Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-06-24

( occupied Juragua, i've miles beyond
aud the American flag was hoisted
there. The Spaniards retired before
our advance, which was
COVERED BY CUBAN sKIRMIsHERs,
burning block houses as they went
Col. Wagner, with small reconnais-
sance party Of about forty men, brushed
against the flank of the retreatlng
Spanish column, 200 strong at Firm.
ezes A dozen shots were fired by the
Spaniards as Col. Wagner fell back.
Before Gen. Lawton could bring up
the Twenty. second regiment, the Span
iards had decamped westward. Juragua
was abandoned by Gen. Linarss and
200 Spanish troops with such haste
they had
NO TIME TO BURN THE TOWN
though an Intellectual attempt was
made to destroy the locomotives of the
railroad and rolling stock. General
Linares retreated to Seville, six miles
west of Juragua by road and nine miles
from Santiago. A detachment of 10
Cubans under Col. Agirra collided with
the SI anish rear guard. The Cubans
lost two men killed and had seven
wounded. The Spanish loss is net
known. Gen. Chaffee, with the Ninth
Cavalry, the remainder Of the Eighth,
Fourth, Seventh, Twelfth and Seven.
teenth Infantry reached Juragua at
dark. Gen. Bates with the reserve
Twentieth. Infantry and
COL. WOODS ROUGH RIDERS,
dismounted, with dynamite gun, hurried
forward from Baiquiri at o'clock pro-
ceeding by forced marches. When the
couriers brought the news Juragua had
been occupied, the troop ships which
had not disembarked their troops
steamed to Juragua with a view of
landing them there, but heavy sea
beating on the beach made it impossible
to get the boats through the surf.
LACKS CONFIRMATION.
ST. THOMAS, d. W. 1. June 24.-Ns
information has been received here
which tends to confirm the report from
Madrid that some Spanish warships at
San Juan de Puerto Rico had been en-.
gagged with an American cruiser.
SAMPSON KEEPS THE WIRES HOT.
WASHINGTON, June 2S. - Admiral |
Sampson is in constant cable commu-
nication with the Navy Department. |
Six dispatches were received in rapid /
succession though the early hours to-
day. Only half hour elapsed between |
the filing of the last message by the |
Admiral and the receipt of it in Wash
ington. The dispatches made requisi-
tion for supplies of every description
and indicated some needed repairs,
mostly of minor character, to the yes.
sells OF the fleet. Not word was said
as to any engagement by the troops
under General Shafter. A dispatch to
General Greely, chief signal officer,
from Lieutenant Colonel Allen, in
charge of telegraphic communication
with the army, date Playa del Este, in
dicated that he was making arrange
ments to extend communication along
the shore as far as Aguadores. about
sixteen miles farther westward than
Playa del Este.
MILES HIMSELF TO GO.
WASHINGTON. June "a. - General
Miles, in command of the army, will 90
to Cuba and direct the military opera
tions in the field, after the preparations
for further expeditions by way of New.
port News and Tampa have been per-
fected.
MORE SPANISH VICTORIES.
MADRID, June 4.-It is announced
here from Cuba that yellow fever has
already attacked the members of
the American expedition at Santiago.
Dispatches from the Spanish military
commander at Santiago say that the
Spaniards may fall back before the
Americans, but it will be only until
they are out of reach of the ships
guns. The Spanish commander at
Siboney was killed during the recent |
fighting there, Col. Aldea, 1t is added |
defeated the Insurgents at Feurte |
Cabrera. The Spaniards admit that
during the recent bombardment by the |
American feet, they lost one man
killed and three wounded. On the |
other hand. they claim that Spanish |
shells severely damaged the Indiana's |
port side, and three shells struck the
Texas.
TOO MUCH HEAT.
Dispatches from General Linares.
which have been captured, indicate
that the Spaniards ware ordered to re-
treat toward Santiago. The Insur,
gents expect the frst stand will be
made at Savilla. General Lawton's
men are badly tagged by forced
marches and the intense heat. Their
rstions are almost exhausted. There
we're two casualties during the landing
of the troops at Baiqulri. Corporal
Cobb aud Private English, Of Troop d,
Tenth Cavalry, colored, fell between q
lighter and the pier. Captain 0'Neill,