Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-07-14
HAVE THE D0NS SKIPPED
Belief That tho Spaniards Have
Stolen Away From Santiago,
sh~~r, rsr~asis ~appsrt~d nv M~sk No
tars tir~ Daring the fr-ti.ia.ry
nsta ls. rsf vosat


>sSu.eo. sunday night. 10 O'Clock.
"a Port Antanio. Jamaica July IL
Ma ten. >hst,er believes that the
nAin h'-iy Of the spanish army has
shaudon.,i Santiago aud that IL j. now
ieeing 20 the westward
| II ), the expectation. a. | write this
iiSpstch that the American army will
b. in full possession - the city by a.-,n
iomorr,w
j'int attack by th. army aud navy
sas made uppn the city late this after
aeon. To this attack toe Sraniar,is
made oaly feeble reply Cur ls,>s was
insigniGcsnt
NJ rcaliy earn.>, attemp, io reduce
Santiago was made today. II was the
plan merely u give the >panisr,is an
de. - wha; they might cxp~r, when
the American lsnd and s-a fsrc,-~ make
their final attack in the n"rninr. Dur
lng ts-lays firing. however. the dyna-
u-ite gan dit great damage IN the city.
a. did the shells Sired from the feet
from 4 position 80 szusdnEss-
There i little question in tire minsis
- the American oaicrr< that Geu.
Toral'S tr-or> have evacuated IN. city
while the spanish coInnan n,ier has h.-.n
parieying with ten. >haftrr over terms
of surrender. This belief u strength
eus,i Icy the reports frnm Aqua or,-s.
which place has b.-~n abandoned hy
the >paniarsiS- Bands 20 SUDAN soldiers
report that tn. enemy. hefurr eva~ua'-
ing the c,,as, town. placs-,i timt.-rs over
their intr-nchments TO represent the
guns
~ ptnpss rrts. In sight
The hclief j. general that th,. cvarna-
tion - the city AMI the rs'ap. 80 tine
spanish army wuuid ~ the m'->t nat
oral tactics for ''rn. Toral - adoP, r.
has b.-cn evident for several day, that
The Spanish commander realized the
hoP-lc>>ness of hi, po,itiun. and the
aoutsntion - many = that h- could
make NJ shr-W,ler tnovs. than L. cover
the r~irvat "f his army by prolonged
negotiations for tine citv'> surrender
Grn- ~haf'er ssnt word a. Ccmm...
iore >chley. who ua> temporarily ia
ssmmani uf The American irct tn
homssard Santiago frcm os Agusdorcs
to1ay. Admiral Sampson had gone T.,
Guantanamo. and Comri,siore >--hI.-y
srith the ~, slyn. the Massachusetts
aud the Indiana. ts-.k a position 81
iguad.srss These thr~c vessels tirr,i
thirty ~hells int, the spanish d-fru~.-.
and did s.isne damage ia the eitv- t.us-
nso.iorr >-hi.-y us.-,i tins. big xaBs cf the
ae-s in this work The Aui.ri.=aa gun
nsrs rra.lily faund the range. aud their
effective wars Wa> splendid sigat IL
witness
While the fret va harding str
city CasnmsHiors >s-aiev sigusle,i tu
ten >hafter. asking Il h.. shouid cuu-
tinu- the work.
The answer signaied hack was =
wait until Tomorrow
The American s,,,nsuanter hs> noti-
iied ten. Taral that the citv u .il i, de
struye,i tosnorrus. when Tie Zee, all
renew it, t-tsnhar,iment. All ths
American reinforce, a-ntx are now a.
the froat. a. ar, all the artillery
Sundays -K~mia.I.r- Wort.
l
noon wien the land forc,.s mzsis fcin'
! On the city Kinds BATTERY from il,
position al the extreme right Vt ths
American line. srnt the first she'll int
the Spanish intrcnrhmentS. This va,
the signal for the other batteries. ans
Immediately thin line 81 ,uinlSs ssepl
along the rif,e-piiS aud acr,ssS tn.
ravine. eapron', battery "a the right
: with GRIMES and B-st's batteries on tn.
left. chimed in
For some time the spanish hatserie-
made M reply To our fre- Present.,
one battery on the extreme right of th.
enemy's D ticn began ta throw shrap
mel in the direction Of Kinds aus
. Cspvon-s batteries but mas; Of thei
4 shells went tno high This tire made
d pretty sight for half an hour. hut tn.
g men in eur trenches kept up a stead
e and accurate tirr. Ia which the Span
Z iar,is finally replied but feebly. The
i seemed to keep clss>e within their in
: ,renchments. and their voliey~ cam,
: only al irregular intervals and frou
o various E-,>itioaS
Il One Of the spanish batteries wa
q quickly siienced by a she'll from serg,
a Burrowes dynamite gun This shel
h sped with deadly accuracy to the poin
l. where one Of the enemys batteries wa
a located The range had been obtaine,
i from a study Of the ensmys firing
q which appeared Ia he heavy at tina
. particular point. Our men can onl
y conjecture a. to the damage this shel
did. but th.. battery fired no more after
ward. After our land firing had beei
+, under way for an hour the reply Of Tn
enemy was 50 feeble that the order wa
given 10 cease firing
II was dusk by this time. >uppe
WAS served. and so.sn afterward huu
:, dresis of esmp-tires flashed along th
ridge Our men ehAtted about tn
hght and made themselves a. comfuri
able a. possible. Oar los in the aftrl
Moons sighting had been insignificant
and all Of the American troops were j
70 good spirits
al PsxzI~si by spanish firtax.
- Gen. Shafter was at the front durin
e the firing. A. the 6ght progressed th
1 | American commander. with tisn'
z Wheeler. Kent and sumner. were pui
zled by the feeble reply Of the spar
iar,is- They had expected that the eI
envy would return hot fire. and failur
u To do 80 seemed To confirm the CROWN
It belief of the American officers ths
d Gen Toral had Withdrawn the greats
'e part of his garrison
l. During the early hours of the day th
20 army had lain impatient in the trenehe
waiting for WORT To renew the attael
Our troops were holding themselves
a readiness to spring forward the nomer
n the signal might be given The da
: had dragged along slowly. for Ii
= troops were impatient to attack Non
: of the soldiers had wanted Cen Torsl
= proposition for conditional surrend.
= accepted. They did not want the Spai