The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-07-01

CHRONICLE WAR NEWS.
Resume Of Important Naval and Other Operations
as Reported Each Day to Us by Wire.


This column was cut short week at point
the interval just front These events however though
materialize, have not yet ripened
nonsensc bulletins that fed from OF the military news
the the momenaly edfcaton Of those
sanity craving kilograms any fields of action but its
purpose present afford to the reader intelligent running
war points To do this all Contradictory unsup
ported news dispatches possible eliminated and the residue
of the mass presented substance on the faith we feel IN It's acc
racy
patches than ordinarily important movements 1t
when separated and incidental matters portions of the
in the field that the country flooded with detas but when an en-
proceeding unison toward commanding purpose
without ripple and there nothing of note in part that
not, probably common to the whole
That the military situation at Santiago today June 2 though
may 0 a4g9 T m a the ns cp
tended for assault tedious operations and they Will also under
nab In either case the work of the investing army
and always difficult and patient The detached advances against the
enem ouo must be strongly pressed at various points soon
invading landed been properly organized but
the retirement Of the enemy victory though advantage to
orally through sharp resistance This of
ing the circle of final attack from day day the assaants
pressing the defenders at regular points and the latter giving way
gradually under fire.
it will offer final resistance ha there and sets about Strengthening
itself at point The aggressive force hnds here plenty TO DO
also 1t must build field works and nencmen mount guns
post field artey align its derept commands equi
distany from the every part OF the enccmen which
lines and its rear must occupied PGsea
supply ans and still farther back the ordnance and
behind all an outpost rear guard, well placed
Now all this takes calculation and me and all this and
being American army investing Santiago
This leaves the date for the attack the city exceeding hard
for outsider guess And this will be yet difficult it.
reported the has discovered that there not troops
enough sapago Sa to aes9nph M capture u and and IS gg t. SEND
decisive assault for several weeks.
The scinaton amid the chaotic details of the week of
Capt Sgbee gallant repulse the Spanish destroy
Terror and cruiser off San JUAN Porto Rico 1t Sgbee
who commanded the ated Maine and he too who dsco
cred Crvera into Santiago harbor Since his command of
the Paul
for GaSti in
he alone off San JUAN when he eped the Terror support
ed by sneak from the habor and dart toward his ship He
and then dxou swung about upon the Terror and opened
the craft with rade guns Three shots perforated the paniard
killing officer and and disabling the destroyer which
towed back to port by the cruiser
From the Philippines dispatches hoy the other
and candid that the from the far East only
usually interesting but rule very reliable Aunado holds all
the hands of the Americans That looked the
appearance of American renocemen for Dewey but doubt the
demand being made until the arrival Gen Merritt
who has not yet sailed.
The spectacular being enacted by the Manila
has been for time but recently attracted wide atten
would until
the seven including the flagship Prince Henry
Prussia The most spectator of these incidents
to be Admiral Dewey but the American has taken them
seriously enough notify Germany that will resist her occupation
of any Of the islands Meanwhile offset Britain friend
of this dispaching powerful cruisers to the Philip
pnes having already three ships the spot likely that
the Philippine problem to make trouble for whether
shall retain the islands dispose Of them The ostenbe sailing
the Cadz feet to fight Dewey regarded the world playful
Camara will probably his waships at Suez He will
hardly risk them where Dewey could gunsigh at their hu
supposed by this date that the first relief feet with infantry
field batteries has reached Manila It given officially
but the neceu OF probably 10000 follow rapidly detac
The naval strength of Dewey will be augmented by the
ors Monterey and Monnoc and the Charleston and Phil
adepha giving him eleven effective yesses but no baeshps