The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-02
FIRST WORD OF FIGHT.
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road croesine, the sierra Nfasfra at El
C,risto q mass e06 faet abovo The sen len
Mis- nortb of qartlooo which lie In.
lowest nass t,rougb ~ sierra AIastra for
vnanv mics IN. country back of tbis is
a rolling Dlateou of rich agricu1turat land
Al NTapacae ~, tho raiIroad two miles
north az tbe 1,oee &c an IRON briaoa con-
sistino of a series of 9o-fon4 snans on iron
trestle bents This point is about two
miles beyond the Cristo summit and iust
bevond This bridge yvcllId he the most feas-
fble method of preventing the apDroach
of Gen. Pando's Spanish troops to relieve
Santiago
1t is probable that If the Standards re-
treat BY this road they win make a stand
on the plateau at lei Cristo and hold the
pass Of IlI Cristo The only other pass
through the maintains near this noint "a
at Flscandel summit. about six miles in a
straight line east of lei Cristo mass.
F,seandal summit is goo Ceet above the
sea ana is reached from Santiago via
.Canev. The road from Santiago to Canev
As fairly good being wide enough for vss
hicles. Between Cane1J ana Escandel he
road which is no more than n traU as
cends the mountains and is very winding
ana broken. Beyond Escandel Cross the
range Of The country is heavily timbere,
ana broken ana tbe ,oads are moi pooe
I, is an ideal country for anbush This
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tbe spanisb ,ositio,, could he turned
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the navy department informed OF the state