The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
FLEET DESTROYED.
Sampson Does up Ceryera's Ships
atSantiago.
FIGHTING STILL GOING ON.
Gen. Shafter Demands the Surrender
CT Santiago. Reports Of the Losses
Oh Both Sides Indicate Desperate
Fighting.

on Both Sides Indicate Desperate
Fighting.
Washington. july 3.--lt is reported
on what is deemed To be reliable au-
lhority that Admiral Sampson fleet
today engaged he feet Of Admiral Ger
Vera and entirely destroyed it.
Washington, July :5-Thc following
statement was tonight "iren out AT the
White House:
Gen. Shafter tcc"raphs:
Playa del Este. Jul y ,. Early this
m"rnin" | sent :; demand Tor the i'm
mediate surrender Of Santiago. threat
rmin" to lombard the city. believe
the place will be surrendered.
The following dispatch was received
1t the war departments
Playa del Este. July 3. Sibonry
office confirms statement that I'LL the
Spanish fleet except one wars p de-
Stroycd and burning ON the bca;s. 1t
WAS witnessed by Capt. Smith. who
told operator nodoubt Of It's correctness.
ALLEN. Signal Officer
Playa del Este. July 3.-'rhc de-
struclion Of CcvcraS fleet is confirmed.
(:;igncd) ALLEN. Lieut.. Col.
NEWS FROM SlIAFTER.
Playa del Este July 3.
Secretary Of War. Washington:
Camp near ScvilIa. Cuba. July d
We have the town we'll invested on the
north and cast but with 1 VERY thin
line. lpon approaching it we find it
OF such character and the dcfenscs so
strong it will be impossible to carry it
by storm with my present force Our
losses up to date will aggregate i thous-
and. but list has not yet been made.
But little sickness outside of cXhaus
ton from intense heat and excrtion of
the battle Of the day before yesterday
and the almost constant fire which is
kept up on the trenches Wagon road
to the rear is kept up with some diff
Guilty on account of rains. but will be
able to use it for the present. General
Wheeler is seriously i'll and will proba
bly, have to 20 to the rear today. Gen.
Young also very i'll: confined to his bed
Gen. Hawkins slightly wounded III foot
Daring Sortic made by enemy last night
which was handsomely rcpulScd. The
behavior Of the troops was magnificent.
Gen. Garcia reported he holds the rail
road from Santiago to San Luis and has
burned bridge and removed some rails;
also that Gen. Pando has arrived at
Palma and that the French consul with
about 400 French citizens came into
his line yesterday from Santiago. Have
directed him to treat them with every
courtesy possible. SHAFTER.
Major General.
OFFICERS KILLED.
Washington July 3.-The following
dispatch from Gen. Shafter was received
at the war departmenttonight:
Playa del Este. July 3. 1898.
Adj. Gen. Z. :. A.. Washington:
Camp Near Santiago, July 3.-The
following is u partial list of officers
killed:
Col. Charles :. Wykoff. 22d infantry
Lieut.. Col. John NJ Hamilton, 9th
cavalry
Lieut.. ". II. Smith, 10th cavalry.
Maj. Forse 'lst cavalry.
Capt. O'Neill. lst volunteers.
Lieut.. Micha, son Of Professor Miclla.
Lieut.. Jules G. Ordc. 9th infantry
Lieut.. Wm. +. Shipp, 10th cavalry.
TEH SPANISH ACCOUNT.
Madrid. July ;. p. m.-Privatc dis
patches from Santiago give the follow
ing details
Gen. Skaters army. composed Of
II, 900 infantry and 81 siege guns of
various calibre, attacked the Spanish
positions before Santiago. 5000 rebels
under Garcia assisting them. The
Spaniards ha> on nly - 600 men partly
volunteers.
Our troops>foreht with heroic cour-
ace. 'i'he battle lasted three hours and
and the Spanish We're then compelled
to abandon the trenches and to rall
back on Santiago The retreat was con
Quoted in perfect order.
Our losses We're heavy and the enemy 5
were enormous. The list of our wounded
includes Cen LinareS Col. Ordonez and
Majors .Amadrid and Arraiz. the latter
being Gen. LinarcS aid-dc-camp. The
American attack upon FL Caney was
very severe Theposition was defended
by Gen. Vera de Roy with 800 men.
The enemy WAS III first repnlSed but
ultimately renewed the attack.
Our wounded are numerous. includ-
Ing Gen Vera de Roy and Major Dem
ingncz. The struggle is becoming diff
cult; 1000 Spanish having to meet %.
600 Of the enemy.
SANTIAGO BADLY TORN Up
Definite. positive information is at
hand that Santiago had been literally
torn to pieces. and that in the wreck
and ruin of demolished buildings the
Spanish casualties numbered fully
l.O00 This information came from
one OF the foreign consuls stationed at
Santiago. who reported to the rep
rcscntativc OF his country in Washing
ton the fearful havoc within the city
wrought by the American army and the
feet. The distress nf the city even
before the battle. was clear Y shown by
the action of this counsel in serving out
rations Of onc-half pound daily to his
fellow countrymcn. few hundred in
number. for the last month. Then
came the brief but graphic recital OF the
terrible effect Of the American attack
from land and sea. The bursting shells
from our feet had done the greatest
damage inside Of the city. Buildings
were riddlcd with rifles shot and mown
down with the huge shells and solid pro-
icctilc> from the ships.
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