The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-07-01

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Information has been received at
Kingston, Jamaica, that every road
and bypath leading into Santiago has
been mined with dynamite Ly Gen.
Linares and that an attempt will be
made to annihilate the advance lines
when the assault on Santiago is begun.
By the end of the p 'esent week an
army of about 1900 re-en 'orcements
will have embarked for Santiago One
brigade VIII be sent from Camp Alger,
and division, or three brigades, from
Tampa Maj Gen. Brooke will pro-
coed from Chickamauga to Tampa
with Is 900 men as soon as the divis-
ion of Brig Gen. Snyder leaves. The
army to be concentrated at Tampa
will leave for Porto Rico at the same
time the movement from Santiago is
begun.
As admiral Camara has sailed for
the Pacific Ocean to destroy ~ Dewey
the Navy Department is promptly pre-
pairing to make good its threat to send
a squadron to the coast of Spain, if the
Spanish admiral continues on his way
to the Philippines Orders for the for
nation of a squadron for this purpose,
commanded by Commodore Watson,
were issued as soon as Camara was
known to be at Port Said. Under these
orders Commodore Watson has sailed
from Havana for Santiago on the pro-
tected cruiser Newark. There he will
form his squadron. Besides the New
ark as the flagship, the squadron will
consist of the frst-class battleships
Iowa and Oregon, the cruisers Yose-
mite, Yankee and Dixie and the col
Tiers Scandal, Abarenda and Alexan-
der. Commodore Watson should be
at Santiago Thursday and can sail
for Spanish waters as soon as he col.
lects his vessels, all of which are now
in the vicinity of Santiago.
AS stated in last issue, the Spanish
fleet, under admiral Camera, is head
ing for Manila. At Port Said they
tried to coal, but the American min.
lister sat up with the authorities and
the ships were refused fuel 1t is an
nounced that he will proceed through
the canal after lying at Port Said TO,
two or three days. The ships are
said to be in dirty, disorderly con
dition. Well, let I b m 60 ahead, fol
| Dewey is awaiting for just such ;
snap as Camara will be for him.
The initial fl ght of Col. Wood
Rough Riders and the troopers of thu
First and Tenth regular cavalry which
took place last week will be know
in history as the battle of La Quasina
That it did not end in the complet,
slaughter of the Americans was no
due to any miscalculat:on in the plal
of the Spaniards, for as perfect al
ambuscade as was ever formed in tn
brain of an Apache Indian was pre-
pared, and Lieut. Col. Roosevelt an
his men walked squarely into it. Fo
an hour and a half they held thei
ground under perfect storm of bull
lets from the front and sides, and thel
Col Wood at the right and Lieut. Col
Roosevelt at the left led a charg
which turned the tide of battle an,
sent the enemy flying over the hill
toward Santiago. 1t is now definitel
known that sixteen men on the Amer
lean side were killed, while sixty wer
wounded, or are reported to be mis-:
ing. 1t is impossible to calculate tn
Spanish losses. but it is known tina
they were far heavier than those c
the Americans, at least as regard
actual loss of life. Already thirty
seven dead Spanish soldiers have bee
found and buried, while many other
undoubtedly are lying in the thick ur
derbrush on the side of the gully an
on the slope of the hill, where tn
main body of the enemy was located
The wounded were all removed.
The following dispatch sums up tn
|
ton considers that the real crisis of tn
war is near and with prospect that tn
weeks work will be the most import
ant IN history in the pending strife
Santiago is sure to fall at an earl
d tie, and with it must come the d.
struction or capture of Admiral Cel
vera's feet. The result, whether
comes this week or next, the official
generally agree, will have an import
ant bearing upon the future of tn
war, both as to duration and plans c
forcing Intervention for peace, Q
Spain may voluntarily sue for peace
There are some who believe in tn
possibility of early peace. On the oil
err hand, the scope OF the general wa
situation may be enlarged. With Az
miral Cervera's feet disposed of, on
fast and formidable battleships an
cruisers will be available for formal
ion into a flying squadron for an a
tack upon SPANS home ports. TIL
in turn, may result in Spain recalling
Admiral Camara's feet, now heade
for the Philippines, for the protectio
: of her own coasts. So, any way 70
look at it, many important contingeI
!. cies hinge on the development q
. Santiago within the next few days.
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