The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-08
THE ENERY'S VERSION
Spanish Reports On the Recent
Fighting at Santiago.
THEIR LOSSES HEAVY
A GENERAL WAS KILLED AT Ell
CANEY.
Admit That the Americans Took Pos
session of San Juan Hill-Gunboat
Damaged and Sunk-Colcnial Gov
eminent Protests Against Bonn
bardment of Santiago.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Havana, July AT noon on July /
two American columns of 5000 men
each, made a simultaneous attack upon
San Juan hill near Santiago de Cuba,
which was defended by 10000 Spanish
soldiers and upon FL Caney, small
town near Santiago de Cuba, gar
risoned by $50 soldiers.
The Americans attacked with heavy
| artillery and at the same time the
/ American fleet bombarded Aguadores
/ beach. The Americans took possession
/ of San Juan hill and FL Caney after
hard resistance upon the part of the
| Spaniards. The fighting lasted all
/ day. The Spanish loss was 100 men
/ at FL Caney and 400 at San Juan hill
| Among the Spanish losses were two
| officers and % soldiers killed, and the
wounded included General Linares and
/ Is superior officers, among them being
Colonel Ordonez and Colonel Gaula and
/ 290 soldiers and II sailors. At Ell Caney,
! General Vera del Rey was seriously
wounded and has since died.
On July ,, the Americans attacked
the Spanish positions at San Antonio,
Canora and Guaybito. The Spaniards
defended them tenaciously and did not
abandon their posts.
The garrison of Cobre repealed an
insurgent attack at the same time, and
the American fleet bombarded the
Notifications of MORO. SOcapa and
Punta GOrda, damaging MORO castle.
The Spanish army lost Lieutenant
YriZer. of the artillery, wounded, and
four soldiers killed; four severely
wounded and % slightly wounded. The
Spanish navy lost three men killed of
the crew of the Reina Mercedes and
six of her crew were wounded. At
Punta Gorda bay, Second Lieutenant
Pima of the navy and one sailor were
wounded
During the fighting on July 1. Cap
tain Bustamente, the chief of Admiral
Cervera's staff, and the inventor of
the automatic torpedo boat was
wounded.
At 10 o'clock on the morning of July
s. the chief of the American forces in
front of Santiago sent an emissary to
, General Taral, the Spanish commander.
asking him 10 surrender. The answer
sent back was that the Spanish We're
ready to repel energetically any ag-
gressive movement Captain General
Blanco has approved and applauded
this answer
On the intervention of the foreign
consuls at Santiago, the Americans
gave the inhabitants "a hours in which
to remove their women and children
and sick persons. The time expired on
July 6 at 10 a. m.
The Americans, on July 2, during the
afternoon, attacked the Spanish posi-
ton at Santiago and We're repulsed.
The Spaniards had one officer and six
soldiers killed, six officers and 20 SOL
diers wounded.
Colonel Escario's column of $500 men
had 20 killed and $50 wounded while
marching from Manzanillo to Santiago.
GUNBOAT DAMAGED.
Three American ships have tried to
capture at Punta Niquoro, province of
Santiago, the Spanish gunboat Cen
tonela. The latter was hit SO times and
was damaged about her engine, on the
port side. Her commander sank her
in a swamp on purpose, and her crew
succeeded in getting her aflOat. They
are now repairing her. The Spaniards
lost one coal passer killed.
The Cuban colonial assembly has
sent through the Madrid government
protest to all the European and Amer
lean governments against the decision
of American forces to destroy the city
of Santiago, thereby violating all hu-
manitarian and international laws.
Admiral Cervera has telegraphed to
Captain General Blanco the particulars
of the loss of his squadron, saying that
after an unequal combat the Spanish
vessels were totally destroyed.
BLANCO'S PROCLAMATION.
Captain General Blanco has address
ed the following proclamation TO the
people:
ITO the Inhabitants of the Island of
Cuba:
Fortune does not always accom-
pany valor. The Spanish fleet, COM
manded by Admiral Cervera. has just
accomplished the greatest act of hero
ism recorded in naval annals during
the present century. Fighting against
the American forces. three times its
strength, it had yielded gloriously at
moment when il was considered safe
from the peril threatening it within
Santiago's harbor. The blow is a heavy
ore, but Spaniards should not be dis
mayed before this misfortune. in spite
of it's gravity. On the contrary, We
must show to the world that our cour-
age will not yield before reverses. and
that we have the energy to calmly
meet adversely and fight against it I'M
til we conquer it.
I'VE have forces enough to defend
our just cause and bring us out tri-
umphant in our right, if we are united
in the sacred love of our motherland.
We must consecrate our lives and our
property TO the common cause in our
adversely.
The virtues of our country are be-
ing tested. Let us surely prove the
worth boarded up among the Spanish
people and let us be in readiness be-
fore the peril which confronts us.
Let us have confidence n God and
in our right to uphold our country's
honor and integrity. This is expected
of us, and we should be ready for vic
tory or to die at the front for SPANS
honor and the integrity of our paternal
soil"
Owing to the loss of the Spanish
fleet under Admiral Cervera the the
aires here have suspended their per-
formances.