Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-06-30
WAR RECORD

On Thursday 5000 troops were land
ed at Baiquiri bay near Santiago ana
while they were landing the battleshlps
pitched shells into the batteries A
she'll from a Spanish battery hit the
Texas, and killed one man and wound
ed six.
On Friday a 1000 American Cavalry
men. dismounted, and with some
Cubans. fought the Spanish IN woods
FIVE miles from Santiago. The Span
iards were driven out and back towards
the city. The American loss was IL
killed and 80 wounded and some
Cubans were also killed. The Spanish
loss is not known but dozen bodies
were found in the woods
The initial fight on Friday last OF Col
Woods rough riders and the troops OF
thes First and Tenth regular cavalry
will be known in history as the battle
of La Quasina That it did not end IN
the complete slaughter of the Amer
cans was not due to any miscalculatlon
in the plan of the Spaniards, for as per
feet an ambuscade as was ever formed
in the brain of an Apache Indian was
prepared. and Lieut. Col Roosevelt and
his men walked squarely into it. For
an hour and half they held their
ground ander perfect storm OF bullets
from the front and sides, and then Col.
Roosevelt at the left, led charge which
turned the tide of battle and sent the
enmeny flying over the hills toward
Santiago.
1t is now definitely known that SIX
teen men on the American side were
killed. while sixty were wounded or
are reported TO be missing 1t is impos-
sibIe to calculate the Spanish losses but
it is known that they We're far heavier
than those Of the Americans, at least az
regards actual loss of life. Already 81
dead Spanish soldiers have been found
and buried. while many others undoubt-
ly are lying in the thick underbrush on
the side of the gully and on the slope OF
the hill, where the main body of the
enmeny was located The wounded
were all removed
BY Monday 1000 U s. troops and 3,
900 Cubans We're encamped on the
heights of Sevilla within sight of the
hills around Santiago The Spaniards
withdrew within their line of defenses,
which consist of trenches guarded by
barbed wire fences. with the brush clear
ed away for the width of a thousand
yards. The roads were impossible
hsfd ana ffscnrfs .tuSs: and an tfeif
provisions were being taken forward on
pack mules The Spaniards were re
ported to have $4,000 troops within
their line of Notifications, and a regu-
lar siege was anticipated.
Every road leading to the city was
said to be mined.
The Spaniards are using brass
sheathed bullet, which causes blood
poisoning The dead Rough Riders
were buried in the woods where they
fell
The Spanish Squadron under Admi-
raj Camara was reported to be in the
Suez canal under orders to proceed to
Manila, and the project of sending a
fleet TO the coast of Spain was being
considered at Washington
Eonr fbouoan1 ,,ora f,oopo ooiIaJ
from San Francisco for Manila. Five
German warships were in the harbor of
Manila.
On Tuesday a Spanish deserter said
that the Spaniards lost 200 men killed,
and large number wounded in Fri
days fight, and that Gen. Linares had
placed the ambuscade
Gen. Shafter was forming his lines
about Santiago, there was skirmi shing
along the lines The Spaniards were
mounting guns on their forts taken
from their ships
Ii was reported at London that Ad-
miral Camera 5 feet was refused coal at
the Suez canal and would have to re
turn to Spain.
The Spanish general Augnsti at Manila
wired his government that the insurgents
army numbers 1870, 600, some with guns
and some with swords, and that Aguin-
aldo had summoned him to surrender
Yesterday Shafter had his artillery
ashore and was making preparations
for move on Santiago, and was wait
ing on sufficient supply of provisions
Dewey wired that the situation at