New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15
THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.
BEGAN WITH THE BoTTLING UP OF cEn,
vERAs FLEET AND ENDED WITH
TORAL'S SURRENDER.

The successful campaign leading up to In
surrender Of Santiago really began on May d
when. after lodging the American squadron
Admiral Ceryera's feet was bottled up In N.
harbor OF Santiago de Cuba by Commodou
schIey. Commodore schley's squadron BON.
barded the Santiago fortihcations on May 81
but without advantage to the American eide
To prevent all possibility Of the escape Of thA
Spanish feet Assistant Naval Constructor Rich.
mond p Hobson and crew o. seven men vol.
unteered TO sink the steam collier Merrimae
across the entrance Of the harbor. Our wa.
ships again bombarded Santiago On June AMI
1. badly wrecking its batteries.
The next day our warsnips attacked Caims-
nera and won victory
Two days later eight hundred marines under
Lieutenant Colonel w. Harrington. were
landed at Guantanamo. The Spanish forts
that place were silenced by the guns OF or
warships. the landing effected and the Amen.
can flag raised on Cuban soil. The next dayt
fierce fight ensucd between the marines AM
Spanish guerillas. which lasted thirteen hourl
and only ceased with the landing Of reinforce.
rlents.
THE ARMY OF INVASION.
The first division of the Army, composed II
seventeen thousand men. three-fourths Of whom
were Regulars. sailed soon after midnight On
June y from Key West. under General Shafter
The same day the marines routed the Spanish
guerillas at Guantanamo and killed about forty
men.
. The next day the first real test Of the guns q
the dynamite cruiser vesIvius was made. when
she threw three shells into the fortihcations Of
Santiago.
On June re the feet again bombarded the
forts OF Santiago wrecking the batteries and
disodging many Of the guns. The forts and
eartbworks at Caimanera were also demolished
by our ships. p .-..'
General shafter. with his army. arrived Of
Santiago on the Dist. and the next day the In.
vasion by the troops actually began. Troops
were landed under cover OF the guns OF the
warships. The landing was completed on the
Odd. and the next day Roosevelt's Rough Rlden
and detachmeits OF other cavalry TO the mum.
Der OF one thousand men. though unmounted
began a fierce battle with two thousand Span
ish troops near Juragua. and drove the enemy
back The American loss was sixteen dead ana
about sixty wounded. The Spanish loss was
heavy.
While the Rough Riders were attacked at one
place General Young anu MS I'eH WIZ "e""
ing off the enemy several miles away.
Further advance OF the Army was delayed
the poor facilities for transp rations and
by the non- arrival OF the siege guns The Amer
can forces were within three miles OF the main
body OF the Spaniards and their picket hSs
were within haiing distance Of each other. ''-e
On June 20 General Garcia landed at JuraW
with three thousand Cuban reinforcements -
On July fierce battle was fought oes"s
Santiago. lasting from a m until sundown'
The Spanish outworks at Ell Caney were car
ried but with loss on our side ot nearly .
thousand killed and wounded. The spanish 10"
wa. about two thousand killed wounded ans
taken as prisoners
ATTACK ON FORTS RESUMED
MORO Castle and other forts were bombarded
by the feet. the Vesuvus using her dyhamn'
guns with good effect. The attack was "
sumed tie next morning and continued al Jay
and by the Sd the troops had pushed on Ana
almost completely surrounded Santiago sha'
ter demanded the surrender Of the CITY oei0'
noon OF July ;. threatening to begin the o'".
bariment Of the city. To this demand Ienef"
roral sent peremptory refusal
Acting under orders from the Government
Admiral Cervera with his fleet or seven snps
made a bold attempt to escape from the mar
Dor on July g. passing around the sunken Me''
rimac: all the ships were destroyed. win on"
one American killed and two wounded In.
Spanish loss was 800 killed. 100 wounded anu
LOGO taken prisoners.
On July 10 the enemy opened fred Win s"
guns which were siienced. In the mo
ests Of humanity TO allow non-conpa'ah's
escape. as we'll as to wait for renioIcellen,...
General Shafter had RETAINED from aesiess Nv,
hostilities in the mean time demanLihs s
conditional surrender. This General IorA :.
fused but his refusal was only ~ gam Inv ,
and get the consent Of the HON. coVerh,i s.
with the destruction OF the fleet with rento'.s
ments cut of and with the city SURROUNDS "
dor ~ inPNif0lle.