The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-25
ARMY NOW ADVANCING.
Sleeps Within Seven Miles
Of Santiago.
SPANIARDS MAKE NO OSTAND.
The OutpOSts in Full Retreat on
City.

Enemy May Attempt Surprise But
Decisive Engagement Not Expect
ed for Several Days JuraSua
Abandoned In Haste by Gen. Lii
mares and His ZOO TrOOps-BrIsIS
Musketry Fire Heard In the Direc-
fion of savIIIn Mt Night.
| Copyright 1898. by the Associated Press
on Board the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dauntless, off Juragua, province of
Santiago de Cuba Thursday night, June
&c, via Port Antonio Jam, Friday. June
q, I a m.-The advance Of the American
army has reached the edge of the table
land in which the harbor OF Santiago de
| Cuba lies
Here, seven miles from Moro Castle, as
the crow flies, the main body of the troops
has united and the Spaniards are in full re-
! treat toward Santiago de Cuba.
They may attempt surprise, but deci-
sive engagement is not expected for several
days
Gen. Lawton's brigade, which rested last
night at Demajayaho, four miles west of
BaiGuiri resumed Its march at daylight.
Before noon his brigade, consisting of the
| Twenty Infantry, the First Infan-
try, the Second Massachusetts volunteers,
with companies of the Eighth Cavalry half
of the Fourth Cavalry and several compan-
les of the Twenty-nfth Colored Infantry,
occupied Juragua, five miles beyond, and
the American flag was holsted there.
The Spaniards retired before the ad-
vance which was covered by Cuban
skirmishers, burning the blockhouses as
they went.
Col. Wagner with a small reconnois-
sance party of about forty men, brushed
against the flank of a retreating Spanish
column 200 strong at Fhmezas. A dozen
shots were fired by the Spanards as Col.
Wagner fell back Before Gen. Lawton
could bring up the Twenty-second, the
van regiment the spanlards had decamp-
ed westward.
Juragua was abandoned by Gen. IL
mares and 1900 Spanish troops with such
haste that they had no time to burn the
| town, though an Intellectual effort was
made to destroy the locomotives of the
railroads and the rolling stock
Gen. Linares reireated to Savila. seven
miles from Juragua by road and nine
miles from Santiago de Cuba.
A detachment of 40 Cubans, under Col.
Aguirra, collided with the Spanish rear
guard The Cubans lost two men killed
and had seven men wounded.
The Spanish loss is not known. One
Spaniard was ihacheted.
Gen. Chafee, with the Ninth Cavalry. the
remainder Of the Eighth, and Fourth, and
Seventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth In
fantry reached Juragua at dark.
Gen. Bates with the reserves of the
i Twentieth Infantry. and Col. Woods
Rough Riders, dismounted, with a dyna-
mite gun, hurried forward from Baiqulri
at o'clock, proceeding by forced marches
When the couners brought the news that
| Juragua had been occupied the troopships
which had not dsembarked their troops,
| steamed TO Juragua with the view Of land
| ing them there. But the heavy sea beat
| ing on the beach made IL impossible to get
! the boats through the surf
Dispatches Of Gen. Linares which have
been captured, indicate that the Spaniards
were ordered to retreat toward Santiago
| de Cuba.
The Cubans expect the first stand TO be
| made at Savilla and they have proved
good prophets In the past.
Gen. Lawtons men are badly tagged
| by forced marches and the intense heat.
! Their rations are almost exhausted. They
started with three days supplies, and
further food could not be landed to-day
but a pack train will be Gent forward to-
morrow.
Strong outposts are maintained tonight
! In order to prevent a surprise, and Jura-
| qua is also under the protection of the
! guns of the Warships. Thus the flank of
the advancing American column Is safe
The Spaniards, to attack our troops,
must make n forced march through an all
most impenetrable underground.
There were only two casualties during
the landing Of the troops at Baiquri.
! Corpl. Cobb and Private English of Troop
d. Tenth Cavalry, colored fell between q
lighter and the pier.
CAPT. O'Nelll Of Woods Rough Riders
| plunged into the sea at the risk OF his
life. but the men were crushed before he
reached them. Capt. O'Neill Is a former
mayor of Tucson, Ariz.
Several horses and mules were drown
ed while swimming ashore through the
surf
Gen. Garcia's army Of 1000 men Is TO
| be conveyed by transports from Acederros
| and Balquiri tomorrow 10 join the 100
| men under Gen. Castillo and cooperate
with the American troops The move
! ment to-day almost amounts to q change
| OF base.
A brisk musketry fire was heard In the
direction OF Savilla as the Dauntless left
| AT dark.
! The celerty Of the forward movement
Of the United States army has embarrass-
| ed the quartermasters department, Gen
! Iawton sent back this afternoon an urg-
ent request for more rations. The mules
and stores are already ashore, but some
/ OF the trappings are still on board Rllip
! They will be taken off during the night
Col Humphreys says he viii have pack
l train, loaded and on its way by daylight