The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-07-07

duced charges we're used for the pur.
pose and they demssalised the enemy's
rankA The shells were Ared at high
elevation 90 as to clear the towering
coast line ridge.
| The Newark Joined the feet Friday
morning, and 1t noon the Iowa steam
ed within 1000 yards of MORO castle.
The Harvard arrived at Altares Fri.
day morning with 1900 Michigan vol.
unteers. They were hurried ashore
and fastened forward to join the
| American line.
| As the enemy was pressed back
toward Santiago both at Cauey and at
Aguidores, the progress of our troops
was in entire harmony with the plans
Of Gen. Shafter. Our lines thus be.
came more closely knit and now the
Americans and Cubans present a con.
tinous front from the southeast to the
north of the city.
| On the right at Ell Caney now is Gen.
H. w. Lawton, with three brigades,
the first under Col j. j. Van Horn,
commanding the Sth U. S. A. and 22nd
United States infantry. and the and
Massachusetts, Col. E. P. Clark com.
manding.
The end brigade is composed of the
1st, 4th and 25th United States in
fautry.
The Third brigade, under Gen. A. R.
Chaffee. is composed of the 7th,, 18th
and 18th United States infantry.
Gen. joseph Wheeler, with four light
batteries, is strung out in the rear of
Lawton's division. Gen. s. b. M.
Young is attached to Gen. Wheeler's
command.
Ills cavalry force is di.mounted,
and is composed of eight troops of the
1st cavalry, eight troops of the Sd,
eight troops of the 9Th, eight troops Of
the 9th and eight troops OF the 10th.
On the left of Lawton, in the center,
resting on the second crossing of the
river Guiana, just back of Sevilla, and
moving toward Aguadores, is a
force composed of the 1st bri-
gade under Gen. H. S. Hawkins, with
the 10th and 9Th United States i'm
fantry; the list New York, under Col.
Wallace Downes; the I'd brigade, Col.
Pierson commanding; I'd United
States infantry. 10th United States
infantry, 21st United States
infantry; Sd brigade, Col Worth com.
manding, 9th, 18th and gath United
States infantry.
Gen. Bates has the 3sd Michigan, Col
Charles L. Boyton, commanding.
Brig Gen. Kent, who commanded the
center of the general line of attack,
started the 21st regiment of regulars
toward Aguadores at the same hour
Caney. Upon these troops fell brunt of
the battle to the southeast of Santiago
during the early hours of the day.
This division of Gen. Kent's forces
sustained the heaviest loss of the en-.
gagement.
There was desperate fighting about
Aguadores Acting under orders from
Gen. Linares the Spauiards at that
point returned the American fire with
fury that aroused our men to the
fercest determination.
They boldly faced the enemy's fire,
holding their ground tenaciously, and
pressing forward whenever an oppor-
tunity to gain all advanced position
presented it's IF.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Late advices
at the war department are to the effect
that the Americans lost 500 killed in
the assault Friday and large number
of wounded. In the latter case no ex.
act count has been received. 1t is
clear from this and other in formation
which the war department must have
received, but which it has suppressed,
that the American forces have not met
with the success which had been hoped
for by Gen. Shafter.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Just two
months after the battle of Manila and
on the first day of the month. like that
glorious engagement, began the first
set battle of the war in this hemis-
phere. What the result will be was
not known when the department
closed. Never before since the decla-
ration of war has there been such a
feeling of intense interest and anxiety
manifested. The officials here are con-
fident that they have done everything
possible to strengthen Skaters hands
for the great conflict he is wagiug
and they have an unlimited confidence
in his discretion, his bravery and his
energy. The attack Friday, several
days before the public mind expected
the battle, is tribute to his energy
as we'll as to his judgment, according
to the present lights, for he undoubt-
edly found it necessary to crush the
foe in detail, following Napoleon's
favOrite maxim, instead of allowing