaffee, who was
nearest to the enemy, should find him.
self attacked first. The action opened
1t 6:45 with shot from the second sec
ton OF Captain Capron's battery. II
struck close to the stone fort near
Caney. Another shot hit the fort fair
y. The Spaniards gave up the idea of
holding the stone fort proper after II
vas struck the first time, and the en-
ire garrison ran down the hill toward
he town.
CAPTURE OF A COVERED wAy