The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
and communication is now open between the
invading army and Washington.
PreparinC for the Battle
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OFF JURAGUA, Province of Santiago de
Cuba, June 80, pm, via Associated Press
Dispatch Boat Wanda, Port Antonio, July
/, am, and Kingston, Jamaica, July l..
sis a.m-Over 10 900 American soldiers, in
Guiding all The regular troops now operat-
ing in Cuba, and three volunteer regiments,
supported by 1000 Cubans under General
Garcia, lie tonight within view of the Span
ish entertainments and east of Santiago de
Cuba, ready for forward movement In the
morning which may lead Immediately to
general assault upon the city.
The advance will be made by General
Lawton's division forming the right wing,
| and if the Spaniards show signs of retreat
| ing, or circumstances otherwise warrant 1t.
General Wheeer's division and General
Kent's division will doubtless join in the
advance and endeavor to drive the Span
iards before them and enter the city.
While the movement may not reach this
extent tomorrow, its purpose is to- force the
5000 men of General Lawton's command two
miles further forward than they are now,
take the little village of Caney and occupy
the ridge overlooking the city and harbor,
from which our artillery fire can be rained
upon Spanish entertainments in front of the
city and upon the large body of Spanish
soldiers holding them.
1t may be that the Americans may be sat-
isfied to accomplish a movement in one day
and then postpone a further advance until
the light artillery and siege guns can be
placed in position on the ridge and prepara-
tions can be made to pour a deadly fire of
shell and shrapnel into the entertainments,
dislodging the enemy and enabling the main
II ,ovtao 70 t1,a
city by storm 1t is believed that at the
same time General Lawton advances, Gen
eral Kent's division on the left will attack
l. Aguadores on the coast, four miles east of
Moro Castle. which will give our army a
base much nearer Santiago than the present
one at Juragua.
Until TO-DAY our men at the front have
been subsisting on half rations, but owing
to the excellent work of Colonel John Wes-
ton, Chief of the Commissary Department,
supplies have been sent to the front by
pack trains with great dispatch all day and
night and our soldiers are no longer in want
of food. Though they have been drenched
with rain for several days and have been
suffering from lack Of sufficient food, the
spirit of our soldiers is all that could be de-
sired and they are eager for the general
attack upon the enemy's stronghold. The
Third and Twentieth Infantry, the last
regulars to remain at Juragua, went to the
front today, and the Thirty-thrd Michigan
and one battalion of the Thirty-fourth
| Michigan will break camp early this morn
ing and join General Kent's division on the
sea coast, leaving nothing at Juragua ex-
cept supplies and large field hospital in
charge of the Chief Surgeon of the corps
prepared to attend the wounded who may
be sent there from the field hospital at the
front
With our troops living almost at the gates
of Santiago, supported by the great fleet
of our warships lying just ouside the en-
trance of the harbor prepared to demolish
the Spanish shore batteries II they attempt
to stop the progress Of our army, the fall
of the city of Santiago seems to be near at
hand, and the great majority of our soldiers
sleeping tonight on the eve of events which
are to occur tomorrow believe the Ameri-
can flag will float over Santiago on the
nations birthday on Monday next.