The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-07-06
DATTLED FOR CANEY.
How Our Boys and the Dons
Struggled for the Outworks
of Santiago de Cuba.
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED Oh FRIDAY
Prize for Which the Fight Was Fought
Surrounded by the Troops OF
Uncle Sam.

Two Thousand spaniards Killed, Wounded
and Prisoners and Demonstration Made
: of the Fact That the Men i'm Blue Insist
on Getting There description of the
Engagement Where IL Was Hottest
Dons Put Up AN Obstinate Resistance.
Hong Kong, July 4.-The United
States dispatch boat Zafiro, which left
Manila July l, has arrived here. She
reports that the American troops in the
transports City of sydney, City of
Peking and Australia, conveyed by the
Charleston, arrived at Cavite On June
80, having taken the Ladrone islands on
the way and having left men there.
Headquarters of General Shafter.
July l (Evening), via Kingston, ia
maica, July 4.-GCopyright, 1898. by the
Associated Press. l-Hemmed mall sides
by Gen. Lawton's division the Spanish
troopSsn the town of Caney are tonight
practically prisoners Of war. and by
Gaybreak tomorrow Spain will have lost
1900 of her best soldiers killed, wounded
and taken prisoners in and around the
town. which was practically in the hands
of the American forces at o'clock to-
night. This result was not obtained
however, without severe fighting on the
part Of the American forces, and it
is safe to say that the loss in General
Lawton's division alone will be 150killed
or wounded. In General Lawton's di-
vision the Second Massachusetts had up
to the middle of the day sustained the
heaviest loss, although other regiments
were more actively engaged.
Fight Was Hot and Obstinate.
During the afternoon the fight for the
possession of Caney was most obsti-
nate and the ultimate victory reflects
great credit upon the American troops.
1t was a glory, too, for Spain. Her men
fought in entertainments. covered ways
and blockhouses, while the American
forces were in the open from first to
last. The Spanish soldiers stuck to
their work like men and this. the first
land fight Of the war, may well cause
Spain to feel proud Of her men. The
American soldiersattacked the entrench-
ments through open ground and from
the firing Of the first shot until they were
on the hills above Caney they fought
their way forward and the Spanish were
driven backwards.
Chaffee Had the Right of the Line.
General Chaffees brigade held the
right of the line with the town of Caney,
General Ludlow's division was in the
center Of and Colonel Miles had the left.
The plan Of battle was for Captain
Allyn Caprons battery Of the First ar
tilery, which held position in the
center above General Ludlow, to shell
no he f1
Chaffee to close in as soon as the artil-
lery had reduced the fort and driven the
Spaniards towards Santiago; General
Ludlow 10 lay i'm the road below the
hill on which Captain Capron's battery
wasstationed and swing in on General
Chaffee's left while Colonel Miles bril-
gaGe was To keep close to General Lud-
lows right and. by a simultaneous
movement sweep the Spaniards in to-
ward Caney.
Capron Opens the Battle.
General Lawton, who personally di-
rected the operations Of his division.
left his camp at a. m. and at o'clock
was with Captain Caprons battery on
the hill above Caney. orders were given
that the battle should begin from the
center unless General Chaffee, who was
nearest to the enemy, should find him
self attacked first. The action opened
at GAS with a shot from the second sec
ton Of Captain Capron's battery. 1t
struck close to the stone fort near
Caney. Another shot hit the fort fair
ly The Spaniards gave up the idea of
holding the stone fort proper after it
was struck the first time. and the en-
tire garrison ran down the hill toward
the town