New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-04
N FRONT OF SANTIAGO.

4 july l.
N FRONT OF SANTIAGO.
Returning now To FL Caney. about $50 p m
ordors were received ny General Iawton 10 move
hts troops toward the city at once. If'9e orn''
verc Immediately sent out to the brigade com
+ r,,raer4 and were complied with by them az soon
nc nossihc The troops moved 10 within two miles
% tho c.y Of Santiago on the main roa'' an"
hivouached there beside tho road. General Law
ton vert forward with his stan to ma an" "'"
rltoly locate the position which his troops were 10
o.cupv and continued alcnG the road to wi'h'n
bout , mite Of the city when he was fired upon n|
The Spanish plckcts. lie then returned ana sent
forward a strong patrol 81 Cuhan5 to ma "u' '''
condition of affairs He then reported me "'a''y
To Corps Headquarters and vailed unul aoo"t -.''
a m and not receiving any report from the
/ Cubans or any further directions from h'adquat-
tore be started forward again. but vas overtak"n
win orders from Corps Headquarters To counter
march his division and come up In the rear OF the
! Other divisions TO take position on the ilsht'
The division was pr, In march. and by long
/ dctour recurring all the rest Of the night ana a
oood mar. Of the following morning. the uNIalVg.
cam around and went into position on the rle ,
SS we ntrnnchmeni in front Of the city Of san
/ t,a-o and bout lSr to -7" FhIu9 "-..hoia ~
! IrIy . bv 10Th sdea our troops having thrown up
hastv lntrcr chmcnts In many positions VI, ~
c,.ualtcs resulting not entirely from nltntu e
hut from bullets clearing the crest OF our tbey
nents ana lo I'M ,ngcther into position they
were going oS S6 and and i 80 on Many casualties
resulted from the fire OF sharpshoottrS an
! n trees with such thick loaSe '""' "
| could not be seen.
THE MEN IN THE TREES.
:. ..r,od incredible that men should be so reck-
los y. 70 rernnin within our lines and continue
o,irg and # was believed By many that what was
reported to he IRE from sharpshooters was sl"lp's
spent bullets that came over the crest % ou' ,-
/ Eat l. and the members OF my stan can -.
~ tho fact that in many places along 'pe ro"u
! leading up to the ccntre OF our lines mo snap
cr,ck ~ mo Niauscr rife could he heard very 'oso
! 70 the road and there were all the usual inu'0
,lors Of the near and selected aim aGaI"S' . ~
! yduals Scouting parties were sent OUT from ''''e
g. time 10 &c, hold OF these fellows and nui n
-, IN, ,.rre rapturcd or shot. Il was not unln ~
/ d,y or TWO afierward however that 'he' WIZ
a." on ,ho morning Of the ID three batteries OF ar
tIcry went into action near fort Gan hout Xix
/ bunJr,d wards from the enemys in;renchmen's -
i.'rin, black p,gd.r instead % sinokeIe-7 thts
/ rourse irstanily drew all the fire in the Wcin3ny,
~ withdraw. The questions IS to smokeless pow "d
der intrenchmcnts and batteries OF ootn snt %u
siege artillery were matters ol ny t. s,oadv
! a.. rom lntrcnch. 4 rnes 50 admirably ia'n ou'
and stouly defenc cd as IN iha hs .n., Continued
Irlng tho night - the 81 our Troops contins az
4, pirc on a ,rlat from - TO 500 yards as
,an from tn" S5s oT n9s case. having higher
',,r',,Im1 Tho 1aniarIs made an attack on .hs
nsht q , me Wv "a q ,c loss to ourselves General
lI.gkinS was then wounded. whose gauantry IN me
,,ni,n,rf ,,s hr,gedc. captain Haskell. commanding
battalion Of III. l2th Infantry attIac,eu p,n
! attention at tho assault upo" 'o P'''~'''
| bockhouso at Ei caney.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR SURRENDER
| y, tho ~ there was comparatively lrtle nring
| ., either side II the morning the Spanish Meet
lor, the harhor and attempted to escape 70 sea- ou'
/ was DESTROYED by our Navy lying In wait LOT "
| outside the harbor. General Shafter sent IN
| demand for tho surrender 81 the Spanish lNoes
and the city ~ Santiago. From this time until the
surrender ~ the army and the city. which TOOK
,ioce n, tho lrh there was firing. except on the
! of,o-,oon ~ tho ioth when dcsuliory oomharh-
mon, 81 tho lines aud city was mad" by our htuI-
io,, beginning about { ~ aud lasting unuI nearly
| d,rt ac-ompanicd ~ worry little snall-arms hring
on either side. md resulting I'm few casualties ana
! nroboblv not a very great amount NJ damage. inc
! Navy took part In this homhardmen' from pom,
outside ~ tho entrance TO me harbor ne result
! of Inc hornhardmeut by the Navy Is not known,
! hu, thought not to he Very serious any more thdh
! In demanding he surrender Of the town We nou-
! fed tho enemy Of = hombardment IN cas-" inc CITY
not suTFcndered Tho was F TGeH d 2
| lea,,. IN the following. days 10 the number OF Per
! lagos and roads with detitnie peop'e, mos,y
! women and children II then seemed To IAN 10 our
fnsnio,c ro,infry ana 90 be as much duty 70
! take care % these people whom our policy haf
Gaed me r"c6ncentrados whom they drove from
! their homes under their war policy. The task was
| not insignificant
INVESTMENT OF THE CITY.
From July on We continued 10 extend our lines
or both narks hut especially around toward our
rioh, mill tho city was completely invested on the
! ester, and northern sides. Spanish reinforce
! uonts had been expected from the north. and be-
SIDES that the city was not so strongly defended
! ~, this side as on the east our lines Of intrench
| m,nts were occupied follows. On the extreme
! right tho Cuhans under General Garcia. next. Law
| toms Division: next. Wheeler's Division Of dis
mounted cavalry: next. Kents Division and on the
| left. patcs's independent Brigade brigade Of
volunteers under General Dudeld. was left at Sih
onov and vicinity.
There was = heavy rain on Tho afternoon ~ July
TO- heavy rain that night. and rain nearly all day
or the nth. with very heavy rain ~ nisnt. The
! wa,cr supply II the city of Santiago vas cut on
| on account of the heavy rains that followed and
the ample cistorns which the city or santiago con-
The light batteries which arrived with other troops
on July began TO unload as soon as possible out
/ fnilowsd limos, immediately that It was next to
Impossible to get them up 10 the front Two bat
tcr.os however. did arrive befot" the close OF hos
! tniiles. The others were stopped on the way
! General Miles. commanding the Army. reached
! 70 and he'd conference with the Spanish com
mander on The 18Th he was present at the .capitula
/ For, of Slborev the same day.
NOTES
II Is not known that the Spaniards have taken
n eugle prisoner from the Army during the
naten We have taken several hundred spanish
| officers and soldiers. some Of whom we're wounded
| These Spanish prisoners from their conduct ap
narentlv expected ia receive harsh treatment, II
no, immediate execution. but they were Of course.
VOL treated and seemed to be surprised at It, The
wounded prisoners sent into the Spanish
! lines Some of those not wounded were exchanged
for some OF our sailors who held prisoners
! bv tho Spanlards. and wounded Spanish officer
I was exchanged for Lieutenant Hobson OF the Navy.
! though General Shafter was ready II necessary to
! give three of equal rank for him.
/ There was number 81 deserters from the Span
ish lines into the reasons Of their desertion