La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-09
SANTIAGO WILL FALL
nAFrER CAN TAKE
sampson Can Help In the Harboe-ForeaEn
coosuis Want ts Get Out-Many ef Oar
0meers Wounasd.

Omeers wosaasd.
New York, July "A cable to the
Herald. dated General Skaters head
quarters before Santiago. Sunday, by
the Herald's dispatch boat Golden Rod
TO Port Antonio. thence 10 Kingston.
Jamaica, Monday:
With the destruction OF Admiral Ger
vera's feet the work OF taking Santi-
ago becomes much less difficult As
long AS General Shafter had no siege
guns and could not be assisted by n
friendly fleet in the harbor the cap
ture of the city promised TO be hard
task. and II would be practically I'M
possible TO hold the city IL captured II
Is now estimated thas between loo
aud I, 500 Americans are dead. wound
cd ,or missing after the two days fight
ing about Santiago. 1 am told by one
of'the surgeons who assisted In the
hospital work that probably 30 10 300
Americans were Killed. No official list
or official estimate of the dead and
wounded can be obtained yet.
Unofficial estimates place our loss as
high as 1900, and To date 400 men SUI
fering from wounds that are not sSri-
ous have been brought 10 the hospital.
Our surgeons have not enough sup
plies. pandages or nurses. The medi-
cal staff is too small.
All the ranking officers OF the cav
airy division were disabled. Both
Wheeler and Young are i'll as are Sum
nG. Wood and Lieutenant Carroll.
When Carroll was wounded Lieutenant
Colonel Hamilton took his command.
Hamilton was killed soon afterward.
and Major Vessels. who then took
command. was wounded.
Gs..f% u ~ M
Succession of miracles. Lieutenant
Coapnel Roosevelt was not hurt. al
though he WAS everywhere in the thick
of the fight. The cavalry division lost
thirty officers killed and wounded. ansi
mt one time n captain was In commaAe
of the regiment. Nearly half of the en-
listed men In the cavalry were wound
eHss The artillery forces were nearly
as bad Off.
The Michigan TROOPS at AguadOres
encountered the enemy in trenches and
on a Hat car. which was armored and
armed with machine guns. This
checked the expected advance toward
Aforro which Rear Admiral Sampson
had hoped they would occupy after he
had shelled the batteries. There Is said
to be no doubt that General Skaters
next move will be to push troops for
ward along the railroad track 10 attack
with the fleet the outer batteries at the
mHlth of the harbor. As soon as these
defenses have been silenced and put In
the possession of our forces Rear Ad-
miral Sampson will be able to free the
harbor OF mines and send his ships in
to the inner hnrbor. This done. the
Spaniards will be compelled TO surren-
der the city at once.
4 dispatch sent to Washington on the
evening Of the 3rd by Shafter says:
Tonight my lines completely sur
rounded the town from the bay ON the
north OF the city to n point ON San
JGn river on the south. The enemy
bV}ds from West Bend. San Juan river
to its mouth up the railroad to the
city.
..The British. Portuguese. Chinese and
Norwegian consuls have come to my
line with Colonel Dorst. They ask II
nqn-combatants can occupy the town
of-Caney and railroad points. and ask
until 10 O'Clock of 9th instant before
there are between 1900 and 10000
pcople-many of them old. who will
leave. They ask II can supply them
with food, which i cannot do for want
of transportation to Caney. which is
fifteen miles from my landing"
Monday morning he telegraphed:
KILLED Spanish general In affair
at Caney and large number Of Off
GERS and men, who are still unburied.
GAneral Linares' arm was broken. My
demand for surrender of Santiago still
being considered by the Spanish ali-
thorities. Pando has arrived near
break in railroad with his advance.
think he will be stopped"
Also the following from Assistant
Adjutant General Wagner at same
I.0ce and time:
"Pando six miles north with 5000
Garcia opposes with 5000. Lawton
can support Garcia and prevent juno
tion."
General Skaters ultimatum re-
ferred to called for the surrender Of
the city Mt noon on the 9th.
The present need of reinforcing
General Shafter is no longer felt now
that the Spanish feet is out Of the
way. A large number of men. how
ever. are already on the way. and
others will follow.
The changed naval situation will
bring no abatement In tho activity Of
the authorities here In CARRYING the
war directly. home to Spain.
There IL renewed determination to
get Commodore wntson's Eastern
asquadron away at the earliest mo-
ment, for the double purpose Of strik-
ing blow Mt the coast towns of
Spain and Of pursuing Admiral Ca
nfhra's feet. which Inns halted at the
entrance Of the Suez canal. Secre-
tayy Long made the official statement
tj41ay that the fieet would sail Mt the
earliest possible moment. and nj
though he did not go into details as to