Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-06-30
IN FRONT OF SANTIAGO.
Our Picket Lines Within Hniiina
Distance OF the Enemy.
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orF Jrn.sUA. Saturday. pm, VIA
Kingston. Jamaica. Sunday. Tro"p. 20
the United states and Spain are alms,-i
faee To facc. aud less than four mil~s
apart.
Tonight the picket lines at certain
points are within h.iling distance Of
the enemy. II seems certain that the
battle Of santiago must eome within
a week
The trrors sr~ all ashore here and 81
Balquiri. with the exception % Q few
scattering eomps sies that have g,n.
forward. The supplies sr- -usicient To
enable the army 10 sustain a weeks
campaign a, both landing r-,ints. Th~r~
i a Continual prv-cssion Of small hua,s
riding on III. bcach's sturdy waves. and
a. one week srstions arr already landed.
- believed tie required supplies will
all lie ashore by Tuesday. the ss,h.
The landing q troops. horses ssa
supplies has been extraordinary. With
rnlv one steam barge. and compelled to
depend on trracherou, small boats.
ten. shafter has landed over 1900
men. hundreds OF horses aud mules and
thousands OF dollars worth of supplies
on the exposed beaches. aud only two
men have lost their lives. these by
drowning. No more than ffty animals
ave been drowned and scarcely a pack
age of supplies has been lost. The ofi-
c-rs generally arc surprised at the
small lcss Of life aud property ten.
>hafter said to a correspondent 20 the
As-'eiated Press to-day.
G-s. >hsftsr Wen sofi.ned.
Il am we'll satisfied with the progress
that is being made. The disembarka-
tion Is slow. hut considering the limited
facilities and the exposed natur. Of the
landing places. the men have done we'll
| only await the landing Of sufficient
supplies to begin the movement on >au-
tiago. am unable To say what viii
AXE place. am much pleased AZ the
gallant conduct Of our men in the ae-
tion at >evilla yesterday and with the
cool. veteran like work. The victory
was complete
Gen Wheeler. in his Official report
plaers the number of dead in the en-
gsgement at >evilla st twenty-five aud
the wounded at between seventy and
eighty. No aitemP, has yet been made
To prepare an official list with the names
u the dead and wounded The high
grass and bushes Of the battle-ground
make !; difficult to find the bodies. but
an Official list " i'll probably b. prepared
by Monday. The bodies 81 thir,y-nin,.
>paniar,is have been found. and the
spanish loss in killed aud wounded " as
doubtless much heavier than the Amer.
lean.
The majority ~ the Americon troops
are now here or at the front in the
vicinity Of Sevilla- The force at the
latter place. which is about nine miles
from santiago. numbers 5000 Ameri-
cans and 800 Cubans- zen. Wheeler
j. in command here. with Gems. Young.
i.awton and Chaffee. Gen. Wheeler
will remain at Sevilla. which will be
made rendezvous for the troors land.
ing at Baiquiri and at this point. the
artillery and the cavalry being put for
ward from Baiquiri. The cavalry has
been sent ahead to cut wagon road
through the underbrush.
From the American position at
sevilla santiago is visible, aud the for.
tihcations can be seen
Advance Cos@.nd~rs Report
The following reports To Gen. >hafter
from generals at the front show the
conditions:
To Gen. Shafier-I have just seen
two negro boys. who left santiago this
morning saturday. They report tina,
tn. soldiers aud citizens arr very short
OF food. The soldiers and officers have
seized all the food in the shops. They
are killing young horses for food. and
in the hospitals are subsisting ON bread
made from rice -four. Three Spanish
generals took part in the fight at Sevilla
yesterday. Five wagon loads oi
wounded WERE carried into Santiago
and many others wounded got there on
horses or on foot We can see Morry
castle and the flag very distinctly from
our positions. The Cubans confirm the
reports as To the tine character of the
Notifications around the city. Sever
lines of barbed wire are stretched
around the trenches. The Spaniar,l.
have recently dug deep trenches around
the entire city, connecting a series oi
small forts WHEELER
Dated Saturday afternoon
ITO Gen. shafter-We can plainly
ser Santiago. less than seven miles
away. The country is level for six
miles this side of the city. except fos
hills on the south. which extend tc
within a mile of Santiago. These hills
appear deserted. The country i fairly
open. and ii will not be- difficult to NOV,
our troops over it. Gen. Chaffee oceU-
pies Sevilla today. YouSs.-
dated Saturday evening"
BLANC0s ALLEGED REPORT.
Il