The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-06
Movement RepuISed With Heavy
Loss TO Enemy.
SHARPSHOOTERS SAVAGE.
Surgeons and Wounded Soldiers
Shot From Trees.

Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press.
At the Front Headquarters of Gen.
Skaters Army, Before Santiago de Cuba,
Sunday July g. via Kingston, July A.
Early in the day a man on the lookout
had reported that the Spanish fleet under
the command of Admiral Cervera had
sailed out of the harbor of Santiago de
Cuba, but it was not until late this after
noon that the result was known at the
front.
As the word of the magnificent victory
few from sentry to sentry along the firing
lines and was shouted to the companies,
regiments and brigades, a great cheer
swept down the line of weary men which
gathered force as it went, until the rattle
of musketry was drowned in the roar from
glad American threats.
The news was flashed back into the I'M
derbrush where the reserves lay and the
man almost stampeded in their enthusiast
tic desire to get to the front.
The cheering continued through the
evening as the details of the fight came In.
The men could not have displayed more
stead Of the navy's.
Although the firing continued all day be-
tween the outposts very little damage was
done on either side. Gen. Chaffee was
wounded slightly, a rifle bullet cutting
through his foot, but he will not be COM
PEELED to leave the field.
The only severe firing during the day
occurred when the Spanish fleet was leav-
ing the harbor. The enemy evidently at
tempted to divert the attention of our
troops but the Americans responded so
willingly that the fire soon ceased and was
only resumed at intervals during the re-
mainder of the day.
Last night the only aggressive movement
the Spaniards made resulted in their Sc
we're defeat.
AT about 10 o'clock the enemy came out
Of the breaches about the city walls in
large force and dashed straight for the
American lines. In one or two places our
men fell back from their position, but
quickly rallied and drove the enemy back
pel-mel into their own bitches.
The Spanish losses must have been
Hisnuui as they were exposed to a ter
zinc hre for a quarteg of an hour.
Inc losses on the American side were
very light as our soldiers lay in the rife
pi's and had every advantage.
The most daring of the Spanish forces
are the sharpshooters. They take their
positions almost at the wall. and from
the dense tree tops the execution with
sHoAeless powder makes it difficult to 10
ave lnen. Several times they have shot
'"'o Gen Skaters tent, which is several
l"NeS nom the 'front.' and they have in
i7s'ea the trail for ten miles between Ju
Iasua and the outposts
one OF the most horrible features of th,.
wal is that dozens of men have been killed
a. 'Aey lay in filters and thai surgeons
wearing the emblem Of the Red Cross 81
F upon their arms have been the spe
cal object of attack.
me number of killed and wounded for
week reaches tonight about 800.
NO effort is apparently being made nv
cs.,. o,,'1eFs TO expedite the listing of the
-''''les' and not one-flfth Of .he total
officers ~ O'iiiiii'' ing
-''S 60O cases have been handled al
hospital here because of the overflow
.Yui NE hospitals at the front. All the
a'1ea here are recovering.
mas been only one death since
hospital was established. that Of Pri-
-'e MEYERS Of the Sixth Infantry which
IO.HQ
body. was Shot through the
~. Au'r Wood of the Ninth Cavalry who
NO, .'''' through the face, and who was
i5h. Les'ed to recover, as improving ran
Week ii' 10 Aey West next
Is mas been much conjecture TO-DAY
Ni,, '"e'her Lieut.. M, A. Boban If +,e
or 0a'alry. who is the ACTING to.o
man. oIlicer of the staff, made the
He " the trails before fridays hattie
t5e "sen at work ever since. most Of
H. b. III ana around the Spanish lines
am utmost always refused an escort
TIM. he has been shot at several
dav mas not been wounded. Thurs
ter, '"-e out with two men. bA enoo,,,
an 1etaehment Of ten spaniards nn1
@' and took all prisoners.
n a.. 1' OF 2ao prisoners were CAPTURED
whom -'e at Caney on Friday. Of
d.ers -lVe were regular Spanish SOL
rens,r Uniforms two officers, and The
Mn armed residents Of the town
hogs. '''ed men were left In the block
other nr.sd ',lea by native physicians. The
Tn. liners were brought in.
Crowd. 0uoans followed them in great
Cd cs.,, aao hurled eplthets at the frighten-
ninth sa.s .o'aiers belonged to the Twenty
kuej ''"'sA regulars ana expected 10 he