The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-03
by the Associated Press.

Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
JURAGUA, Cuba, July 1, via Port Antonio
Jamaica, July 2, and Kingston, jamaica July q
The battle of Santiago has ragged all day and at
4 o'clock this afternoon $4,000 American troops
laundering at the outer Notifications of the
doomed city. Since daybreak Gen. Skaters army
has fought it's way across two and half miles
of bitterly contested and strongly fortified coun-
try and the entire line, from left to right, is with
in gunshot of Santiago town. The American loss
thus far is estimated at hospital corps headquar
ters at twenty killed and fifty wounded, but it will
be hours before the death roll can be accurately
given.
Lieut.. Col. Patterson, of the Twenty-second in
fantry, is the only officer known to have been
wounded, and he is not fatally hurt.
The Spanish killed and wounded are undoubt-
edly numbered by hundreds.
CANEY AND Ell PAsO FALL.
The Spanish strongholds of Caney and Ell
Paso have fallen and the fort at Aguadores, just
east of Moro castle, on the coast, has been blown
to ruins by the guns of the fleet. With the excep-
ton of about thousand troops, who are guarding
Baiquiri and Juragua, the entire army is engaged,
together with 1000 of Gen. Garcia's Cuban troops
The men fought gloriously, and if the same
measure of success which attended todays engage
ment follows the fighting of the next twentyfour
hours, the American flag will fly from Santiago's
walls on Sunday. Officers and men are thorough
ly convinced the city will be theirs by tomorrow
night.
The battle occurred at daybreak at a point
seventeen miles from Juragua and four miles from
the outer Notifications of Santiago.
The general order for an advance was issued
by Gen. Shafter last night, and by midnight every
man in the army knew desperate struggle would
come with dawn. The news put the troops in
fervor of excitement and the night was spent in
cheering and the singing of the popular strain:
SThere'll be hot time in Santiago tonight
ADVANCE BEGUN.
Hundreds of bugles at daybreak rang out the
| reveille, and before the sun was up the advance
had begun To the extreme left was Gen. Duffield
with the Thirtythird Michigan, his command hav:
ing reached the Aguadores bridge by train. Next
to the northeast was Gen. Kents division, mile
and half from the sea, and held as reserve
force. The center Of the line was held by cav
airy DIVISION which, until Gen. Wheeler arrived
at noon, was commanded by Gen. Sumner Owing
to Gen. Young's illness, Col Wood, of the rough
riders, commanded his brigade, which consisted Of
tne f1rSt regulars, the FlrSt volunteers and the
Tenth regular and one battalion of the Ninth regu
lar cavalry, all dismounted with the exception of
two troops on the extreme right under Gems. Law
ton and Chaffce, fully five miles from the sea- 1t
had been arranged that Gen. DuAieid should nuke
a fciDt of attacking Aguadores in order to draw
| attention from the main movement, and at 5
| o'clock Gen. Lawton's troops moved forward, led
by battery of the First artillery, under command
Of Capt. Allyn CaIron. Every man in the army
carried three days rations and ammunition to
MATCH and every one knew he was not expected
to camp until Santiago was captured
FIRST SHOT FIRED.
The first shot was fired from the battery at
6 o'clock by Capt Capron whose son, Capt Allyn
Capron, of the rough riders, was killed in the bat
| tie at Sevilla. The shot was directed at Caney
where the Spaniards were in force and fell in the
heart of the town The firing continued twenty
minutes without response. Meanwhile the cavalry
division had moved forward on the main Santiago
| TRAIL headed by light battery of the Second ar
stillery under Capt Grimes. The movement of this
battery was heart-breaking task, owing to the
mud of the valley and steep hill Under the