The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-07-02
DAY OF FIERCE FIGHTING.
lcontlnned from Flrst rnge

nom the e~aJnworKs ana Iorts ana the
assistance of the ships in the harhor.
To meet this force. or at least 20 in
wade its stronghold, the American
commanders have 1900 men and 1000
Cuhans-the latter to prevent. if pos
sible, flank movements at the expense
of the Americans. Here is the dan
gerous and most significant feature
OF the situation. Marching from Man
z%auillo, 12O miles west of Santiago, and
having been ON the road for seven days,
quite well advanced now i'm his prog
Tess, is General Paudo, with seven
b~attalions, aggrogating $500 men. TO
oppose him is left Jesu Rabi, with a
force of 1900 Cubans, lying in wait II
miles from Santiago, and on the roads.
OF course, it would be perfectly pos
sible for General Puudo to take his
column far to the north and make a
junction with the Spanish troops sup
posed to be ON the way from Hol-
gum and numbering, it is said, 5000
men. This advance from the north is
being held in check by about 1900
Cubans, under General Castillo, who
claims to hold the passes.
General Castillo admitted in camp,
as he smoked his cigar and slipped his
coffee. that his method was to do In
dian fighting in the mountain passes.
When he was asked what his forces
would do if fanked he gravely said he
had no thought of that, but he sup
posed he would have to retire. The
object of the Spanish advancing from
Manzanillo may be to elude Rabi, and
by eGfecting q junction with the Span
ish from the north to form an army
OF 17.4OO mon. As a flank on the west
end of the American army, facing the
city, General Rabi's forces, combined
with those of General Castillo, would
only give a combating force of 300
Cubans, and the Cubans do not hest
tate to run before overwhelming num-
bCrs.
Nor is that all that menaces. Leav-
ing Guantanamo camp of marines and
plunging into the wood to the west,
the correspondent found a force of 800
Cubans, under command of Colonel
Perez. This force had v%ariOusly been
estimated at from $500 to $500 Gu
bans. but there were certainly not
more than 500, as Colonel Perez ad-
mitted in the course of conversation,
although he had distinctly claimed to
have about 1000 men. This force of
500 is supposed to be keeping at bay
3,4O0 Spanish troops, who are in the
town of Guantanamo. The marines
are near this camp, but to the east
of it, so that they could do nothing tC
prevent the Spaniards from moving
to the west on the flank of the Ameri.
al army.
In other words there are TO the
northeast and west of the army of in.
vasion thanking forces of Spaniard'
comprising over 10000 troops, held a
bay by less than 5000 Cubans, whose
fighting qualities are as yet rattle.
enigmatical.
In an interview with General Garcia
the correspondent called attention t
this situation. General Garcia replied.
81 believe that we should be left t.
the west and north to prevent PandC
making a junction with Linares. We
can do that"
? In spite of this warning Genera
Garcia and his force were taken to tn,
= east and landed with the army, onl!
10 be transported in part back again
to prevent the very movement whicl
Garcia had predicted. The solution 0
the difficulty evidently lies in a bril-
liant and quick attack.
The unreliability of the Cuban state