Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-07-07

out fires.
All o'clock there was a sullcn boom
IL was the first shot from Capron', bat.
terry, fired tn avcngc the killing of his
son. Promptly the Spanish began tc
answer the challenge from their forts
and trenches. At 7:I5 Grimes battery
opened on the Spanish troops tn the
right of the san Juan blocllhouSr
The common powder used by our
troops smoked and was a fine target
for the Spanish field battery, which
lrohahly served 10y Adm Ccrvcra'S
marines, Judging 10y the accuracy of
the aim. While our smoke gave the
enemy our range. Grimes could not To-
cafe the cncmy'> guns. which used
sm"hlrlcsS powder, except approx
matcly. hut, satisfied a. to the = ranish
position. our men worked like ma |.
The Spanish fire gradually >lackencd
gcthcr.
Battery \, of the "a artillery, de
serves great credit for the victory for
/ il was ease Of blindness against
sight. The battery loss. the ntlic RS
state. was a. follows: killcd-rr.vatcs
underwood and Helm Wounded
First Scrgt. Gcorgc &. Henry; Sergts
Nritc ami Cornford; Corp. Keen.
The battery was supported bv the
rough riders, about 100 Cubans with a
llotchliss gun. detachment of the
10th cavalry and a squadron from
Company {. of the end cavalry. Most
Of the spanish shells flew low over the
crest of the hattcryIs position and cx-
pludrd Through them the rough rid
erS had about ten wounded, among
them l.. Champlain, whose left elbow
WAS smashed.
The Cuban leader Gonzales reports
that the Cubans lost 20 killed and
wounded.
The details Of Gen. Lawton's losses
have not arrived
Heavy volicy firing has been heard
for three hours. IL seems To indicate
a >trong American advance.
There j. no artillery firing from FL
Cancy. and only scattering shots come
from san Juan. which has slope of
II feet in the hundred
both divisions really are in battle
The day is clear and a mo lerate breeze
is blowing, but there is n strong heat.
I he troops are in good condition.
The military balloons used by the
signal corps for the purpose of obtain
ing acCurat' informatian of the loca-
tim { the enemy and the character of
their dcfcnses. proved of incstimahle
service in the engagement. The hal
loon fioated Just over the tree tops and
was easily guided along three miles of
the road towar the lines of the enemy.
Whenever it halted for the purpose
Of taking a photograph of the fortifi-
cations below, the Spaniards seized
the occasion for taking hot shots at
the mii-air monster. At one time the
big balloon hung over san Juan. not
over 800 yards from the enemy, and for
:.vs minutes ths >paniards below tried
in vain to puncture it
In the fighting at San Juan a Span
ish she'll two and a half inches in di-
ameter burst in the midst of Capt.
Purifiers battery in the LIST artillery,
wounding several. Among those in
jured was Private Samuel Barr.
Roosevclt's rough riders were also IN
this fight, and bore themselves with as
much credit as in the last Fridays
battle in the bush. Several of the
rough riders were wounded, among
them the following: Devore, :. e.,
sergeant. Troop X; Armstrong. W. 4,
corr oral, Troop J; McSparron, cor
poral. Troop &; Ash. Alvin C., private.
Troop G:Freeman. w. private. Troop +;
Long. benjamin. A., private, Troop l.;
Mitchell. Mason. private, Troop h;
Horton. V. d., corporal, Troop !, Srd
United States cavalry, was also
wounded.
NEW YORK, July "A copyrighted
dispatch to the Evening World dated
I'm the field, two miles from Santiago.
July l." and cabled from Playa del
Este SAYS:
San Juan Heights have fallen and
the way is now opened for an advance
on Morrow castle. 1t was glorious
victory but very dearly purchased.
I The place was the strongest Spanish
, outpost, we'll fortified ami valiantly
defended. The position was an excel
lent one. San Juan hill is steep, and
an artillery battery was located on it.
/ 1t was also occupied by barracks and
other buildings. But the American
troops stormed the heights, and Span
/ ish valor had to yield to the bulldog
tenacity and courage of the Anglo
Saxon
/ As | write our troops are swarming
up the hill and covering it like ants.
4 The Spaniards are demoralized. The
/ fighting has been of the hardest kind
and our troops have suffered severely,
but the enemy's works are in their
FL Caney is also ours. The general
advance. which began at p. m, has
been successful along the line.
After driving the enemy out of e
Caney the troops took possession OF
the village and destroyed the Spanish
fort by which it had been defended
The Spaniards fed into the city OF
Santiago, where they are now.
The losses on both sides were heavy.
A bursting Spanish shell almost ami.
Inflated an entire company of our
troops.
NEw YORK, July "A Playa del Este
cable says that the Spanish losses Fri
dav were more than / 200 in killed and
wounded
Hospital ship Sails for Santiago.