Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-07-07
Tilt g CAT BATTLE Or SANTIAGO.
Cerveras Fleet Attempts Escape aror Santiago
Cuba and IS Demolished Other News 5&

since the opening OF the war. 1t still re-
tains, however, signs Of It's former pros
perity in groves Of cocoannt and mango
trees and broad folds of waving grass,
intersect it, but mono of them oyer fifty
feet high. Tho valleys between these
ridges and tho groves were points Of van
tage to tho American regulars, who used
th"m with all skill acquired or M,e vest
orn plains Of America, Tho opon spaces
wero Of great benefit to tho Spaniards.
who were givon q clear sight OF tho Amo-
tho crossing of these places which caused
tho Americans their heaviest losses.
Tho brigades of Col. Mills and Con.
Ludlow had moro of this work to por-
form than those of Con. Chaffoe and
thoy were compelled to mako thoir final
charges. on tho town across an opon
space through which tho Spanish fro
swept with deadly offoct.
No finor work has over been done by
soldiers than was dono by tho brigados
Of Con. Ludlow and Col. Mills as they
closed in or. tho town. The Spanish
blazed away 1T them with 'MauseTs and
machine guns, but without offect. Moth
ing could stop them and thoy pushed in
closer and olosor during tho afternoon
nna By the tinlo Con, Ciiuffco's men wero
in form Mills and Ludlow wore Oh tho
ohii 10 VI ClS IOWus Ou WIFI
tonacity and preventing tho Spaniards
from rotreating toward Santiago, whilo
Chailoe closed in on tho right. The
fighting f0r hours in front of Colonel
Mills line at n hacienda known as Duoro
house was worry fierce. Tho Spanish do
fonse was exceedingly obstinate. Tho
house was guarded by rifle pits and as
fast as tho Spaniards woro driven from
ono thoy rctroated into another and con-
fr1
with rifles, as tho Americans had only
Captain Capron's battery Of artillery and
the Spaniards had mono at all.
In this part of tho fight Capt. Capron's
battery was unable to fro for fear of hit
ting our own mon. Tho place was finally
takcn with q rush about s o'clock, tho
Spanish tlooing, part to tho hills and part
to El Caney, whore thoy wore rounded up
with tho othor Spanish troops which had
boon driven in by Gen. Chaffco.
Tomorrow Saturday morning at day
break General Iawton's division will
sweep past El Canoy on tho direct road
to Santiago, connecting with Gen. Kont's
and Con. Whoolor's divisions and form
ing tho right limo whom tho closing in
movement was begun ut g p. IN. tho town
of El Cancy was takon and n largo num-
bcr of prisoners were captured. Tho
Spanish loss was 1000 in all.
Hand to Hand at I'll Cancy.
Siboncy, Cuba, Saturday, July 2, 7P.
M.-By tho Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dauntlcss, via Port Antonio,
2.50 p. M.-Tho fighting of tho right of
our limo this afternoon dovolopcd uncx-
rected and for some hours almost as
severe firing as yesterday Q'riday) when
Gen. Lawton was assaulting El Cancy.
The Spanish made an attack in force
on our position, pouring in volloy after
volloy in quick succession and with re-
markablo regularity. Our return fro
was certainly effective and continued
come rarcr and less heavy. Meanwhile
the batteries on Crimes hill kept boom
ing away ut thc middle of tho encmy's
limo, materially aiding the flhnking move
ment. Tho shollng from the Spanish
fleet was less active and apparently gave
our fleet but little concern.
AT this hour Il report has just reached
here that Gen. Lawton, aided by frcShcr
regiments scnt him early in the after
noon, has turned tho cnemy's left and
has troops already in the city, where
almost a hand to hand encounter is going
on in the streets.
Tho situation when tho Associated
Press correspondent left the frort. as
shown in an earlier dispatch, was such
that tho capture of tho city tonight
Saturday would not be surprising,
although Gen. Shaftcr himself, when the
correspondent left him three hours ago,
did not expect it,
Con. Shafter, however, sent word this
afternoon to Gen. Calixo Garcia that the
surrender of tho city would not be long
delayed.
A conservative estimate by army men
hot officials that our casualties dur
ing yesterdays fighting were nearly if
not quito thousand, about Is per cent
of which were deaths. To-day's casual
tics on tho American side were much
lower because our troops had bccn well
entrenchcd the night before.