The herald., 1898-07-08
SPANISH REPORTS
BLANCO SENDS THE ACCOUNT OF
BATTLES TO MADRID
Admits Heavy Losses but Tries to Be
Confident and Cheerful-Many
Misstatements

MADRID, July Z, 6p. ma cabinet meet
Ing lasting three hours and presided over
by the queen regent was held this after
noon and another meeting of the ministers
1T which Premier Sagasta will preside will
be held tonight.
The ministers here say they foresee inter-
national complications If the Americans
should lombard the Spanish coast.
lengthy cablegram was received from
Havana today giving the minister of war
the accounts of various recent engage
ments as received by Capt. Gen. Blanco
The report says:
At noon on July 1, two American COL
umns Of 5000 men each made simultaneous
attack upon San Juan hill near Santiago
de Cuba. which was defended by 10000
Spanish soldiers and upon Ell Caney a small
town near Santiago de Cuba garrisoned by
40 soldiers.
The Americans attacked with heavy ar
tillery and at the same time the American
feet bombarded Aguadores beach. The
Americans took possession of San Juan
hill and Ell Caney after resistance upon
the part of the Spaniards The fighting
lasted all day. The Spanish loss was 100
men at Ell Caney and 400 at San Juan hill.
Among the Spanish losses were two ofit-
srs and twenty-five soldiers killed and the
wounded included Ger. Linares and twen-
ty-six superior officers, among them being
Col. Ordonez and Col Gauta and 800 SOL
diers and eleven sailors.
At Ell Caney Gen. Vara del Rev was seri-
susly wounded and has since died.
On July the Americans attacked the
spanish positions at San Antonio, Canora
and Guayabito. The Sp4niards defended
bhoy TO, oofN .JtI
posts.
The garrison of Cobre repealed an insur-
gent attack at the same time, and the
American fleet bombarded the fortifica-
tons of MORO, Socapa and Punta Gorda
damaging Moro castle.
The Spanish army lost Lieut.. Yrizer of
the artillery, wounded, and four soldiers
killed, four severely wounded and twenty
light slightly wounded.
The Spanish navy lost three men killed
Of the crew of the Reina Mercedes and six
Or her crew were wounded.
At Punta Corda bay Second Lieut.. Pima
Of the navy and one sailor were wounded
During the fighting on July 1st Capt
Bustamente, the chief of Admiral Cervera's
taft and the inventor of the automatic
torpedo boat, was wounded.
At 10 o'clock on the morning of July 5th
The chief of the American forces in front
Of Santiago sent an emssary to Gen. Toral
The Spanish commander, asking him to sur
render. The answer sent back was that
The Spanish were ready to repel energeti-
sally any aggressive movement. Captain
General Blanco has approved and applaud
I'd this answer.
On the intervention of the foreign con-
iuls at Santiago the Americans gave the
inhabitants "a hours in which to remove
their women and children and sick persons
The time expired on July 9th at a. m. The
Americans on July I'd, during the after
noon. attacked the Spanish position at San
.iago and were repulsed. The Spaniards
had one officer and six soldiers killed, six
officers and seventy soldiers wounded Col
Escario's column of 5000 men had 20 killed
and 1o0 wounded while marching from Man
sanillo to Santiago. Three American ships
have tried to capture at Punta Niquoro,
province of Santiago, the Spanish gun
boat Centenola. The latter was hit 80 times
and damaged about her engines, on the
port side. Her commander sank her in a
swamp on purpose, and her crew later sue
ceeded in getting her afloat. They are now
repairing her. The Spaniards lost one coal
passer killed
The Cuban colonial assembly, has sent,
through the Madrid government, protest
to all the European and American govern
ments against the decision of the American
forces to destroy the city of Santiago,
thereby violating all humanitarian and in
ternational laws.