Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-07-08

he could take Santiago In forty-eght
hours but the undertaking might Involve
considerable loss. As Gen. Pando is re-
ported advancing from Manzanllo with a
large force of Spaniards it is beloved
the American commander will not wait
for re-enforcements before opening battle.
Six transports with 1900 troops sailed
from Tampa TO re-enforce Gen Shafter.-
Gen. Merritt has sailed for the Philip
pines on the steamer Newport from San
F'rancisco.-Havana dispatch reports the
capture of five Spanish vessels June % by
an American ship. believed 10 be the
auxiliary cruiser Yankee. which had al
ready mage a E.stuGp Of its exPI9i!E-GQy-
efiitert paymaster5 arrive at Chickamau-
ga with money for the volunteers.-A
great military hospital under tents is TO
be established at Fort roe.-Lieut.
Carranza IS mysteriously missing from
Montreal. Queen. Correo. SPANS min
lister of war. says Camara's squadron has
begun the passage of the SueZ canal
Commodore Schley's flying squadron has
been merged into the fleet under Admiral
Sampson.
Thursday. June so.
Secretary Alger at midnight. when shown
q press report from Madrid that A battle
had been fought at Santiago. said there
was no official confirmation of the report,
but he considered il quite likely that al
miles of each other at last accounts.
there had been lively skirmishing.-Ofh-
Gals in Washington do not pretend 70
know that Gen. Shafter will attack LII
mares. but they are satisfied that he will
win a victory when he strikes the blow
he has in preparation.-A comprehensive
review of the latest dispatches from spe-
cial correspondents with our army in
Cuba shows that Gen. Shafter has so ar
ranged his forces that he has General
LinareS and Santiago at his mercy
Cable advices from Madrid say that the
war will not end soon, no matter what the
attitude Of the government. because the
temper OF the people will not accept peace
The Egyptian government refused to al
low Admiral Camara to coal his ships in
the Suez Canal ana ordered him tc leave.
his stay having exceeded the twentyfour
hour limit. Camara pleaded that some of
his ships were disabled as an excuse for
not leaving at once-Chauncey NJ Depew
has arrived in New York from Europe
and in an interview tells of the changed
sentiment there regarding our army and
navy.
General Wheeler's official report 20 Ma
jor General Shafter of what is known as
the battle of Siborey is follows:
To ne Adjutant General Of the Fifth
Army Corps. Sir:-I have the honor to
report that. in obedience 10 the inStruc-
tons of the major general commanding.
given me in person on June % proceeded
to Siooney (Jurauasito). The enemy had
evacuated the place az daylight that
morning. taking a course toward Sevllla-
A body of about 100 Cubans had followed
and engaged the enenyS rear guard.
About nine of them were wounded. l rode
out to the front and found that the en-
envy had halted and established them
selves at a point about three miles from
SibOney. AT night the Cubens returned
20 the vicinity of the town. At o'clock
that evening the 23d. General Young.
reached Siboney with eight troops of Col
one! Woods regiment. A. B. d. E, T, q.
K and L. 500 strong, troops A. 3. Q. and
X. First cavalry in ali PA men. and troops
A. 3. =. and [ of the Tenth cavalry, in
all 220 men. making the total force 964
men. which included nearly all OF my