The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-07-06
ADVANCE OF TIE
AMERICAN ARMY
The Enemy Steadily Retires.

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slgne skirmishes Between Span
lards and Cubans--Heavy Losses
sA Sustained by the Enemy in the
Engagement Of Friday.
Ga the Rio Guama. June 27. via
Port Antonio. Jamaica. Jane % =
The American front has been advanced
beyond the frss crossing of the Rio
Guama about mile. aud 8 sug lies
shree aod half miles from rhe Span
ish en.renchments.
General Lawion's brigade rests ou
the road TO Santiago de Cuba. The
Third brigade, under General Cbaffee,
the Seventeenth, Twefth aud Seventh
seginenss. holds the trench, With his
command lying across the road AID
river.
The First brigade, the Eighth.
Taenty-second and Second Massacb1.
sests, under General Evan Clark lies on
She left faux. slightly is the sear, and
the Second brigade. the First. Fourth
and Twenty dfsh. occupies che opposite
position on the right ssak Gen.
Wheeler, with The cavalry. is 10 the
resr between Sevills bills aod the Rio
Guauls
a strong line Of ousposts is main
tanned ahead
GeaerA Ghsf.e's brigade, vish three
thoueand CabaUs undsr General
Aguirrs and several hundred under
Col. Gonxales, was skirmishing towards
the sity this morning.
The Cubans had several sli ghs skirm-
ishes with the Span,ards stationed on
the hills on sbe American right flank,
aud our anxiliaries occupied the block.
houses 10 that vicinity. which we're
evacuated before aaybreak by the Span.
iards The latter retrea.ed towards
Santiago de Cuba No fatalities are
reported
General Lswsoo, Geueral Cbaffee
sDd General Wheeler have thoroughly
Feconoo,rsered the Spauish position
and. With the aid Of information furu.
ished by the Cutane, have very good
maps of the roads aud defenses of the
city.
Much iofosmatioo has also been OBJ.
saioed from Spanish pacidoos, who have
slipped ont of the city and given them
selves up in the hope of getting food
They report great starvation and dis
sress ia Santiago They say The
Spanish troops are on short rssions ana
that ell the supplies are beiOg held fol
their use.
The sick in the hospitals,e the paci
Zoos say, are suffering from lack o
food, aad they also repor. that seventy
seven Spaoia,ds we're killed and tha
eighty nioe we're wounded as the resol
Of ehe engagement on Friday last Will
Col Woods and Youog's command.
The most startling information OBJ
saiued from the paci6cos is that since
the advance begao almost twenty thou
saod Spanish soldiers have arrived a
Santiago de Cuoa This statement i
made on the authority Of General Law
too aud be is also of the opinion tta
General pando may be able to effect
junction with General Linares at San
,iaso de Cuba
There are two forts Of considerable,
importsoce Wishio the Spaeish lines
Psnta Blsoco, at the southern end o
The bay, snd Santa Ursula a. the south
east corner Go the road to Captey
on the sortb. is another fort
There are aoou. 450 meo i.
each of these forsi6catious, and stretch
ipg around the whole city are nine bar
bed wire fences fifty. yards apart. while
lust inside these are lines of rifle pits
Outside. to the American outposts, i
line of en'reuehmeuts, extending FROG
:be extremity of the city to Mosr'
Castle
& little vest of South. at
distance Of about, seven miles
from Geoeral Lawton's headquarters
lies MORO Castle The road TO wisbil
a few buDdred yards of the batteries a
the rear Of MORO was reconpoiscr sc
yesterday Afternoon BY GepersI Cbsffss
aud several members Of 5is staff
The Cuoaos believe that if the wa
ter suppy of the city can be cut off
ssptisgo will have to yield at ooce
They say ,ha. Admiral Cervera's cd
tire feet, expect the torpedo boat de
ssroyer Terror. is 10 the oarbor. Gen
eyaI L.y,oa il Inclined to 9iscredit the