New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-06
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From The New-York Morning Journal
,d s09n ny July By Dispatch Boat Sylvia Kings
iards from the las, intrenchmen,s around Santiago
S 4ss 9 than far on f Tas y and
q a5 sS Sa OF the aa sa
Lame pitched ID into the heat Of he hrins line
face aglow with enthusiasm Among the dead and
w9tndsd on the Battlefield he had found by the
General who had commanded the forces OF the
Smd about boz Gan Sss Q. the day before
found the dead bodies Of General Vara del Rey: his
and cheers dssd 81
ana even their horses and mules killed in the same
They We're close to high cactus fence behind
5anoned on the oi aed hs cred aine triumph
antly Deserted by his men Of the crack Battal-
I:ane was unanectedly happy, as he held up 70
HI[ s3z rom M G W. sh he had
They told OF the Spanish Qualifications. troops and
sa viii ' S SYf for t" snfda
Lame beamed the JOY that he felt as he tapped
vqltuTes we're aging from his body"
the demands Of his newspaper, but before that
before every other considers tion-he is Cuban
B., OF massive frame and classical face he is type
10 command admiration everywhere. out in the
saddle girt with the trappngs OF trooper the
barrel Of his rife catching the rays Of the soft
from the pages Of Scott or Stevenson
l:aine loves war-he is unhampered by dreams Of
in,sodden, fever-stricken jungle OF South Cuba
50 many months tat . his normn ssstence eoF
reyes In Its bar6a and extracts genuine
forces '''e ' "
IS he reported on the condition Of creelrnan and
asked for Edward Marshails side he
spoke Of toning the column OF Garcia in their
eqgIanmi;y that held no thought OF danger for HIM
Iane had much to tell. He had ridden over all
In addition. to nnding the body Of General vara
ers that Commander Romero OF the famous Civil
Guard o. Spain was Desperately wounded u.
cover and fairly riddle sharpshooter perched high
bsS is m nsaS b r -n, Of Spanish guerilla,
on Skaters headquarters carly in the day and
at dusk had reported to sha:er the death Of Cen
Thsss things he told IN :. tssh9n
ro TIE H w sHb wv Vas fS %TB
THIs MORNING A FEW sPANIARDs THEY
WERE x PoP PFyHG A Ns T n9TG SOME DAM
ar FOND lV SPA sPiN Is = PRrs9NER AND TOLD
H6sE F. S Isl 81 rH TX THE The AMER II VIE
.HqrT TO FIRE 4 DYNAMITE GIN S At THEN, THEN;
3FP THM cMR 6 JEST Axb 4H
KINDLY TI.RNED THEM OVER TO ME- FOR
THE Cf'BANS."
HIS EYES FLASHED
AND WHAT DID yO1, 20 WITH THEM
THEIR HEADS OFF. or COURSE"
And yet behind this amour ~ vengeance. bred
IN the bone by Il century Of suffering the Cuban
is tender and gentle. one seldom finds map OF
moro generous and gracious impulses than this
same Lame. HIS hour has come. and he is lost in
the alnlos, savage enjoyment Of II.
The lighting to-day mas heen rather intermittent.
our forces securing themselves more firmly IN
thev intTenchments.
The boom OF big feldpleces IN the Spanish lines
emphasizes anew cur weakness In artillery.
But our troops have received their baptism OF
Gre and no army o. Standards dislodge them
from tho ground they have or s;av their steady
march toward Santiago itself W. r HEARST.