The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-07-01
Lives Lost
Our Army sus-
tains Losses.
Engagement with Cow
ardly. Bushwhack-
ing spanlards.

~ dozen men. bot Il has oreh
day Of magnificent ruceess Tor tbs
American cause.
For vvery American who has
fallen In battle the enemy ha, Lost
two or three men, and for each OF
our soldiers vino hns bseu wouncel
several spanisrds have been dis.
ahled.
This has hoen . day Of action all
along the line. although the iiere-
c,f asht was the one that took
pIacs carly this morning 10 the
southwest Of ssvIIia, where Span
IN 0sn. Linares Is making bis D.
nal stand before Tstrea.ing into
santiago city.
Ifwa, Ia this engagement that
the Americans sustained their
heavy loss, The hght near sevilla
began Al 5 o'clnck this morning
and lasted four hours The strag-
Gle was most desp p,rate during the
de-, hour. Up 10 10 o'clock the
spanlards, who began The attack,
tenarIonsly held their grounds.
Hetween . and Il o'clock the bat
lie was = runaing one, the enemy
hastily rstfea.ing toward sevilla
and our troops pursuing.
From the time the American
force. landed "a Wednesday Mai.
6on. snafier has restrained bis
troops with dIGicully. Il was his
Ipian - make q quick advance
NaInst the enemy. but he has been
prisei a. thu eagernes- with
d NE Americans have thrown
selves forward.
heir desire b. get at the Span
he Americans have thrown
ticket lines considerably hey.
o points indicated ID the
u Instructions, and q feel.
1 the lighting could not be-
KIN 56 soon has pervaded our
fOrees
Dss ,Its the impslaosliy on the
pari Of the gallant American sol
disfs' hsy. have swept everything
before hem. They have attacked
the ehe my Il half a dozen points,
tnking Possession u each In turn
on bot pns day have ons men been
on the defsnsIve. That was on
wednest lay. while The landing was
taking pi lace. II was thought the
spanish mlehf mako an attack
that nigh but nothing Of the sort
happsasd
Insiead, ien. Linares ordered all
he tro'ps 70 fall back aud to de-
struy ihel block.housos as they
went.
Little timl was Loaf In sending I
part of the american troops afleI
the fleeing spanisrds. Their re
treat was dii covered early yesisr
day noFning and the Americana
promptly weli { In pursuit. The,
advanced mill after mile inland
retarnIng tho lSpanlsh hre when
ever the enem appeared to giy'
ballle- When hight fell yesterda,
Thursday the lSpanlards had beeI
driven within ro miles Of Sevilla
and IL was from this pOsilIOa tina
they were oriseh In tO-day's tFrI
day'-) engagemeht.
Gsn. Llnarcs a hd his men nov
are At bay. close To the oater de
ssnses to Santiag Tney arc ha
rasssd by Gen. 81 hafter's men o.
,he east, by Gen. G.rcis's traIuc
Cob,ns on the wesl and By Adm
r.Is.mpsou's lleeA on the rOa,l
Gen. SKATERS lat =, Informa,io
from tisn. wheeIer Gen. I.awto
and CO.. Wood indisl laies the reg.
isrs sud the s4s6d .sveIf ROug
nIdsrs encountered hhe enemy I
about the same hodr this morl
ing. although the sslveral dstael
ment- Of uus army were a ennsll
.rshl. dlslanre apart ~, line
Ailoi our army, nlnaine Of
Ger. are pressing tow nd SANTA,
an ioa, no horres belne us..d
these rnragemenss.
throughout this norI Iinps A IN
log Osn. wheeler and Zen. La,
ton walk. d At sho heal ~ m,
tsoop-, as did Col. Wood nd Lie.
Cai. Roosevelt.
Fm.r tsoors II tho TeDAh-~>v,
rc. four tfoap- Of the First cAvsl
and eight lrosps ot Rough Rl,i.
lalhecn sent 10 advance oU I
a,,ny, aad Il was this deiafh
lurcc ,hsl the spaa'sh engaged.
A,mlsst oar thousand nler q
pl,,,d two thousand. They N.
siroasly ln,ronched beh|p1 ,
O..sno, aud had every adrsttar,
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