The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-25
SPANIARDS FLEE
Cubans Drive the Dons into
Santiago.
ENEMY LOSES TWENTY-FIVE
Fifty Wounded Spaniards Also Found
in Positions Carried by
Skaters Army.
ENEMY LOSES TWENTY-FIVE

Not One American Soldier Has Been
Killed Since the Landing-Advance of
General Skaters Troops within Seven
Miles of MORO Castle-spaniards in
Retreat Toward Santiago de Cuba-The
Evacuation of Juragua.
Washington, June 25.-Information
has been received here that the Span
lrads have been driven back from the
woods about Baiquiri and the last OF
the American artillery is now ashore.
The march to Santiago will begin at
once Twenty-Five dead and fifty wound
ed Spanish soldiers have been found
in the positions carried by Skaters
army since landing. Not one American
soldier has been killed. The Cubans
are driving the Spanish army into San
tiago after fierce guerrilla fighting In
which the insurgents are distinguish
ing themselves for bravery.
Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 25.-
ICopyrighted, 1898, by the Associated
Press. 1.-The advance of the American
army has reached the edge of the table
land in which the harbor of Santiago de
Cuba lies. Here, seven miles from Nor
ro castle, as the crow flies, the main
body of the troops has united and the
Spaniards are in full retreat towards
Santiago de Cuba. They may attempt
a surprise, but a decisive engagement
Is not expected for several days.
Our Flag Hoisted at Juragua.
General Lawton's brigade. which
rested at Demajaybo, four miles west
of Baiquiri resumed its march at day
light. Before noon his brigade, con-
sisting of the Twenty-second infantry.
the First infantry, the Second Massa-
chusetts volunteers, with companies OF
the Eighth cavalry, half OF the Fourth
cavalry and several companies OF the
Twenty-fifth colored cavalry, occupied
Juragua. five miles beyond, and the
American flag was hoisted there. The
Standards retired before the advance,
which was covered by Cuban skirmish-
ers. burning the blockhouses as they
went.
Colonel Wagner with small recon
| Nuisance party of about forty men
brushed against the flank of retreat
| ing Spanish column 200 strong, at Fir
MEAS. A dozen shots were fired by the
| Spaniards as Colonel Wagner fell back
| Before General Lawton could bring uT
the Twenty-second, the van regiment
| the Spaniards had decamped westward
No Time to Burn the Town.
| Juragua was abandoned by General
I Linares and 1000 Spanish troops with
| such haste that they had no time &c
burn the town, though an intellectual
( attempt was made to destroy the loco
! motives of the railroad and the rollins
| stock. General Linares retreated to Be
| villa. six miles west of Juragua by roac
and nine miles from Santiago de CUBA
| A detachment of 10 Cubans, under Col
| onel Agirra, collided with the Spanish
rear guard. The Cubans lost two mel
killed and had seven men wounded. Th'
| spanish loss is not known. One span
lard was macheted.
General Cheffee. with the Ninth cav
airy. the remainder of the Eighth an'
Fourth, Seventh, Twelfth and seven
teenth infantry, reached Juragua
dark. General Bates, with the reserv
of the Twentieth infantry. and Colone
woods rough riders dismounted. Will
a dynamite gun, hurried forward iron
Baiouiri at o'clock, proceeding o!
| forced marches.