The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-30
The Spaniards Stand In Deadly Fear
of This Terrible Explosive.
ARE IN THEIR INTRENCHMENTS,
The Troops Have Encountered No
Snanish Pickcts nor Skirmisbers
and Think They Have Retired
toThcir rIntrenchmcnts-Th
Cuban Pickets Do Com
mcndable Work.

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AT THE FRONT, on THE RIO
GUIANA SECOND CROSSING, Tuesday,
June %, =. NJ, per the Associated
Press Dispatch Boat DauntlCss, via Port
Antonio. Jamaica, Wedno sday, and
Kingston. Jamaica. 9:SO \. NJ. June 81
The preparations for a general advance
Of American troops on SANTIAGO de Cuba
are being pushed steadily forward ana
troops Of all branches Of the service are
being hurried to the front.
General Keene's Diyision-co1slsting OF
the brigades OF Colonel Hawkins Colo
mel Pearson and Colonel Worth-has
Joined General Lawton's Division. and
with the cavalry division OF General
Wheeler and four batteries OF light ar
| tillery, will now be strung ont in the rear
OF General Lawton's Division. The front
| stlll rests on the second crossing of the
| Rio Guiana river. on the road 90 SAN
tago de Cuba. in the rear OF the crest
OF the Sevlia hills and q mile and half
! back.
THE LATE ARRIVALS.
The brigade OF General Bates. tho
| Thlrty-third Michigan Regiment and
battalion OF the Thlrty-fourth Michigan
| Regiment. which were landed yes erday
by tho auxiliary cruiser. remain AZ Ju-
ragua or Siboncy. The delay in the
general forward movement is due I'D the
| inability to get subsistence stores go the
front rapidly enough.
The advance, 1t is said. will not b. or
| hI4H fsT b Z
rations i'm his knapsacK. This how YER
IS impossible until the road is pas Die
for wagon trains The pack trains can
only convey one days ratons I'm day
The men constructing the bridge roads
have the work almost completed. and his
| afternoon the first wagon train OF sour
six-mule teams viii go through. In 'WD
or three days more every man VIII htv"
three days rations I'm his lnapsaek rnd
| as soon as that occurs the army VIII
move upon the enemy.
STUDYING THE COUNTRY
The day has been utilized 20 good az.
vantage. Although the Cubans affe
TO have thorough knwledge OF tn
country and the tra.lA nothing is takef
for granted. and the whole country
front and nank-is being thoroughly re-
c0nnotered and an accurate map has
Information thus obtained will be OF in
estlmable value.
Last night General Mendonca Of Gem
eral Lawtons stan made a reconnois-
sance up 10 the very trenches OF the
enemy their sentry's talking on Ae,cket
duty being plainly heard.
SHARP SHOOTERS SENT OUT.
Corporal Dewey and nine sharp shoot
ers from the Seventh Infantry went out
at dark last night, with one days ra-
tions. towards the Spanish lines and they
have not yet returned. but no fear is en-
tertained for their safety 10 IS believed
that they are probably lying In the psh
waiting for night Al daylight this morn
Ing. Lieutenant Smith Of the Fourth In
fantry. with a detail OF fifty men from
the Seventh Infantry under Lieutenant
DoarfOe. crossed 'Ne San Juan and went
in a northcaste b direction as far as
Caney. or III Gaumey, as II is marked
on the maps. without encOuntering any
Spanish troops. and fifty men of Com
pany A. Seventh Regiment. under Cap
tain Young, also made reconnaissance
In force.
NOT ANXIOUS TO FIGHT
j The spanlards have seemingly retired
10 their intrcnchments, as no pickets or
/ skirmlshers were encountered. General
Lawton, General Wheeler and General
! Chamee have had riders ont beyond our
advance posts several times. Captain
Wright. OF General Bates stan. to-day
followed the line Of the railroad running
out of Juragua towards Santiago de Cuba.
10 within two and One-half miles Of the
city. The road approaches within a mile
and one-half or our front and can be
utilized 20 bring M supplies and siege
guns. the first OF which were landed at
Baiquiri to-day.
! As soon as the remaining battaliOns
| OF the Thirty-fourth Michigan and Eighth
Massachusetts. which arrive on the har-
ward tomorrow. and the six thousa"d
reinfOrcoments sent ont from Tampa
reach here Aguad0res, town on the
coast four miles west Of Juragua and
about the same distance east Of the har-
Dor entrance, Will be taken.
AGUADORES SHELLED.
The place was shelled to-day by SOW
eral ships Of the feet.
Agiiadores IS on the line OF the ad-
vance of the army into the interior and
close 10 the railroad. 10 Will then proba-
bly, become the base Of operations, while
the supply base may remain az Juragua.
CAPTAIN Wright on his reconnaissance
obtained information which Is believed
to he reliable, to the effect that three
| thousand Spanish troops have been sent
To reinforce the garrison at AguardOres
TO SHE'LL THE TRENCHES.
General Lawton will probably make
diversion with his artillery so soon as
II Is placed In position. Heavy rains this
afternoon has made s. impossible to move
beyond General Wheeler's headquarters,
but the roads will dry quickly, the guns
, will probably be brought up tomorrow
and the int7enchments viii be shelled b.
the artillery and By Colonel Woods dy-
Mantle guns.
The shrapne fire viii be more used by
the artillery. The guns are three 2-i0
inches and with shrapnel they are effec-
tive az $500 yards
The Cubans say the SDaniards are In
deadly fear OF dynamite and General
IaWt0n viii see how he can torrify them
| Simultaneous with the Dombardment.
General Chaffee's brigade will move for
ward and occupy a position OF vital i'm
portance In advance or our front. The
correspondent OF the Associated Press Is
n6s permitted az present 10 divulge its
location.
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