Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-07-14
THE ATTACK BEGUN.
SampsOn's Fleet and Skaters Troops
lombard the City If Santiago.
The City u Completely Invested and For
'he Heleasuer-d Harrison There q. No
Possibility az E-cIPe Skaters
Forces Greatly Aug m~nIed.

WASHINGTON, July II. - Shot and
shell from ships and siege guns are re-
ported tn be screaming over the doom
I'D city of Santiago.
1 The bombardment will not cease I'M
I'll Santiago has fallen. Gen. Corhin
said Sunday night that the firing. once
having begun. il would stop only with
the equalization Of the city. The
town, il i now said ut the war
department., is completely invested,
and for the beleagucrcd garrison there
is no possibility of escape. This does
not mean that the Spanish soldicry
must stand still within the wall, and
he shot down like sheep. IL is not inn
possible that, like the brave and rack
less Cervera, they may I've lead out Ia
attack the American forces ON the
surrounding hills This would be a
forlorn hope, but it would offer a
chance of striking the American line
in a weak spot. breaking il and turn
ing back one of the TANKS. Ii would
mean destruction in the erd for the
SPaniards, of coarse, hut il would give
them one last grand dash with the
glory of dying in hand-to-hand CON
fiict.
The bombariment began about S
O'clock Earlier in the afternoon a
dispatch was received from GEN Shat
ter saying that Col. Toral had de-
clined the terms Of unconditional
surrender, and that the bombardmcnt
would begin as soon after o'clock
las possible. At II o'clock sunday
night nothing further had been re-
ceived at the war departm mt, and the
anxiety for news from the scene of OPP
erations was intense. Toral is second
in command of the Spanish troops.
and il is presume he replied to
Skaters demand because ten. Linares
was so seriously wounded a. to be in
incapable of duty.
Gen. Shafter, the war department
says, has in place 40 5 l-inch guns and
eight finch mortars. With the rein
forcements that arrived sunday he
must have nearly $4,000 men.
Ohio troops it is probable will have
the honor of being present at the fail
Of tine first fortified town in CUBA to
be captured and Perhars Of partici-
psting in the battle. A dispatch from
Gen. Shafter received early SUNDAY
afternoon that the ST Pau.
arrived at or near l,aiquiri
Sunday afternoon. This is about IL
miles from Siboney. and three miles
from the American front On the IT.
Paul was the sth Ohio volunteers.
called here in Washington The
recruited largely from the northeast.
ern part of the state. and has
for its lieutenant Col Charles Dick,
secretary of the republican national
committee. and the presidents Gloss
friend. IL would take some hour,
for the men 10 reach the front
from their landing place, but il
i believed at the war de.
partment sunday night that Col. Dick
and his soldiers are now with Shat
ter's forces. perhaps participating in
the battle, or at least ready 10 aid in
the investment of the city when it falls
\ Preparations for the Porto Rico
expedition are being FASTENED with
the utmost speed Not the Iess,
of the reasons for this Is the
fact that an impression is grow
ing that peace is near at hand. II
the American forces capture Porte
Rico before peace is declared. the
permanent investment of the island.
will be greatly simplified.