Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-06-23
WEEKLY WAR HISTORY.
Complete Record of Events Told in
Few Lines Covering All
Important News.
TUESDAY. JUNE a.

I aOFOEdtel AT w 4sliIgtOl.
Recruiting for the companies OF the vol.
unteer regiments is general in the state,
/ and fast work Is being done
Thirty-two transports, carrying upwards
Of l5.gg 60 sol5alistrs saa e21y9y4d BY warships
Mai Gen Fitzhugh Lee, commander Of
| the Seventh army corps. with headquar.
/ tiers at Jacksonville, received orders 10 pre-
paEs an army OF 10000 men to move on Ha-
Admiral SAMPSON made an Official repor,
to Washington that all Of cerveras fee,
| are in Santiago harbor.
The last Of the transports carrying troops
to Cuba sailed from Tampa. Fla. and the
1 entire expedition is now en- route
| A general order has been issued to the
| effect that no native of the Philippines
! shall be enlisted in the army of the United
The seven men who served under Naval
! Constructor Hobson In the Merrimac ex-
! peqition have been promoted by the navy
| department. ->4-~-s> -s.sss- a--.
The defenses at Havana have been
| strengthened by double rampant and 3d.
| w spanish troops are said TO be within the
/ walls OF the city.
/ In the second night attack OF the Spanish
on the marines at Guantanamo two OF the
/ Americans were killed and several Others
| were wounded. The marines are deter
mined to hold the ground until the troops
| arrive.
THURSDAY. JUNE 1s.
-Four thousand United States soldiers
left San Francisco on four transports
headed for the Philippine islands.
News comes from Havana by way OF
! Jamaica that the people are starving and
! that many Americans are imprisoned.
According to advices from Madrid Gen.
/ Blanco has been authorized to exchange
! Lieut.. Hobson and the Merrimac prisoners.
Assurances have been received from Ber-
hat FNa( laEr
tention of interfering In the Philippine
question.
Admiral Sampson reported to Washing
! ton that the Cuban general Rabbi, had oc-
I cupied Acerraderos, only eight miles from
Santiago. and practically a suburb of that
/ Spanish stronghold.
i The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius fired
three shells at Santiago fort. practically
destroying 1t. The cruiser Neg Orleans
I battered down new defenses which the
/ Spaniards were erecting
The secretary of war sent to congress es-
/ Inmates for appropriations for the army
up TO January next amounting to S13, 200
. 600. The amount so far asked on account
of the war is approximately 1891. 0OO, 900.
! American marines routed large force
OF Spaniards in camp near Guantanamo
bay and killed 40 of the guerrilla band One
American was wounded. A force of Cubans
cooperated with the attacking party.
FRIDAY. JUNE II.
II is expected that the third Manila ex-
petition will leave San Francisco in about
ten days
1t was again announced at Madrid that
the Spanish reserve squadron had sailed
from Cadiz
The United States cruiser Buffalo. for
merly the Nictheroy. OF the Brazilian navy,
arrived in New York.
The 6paniards are being driven from
their outposts In the Philippines, and their
condition is becoming critical.
- A. a.
q second expedition of 5000 men from
Tampa to reinforce Gen. Shafter.
The fort and earthworks at Caimanera
near Guantanamo. were destroyed by a
bombardment from the Texas. Marblehead
and Suwanee.
loose in the camp at Tampa and caused a
wild panic. 1t is feared several soldiers
were killed IN the stampede.
Advices from Key West say that more
than 5000 Spanish volunteers and many
regulars from Puerto Principe and Neu-
vitas garrisons have deserted to the pa
triot army.
The warships under Admiral Sampson
bombarded the forts of Santiago de Cuba
for the third time FL MORO was spared
owing to the presence of Lieut. Hobson and
his companions, but all the other defenses
were probably rendered useless. The loss
OF life on the Spanish side was &C nslder-
able.
SATURDAY. JUNE Is.
Capt. Gen. Blanco has refused to enter
tain a proposition to exchange the Merri-
mac prisoners.
The Cadz fleet was sighted off Ceuta. on
the north coast of Africa, sailing eastward
into the Mediterranean.
Dispatches from Shanghai to London say
the American troops have reached Manila
The news is not confirmed from other
sources.
Admiral Dewey reported to the navy
department that he was still maintaining
the blockade at Manila and that the insur-
gents entirely surrounded the city.
The council general OF Catalonia repre-
senting the mercantile intelligence of
Spain. has called on the Madrid govern
ment to sue for peace on any terms.
Maj. Cen Miles arrived in Washington
10 consult Secretary of War Alger. He re-
ported that Garcias army. in pursuance of
his request. was closing In upon Santiago
de Cuba.
The insurgents in the Philippines are
making remarkable progress and are said
20 have captured the family OF Capt Gen
August and the governors of the provinces
OF Cavite, Balucan and Bataan.
SUNDAY. JUNE ie
1t Is said that Gen. Miles viii personally
lead the expedition TO Puerto Rico
One OF the German war vessels at Manila
has been ordered away. indicating that the
kaiser intends no menacing act TO Amer
lean domination.
The rebels hold Manila at their mercy.
hut Admiral Dewey is anxious that the
/ American troops should have the honor
OF receiving the Spanish capttulation.
In an interview in Madrid Capt Aunon,
the Spanish minister of marine, said that
Spain would ultimately send a fleet TO
( Philippine waters regardless OF cost or the
result.
At council Of war at the white house
Il was decided that the original plans of
campaign for the conduct of the war shall
be adhered 10 and pushed with vigor and
energy.
MONDAY. JUNE %.
Spanish infantry made a hasty retreat
for cover at Guantanamo under heavy fire
from America warships
The Inhabitants Of Caimanera Cuba.
have s.rewn the streets with straw and oil
with the intention OF destroying the city
and fleeing tc the hills
James T GateWood, OF Ashland. Va
private secretary 20 Maj Gen Fitzhugh
Lee. Of the Seventh army corps, was struck
by lightning and killed at Pablo Beach.
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Admiral Sampson has decided to reduce
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