The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
VICTORY AT HEAVY COST.
Proportion of Officers Among Killed
and wounded Large.


July l, 4 p. m. by the Associated Press
dispatch boat Cynthia to Port Antonio,
July 2 via Kingston, 80 p. m.-Gen.
Skaters army has had its baptism of
fire.
With desperate courage and the magnif-
cent dash of veterans it has conquered the
Spanish works before Santiago and at this
hour is driving the enemy into the streets
of the city.
The victory was won at heavy cost
in Killed and wounded. 1t Is impossible
to estimate the loss at this writing, but
1t probably approaches 500.
The proportion of officers is large.
A partial list of the officers killed or
wounded follows:
CAPT. o'NEILL OF the Rough Riders,
killed
LIEUT., COL. LOBYKoFF. Twenty
second Infantry.
CAPT. w. p. MORRISON, Sixteenth In
fantry
LIEUT.. SCOTT, Thirteenth Infantry,
wounded.
LIEUT.. COL. PATTERSON, Twenty
second Infantry. wounded in the groin.
LIEUT.. ORDE, Sixth Infantry.
CAPT. TAYLOR, Ninth Cavalry. wound
ed in the stomach.
LIEUT.. COL. Il. II. LISCOM, Twenty
fourth Infantry.
CAPT. J. e. BRETT, Twenty-fourth,
wounded in the arm.
CAPT. A. c. DUCAT, Twenty-fourth In
fantry wounded in region of the heart
CAPT. CHARLES DODGE, Twenty
fourth
SECOND LIEUTENANT ]. H. AUGUs-
TINS. wounded in side and arm
LIEUT.. COL. CAREL, Sixth Infantry.
wounded in the hip.
LIEUT.. MYER, Company II. Third
Cavalry, wounded in hip.
LIEUT.. HERMAN, Sixth Infantry.
spine injured.
LIEUT.. CROSS, Sixth Infantry, wound
ed in the hip and left leg.
CAPT WALKER, Sixth Infantry,
wounded in right leg.
LIEUT.. ROBERTSON, Company O.
Sixth Infantry, wounded in right leg.
LIEUT.. PURDY, Company c, Sixth In
fantry, wounded in thigh.
CAPT. MORGAN Third Cavalry.
CAPT. DoDD, Third Cavalry. wounded
in head.
CAPT. CARPENTER, Seventeenth In,
fantry. wounded In stomach.
CAPT. KERR, Sixth Cavalry, wounded
In arm.
CAPT. TORREY, shot In leg.
LIEUT.. BERARO, Seventh Infantry.
MAI. CORLEY, Seventh Infantry.
Capt, Jackson, Seventh Infantry.
LIEUT.. CHARLES f. FIELD Seventh
Infantry, shot through forehead, fatally
1t is also reported that Col. Emory was
Killed.
In some cases every officer in a company
was lost.
The Spanish loss must have been heavy
The spanards opposing Gen. Lawton's di-
Vision lost in killed, wounded, or taken
prisoners, 1900 men, and the loss on the
center and left must be double that num-
Der.
Most of our troops took position during
the night, although Gen. Bates reserve did
not come up till morning.
Gen. Lawtons division, on the extreme
right, supported by Capt. Capron's bat
terry, Gen. Kents division in the center
and Gen. WheeIer's division on the left,
supported by Capt. Grimes battery, plant
ed on hill, formed a line, In front of
which Santiago lies, extending a distance
of fully five miles. Immediately in front
of Gen. Lawton lay Caney, surrounded by
block houses and entertainments, and
against this point were the operations d.
rected
Beyond the San Juan river. 1000 yards
before the center and left. lay a line of en-
trenchments mile west of the city. These
two divisions were covered by a heavy
tangled underground between the San
Juan and the Rio Guiana.
Capt Grimes battery planted on a hill
formed a line which stretched across the
whole width of the basin In which San
tiago Hes.
on the extreme left on the nights be-
yond Capt. Grimes battery, behind which
in the shelter Of an old sugar house
where the rear cavalry division was
massed. were Gen. Dufeld's Michigan
volunteers, VINO moved Out at udyliBhl
over the line of railroad from siboney
The Americans had the advantage of the
sun in the morning, which shone directly
in the enemy's faces.
The engagement opened when the fleet
lying outside the entrance to the harbor
began dropping shells into the lower end
of the Spanish earthworks. This firing,
which was entirely by bearings. was not
effective.
At 7:20 the land engagement opened with
firing from Capt. Capron's battery on the
extreme right, upon the block houses and
entertainments before Caney This was
followed quickly by simultaneous attacks
by Gen. chaffee and Col. Ludlow, who
occupied Ranking position TO the north.
The Spanish replied with great spirit and
nerve when our shells burst directly over
their trenches.
4 few minutes before O'Clock capt.
Grimes opened with his battery on the