Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-06-24
WEEKLY WAR HISTORY.
Omplete Record of Events Told in
q Few Lines Covering All
Important News.
TUESDAY. JUNE II.

RecrultlnY Tor the companies Oh the VOL
unteer regiments is general in the states
and fast work Is being done.
Thirty-two transports carrying upwards
Of $1,000 soldiers and conveyed by Warships,
sailed for Cuba from Key West.
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, commander Of
the Seventh army corps, with headquar-
tiers at Jacksonville, received orders to pre-
pare an army of $4,000 men TO move on Ha-
vana.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 49,
Admiral Sampson made an official report
to Washington that all of Cervera's fleet
are In Santiago harbor
The last of the transports carrying troops
to Cuba sailed from Tampa Fla, and the
entire expedition Is now en- route.
general order has been Issued to the
effect that no native of the Philippines
shall be enlisted in the army OF the United
States.
The seven men who served under Naval
Constructor Hobson in the Merrmac ex-
petition have been promoted by the navy
department..
The defenses at Havana have been
strengthened by double rampant and So
GOO Spanish troops are said to be within the
walls Of the city.
In the second night attack of the Spanish
on the marines at Guantanamo two Of the
Americans were killed and several others
We're wounded. The marines are deter
mined to hold the ground until the troops
arrive.
THURSDAY. JUNE 16
Four thousand United States soldiers
left San Francisco four transports
headed for the Philippine Islands.
News comes from Havana by way of
jamaica that the people are starving and
that many Americans are imprisoned.
According TO aGvtces from Madrid Gen.
Blanco has been authorized to exchange
Lieut.. H OLSON and the Merrimac prisoners.
Assurances have been received from Der
lin that the German government has no In
tention OF Interfering In the Philippine
question.
Admiral Sampson reported to Washing
ton that the Cuban general. Rabbi. had oc-
cupied Acerraderos, only eight miles from
Santiago, and practically a suburb Of that
Spanish stronghold.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvlus fired
three shells at Santiago fort practically
destroying 1t. The cruiser New Orleans
battered down new defenses which the
Spanards were erecting.
The secretary OF war sent to congress es-
Inmates for appropriations for the army
up to January next amounting TO $13. 2OO,-
COO. The amount so far asked on account
Of the war Is approximately 1881. 600. CC0.
American marines routed a large force
of Spaniards In camp near Guantanamo
bay and killed 40 Of the guerrilla band. One
American was wounded. A force Of Cubans
cooperated with the attacking party.
FRIDAY. JUNE II.
1t Is expected that the third Manila ex-
petition will leave San Francisco In about
ten days.
1t was again announced at Madrid that
the Spanish reserve squadron had sailed
from Cadiz.
The United States cruiser Buffalo, for
merly the Nictheroy, OF the Brazilian navy.
arrived In New York.
The Spanards are being driven from
their n the Phi1nriDcS a nd thar
condition is becoming critical
The president has decided to send at once
a second expedition of 5000 men from
Tampa to reinforce Gen. Shafter.
The fort and earthworks at Calmanera,
near Guantanamo. were destroyed by
bombardment from the Texas. Marblehead
and Suwanee.
Three thousand horses and mules broke
loose in the camp at Tampa and caused a
wild panic. 1t is feared several soldiers
were killed In the stampede.
Advices from Key West say that more
than 5000 Spanish volunteers and many
regulars from Puerto Principe and Neu-
vitas garrisons have deserted to the pa
triot army.
The warships under Admiral Sampson
bombarded the forts Of Santiago de Cuba
for the third time. Ell Moro was spared,
owing to the presence Of Lieut.. Hobson and
his companions, but all the other defenses
were probably rendered useless. The loss
Of life on the Spanish side was &C nsider-
able.
SATURDAY, JUNE IS.
Capt. Gen. Blanco has refused to enter
tain a proposition to exchange the Merri-
mac prisoners
The Cadlz fleet was sighted Off Ceuta, on
the north coast Of Africa, sailing eastward
into the Mediterranean.
Dispatches from Shanghai to London say
the American troops have reached Manila.
no "a c0nfrne6 from oil
sources.
Admiral Dewey reported to the navy
department that he was still maintaining
the blockade at Manila and that the insur-
gents entirely surrounded the city.
The council general Of Catalonia repre-
senting the mercantile intelligence OF
Spain, has called on the Madrid govern
ment to sue for peace on any terms.
Maj. Gen. Miles arrived In Washing ton
TO consult Secretary of War Alger. He re-
ported that Garcia's army. In pursuance of
his request, was closing In upon Santiago
de Cuba.
The insurgents In the Philippines are
making remarkable progress and are said
to have captured the family Of Capt Gen.
August and the governors Of the provinces
Of Cavite. Balucan and Bataan.
SUNDAY, JUNE 10.
1t Is said that Gen. Miles will personally
lead the expedition to Puerto Rico
One Of the German war vessels at Manila
has been ordered away, indicating that the
kaiser intends no menacing act to Amer
lean domination.
The rebels hold Manila at their mercy,
but Admiral Dewey ls anxious that the
American troops should have the honor
Of receiving the Spanish capitulatlon.
I'm an interview in Madrid Capt. Aunon,
the Spanish minister Of marine, said that
Spain would ultimately send q fleet to
Philippine waters regardless Of cost or the
result
At council Of war at the white house
1t was decided that the original plans of
campaign for the conduct OF the war shall
be adhered to and pushed with vigor and
| energy.
MONDAY. JUNE 20.
Spanish infantry made a hasty retreat
for cover at Guantanamo under heavy fire
from American warships.
The inha btants of Caimanera. Cuba
have strewn the streets with straw and oil
with the intention Of destroying the city
! and fleeing to the hills.
! James T. Gatewood, of Ashland, Va,
: private secretary 10 Maj. Gen. Fltzhugh
: Lee. of the Seventh army corps, was struck
by lightning and killed at Pablo Beach,
| Fla.
Admiral Sampson has decided to reduce
| Moro castle at Santiago. He has learned
! that Hobson and his men are no longer held
! In the fort as shield against the fire of the
! American ships.
A careful inspection Of the Notifications
defending Santiago harbor since the bonn
bardmert shows that the American gum
ners spread wreck and ruin everywhere.
Some Of the batteries were demolished be-
yond repair
Advices to the navy department confirm
the report that the fleet of transports were
! off Santiago and that Spanish troops were
! numerous along the coast in the vicinity,
! prepared to resist the landing Of the United
, States troops.
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