The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-07
KHLWOUNDED
Spanish Sharpshooters in the
Trees Have Sho+ ID q ms of
Disabled Men.
They Have also Picked off Many
Nurses and Engineers in
the Field.l
Killed and Wounded Last Week
Numbered About Eighteen
Hundred.
Soldiers at the Front Cheered
Themselves Hoarse Over the
Naval Victory.

At the Front, Headquarter Of Gen.
sral Skaters Aamy. before Santiago
de Cuba, Sunday, July 8, via Kingston,
Jamaica, July early in the day a
man on the lookout h ad reported that
the Spanish feet, under Admiral Ger.
vera, had sailed out of the harbor OF
Santiago de Cuba. but that it was not
until late in the afternoon that the re.
suit was known at the front.
As the word of the magnificent vic
tory flew from sentry to sentry along
the firing lines and was shouted to the
companies. regiments and brigades, a
great cheer swept down the line of
weary men, which gathered force as ii
went, until the rattle of musketry was
drowned in the roar fr ON glad Ameri.
can threats.
The news was flashed back into the
underbrush, where the reserves lay
and the men almost stampeded in their
enthusiastic desire to get to the front.
The cheering continued through the
evening, as details of the fight came in.
The men could not have displayed
more enthusiasm had the victory been
theirs instead of the navy's.
Although the firing continued all
day between the outposts, very little
damage was done on either side. Gen.
eral Chaffee was wounded slightly, q
rifle bullet cutting through his foot,
but he will not be compelled to leave
the field. The only severe fight during
the day occurred when the SPANS
feet was leaving the harbor. The
enemy evidently attempted to divert
the. attention of our troops, but the
Americans responded SO willingly thai
the fire soon ceased, and was only re.
sumed at intervals during the re-
mainder of the day.
Drawn Back with Heavy Loss.
Last night the only aggressive move
ment the Spaniards made resulted il
their severe defeat.
At about ~ o'clock the enemy came
out of the breaches about the city wall.
in large force and dashed straight fol
the American lines In one or two
places our men fell back from their po
sition, but quickly rallied and drove the
enemy back pen NELL into their own
bitches. The Spanish losses must have
been frightiul, as they were exposed to
terrific fire for a quarter of an hour
The losses on the American side were
very light, as our soldiers lay in the
rifle pits and had every advantage.
The most daring of the Spanish forces
are the sharpshooters. They take their
positions almost at the wall, and from
the dense treetops do execution with
smokeless powder, making it difficult
to locate them. Several times they
have shot into General Skaters tent
which is several miles from the front
and they have infested the trail for ten
miles between Jnragua and the outposts
Shoot the Surgeons and Nurses.
One of the most horrible features OF
the war is that dozens OF men have
been killed as they lay in filters, and
that surgeons, wearing the emblem OF
the Red Cross society upon their arms,
have been the especial object of attack.
The number of killed and wounded
for the week reaches tonight about
1850. No effort is, apparently, being
made by our officers to expedite the
listing of the casualties. and not one.
fifth of the total names are known even
to the commanding officers. Already
800 cases have been handled at the hos.
pital here, because of the overflow from
the hospitals at the front. All the
wounded here are recovering.
There has been only one death since
the hospital was established, that of
Private Movers of the Sixth infantry.
He was shot thro ugh the body.
Adjutant Wood of the Ninth cavalry,
who was shot through the face and
who was not expected to recover, is inn
proving rapidly and will be sent to Key
West next week.
Atotal of 29O prisoners were captured
in battle at Caney, on Friday, of whom
forty-five were regular Spanish soldiers
in uniform, two officers, and the re.
mainder armed residents of the town.
Nine wounded men were lett in the
Llock house atten ded by native physi.
clan. The other prisoners were brought
to Juragua today in charge OF Captain
Macarthur and two com panies of the
Thirty third Michigan regiment and
camped along the railroad. The Gu
bans followed them in great crowds and
hurled epithets at the frightened cap
tives. All the soldiers belonged to the
Twenty ninth Spanish regulars, and ex-
pected to be killed.