The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-19
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Report from the ST.,
Commander It Tt3l
INTERCEPTED En- RouleIVs
Messenger Was KiIIel
to Pass cubss III,
SPANISH TROOPS hAl,
There Are Provisions
Last onIv This Aa,,I
TOWN SUFFERING Epos 81
The Commanders Has s.,.
vate Drug stores-lia, I. ,,
of Any Kind.
SIANISH TROOPS nv.
TOWN SUFFERING FROM n

copyrighted. 1898, BY A.socI,,.
Camp Mccalla, Outer HarSor !
namo, Friday. June II. noon, !,
ISOLATED Press Dispatch Boat =,
Kingston. Saturday, June il. "
The following intercepted rem,
Spanish military commands, I,
namo was taken from the bot,
fortunate messenger who att.u,,
the Cuban lines.
1t gives the official Spanish !,
the attack of the American a.,
capture of the outer harbor q c,,,
ana discloses the fact that sa,u
facing the Spanish troops ID Es,sn
This is verified by extracts. a],,l
graphed. taken from a recent i.
newspaper Of Santiago De Cuh VI
the fact that a number Of suanh,
soldiers have SURRENDERED to C,as
Gala, offering as a reason for dolu
necessity of obtaining food.
The letter reads:
To the General Commanding hs \
Division OF Santiago de Cuba
Caimanera. June 13.-At dawn Z
urday several warships apptarA
the port of Caimanera and fired nj
and all kinds of proiectiles CD ths "
Estes and Cqyo Toro until ,hy Il
to the fort on the Plaza del Es,a, I
the houses of the pilots. which Ess
wards occupied by a dotachmsn, d
can marines. -
The cannonading CONTINUED VII
or less intensity until 5 O'Clock Ii
ternoon.
AS the Plaza del Estes hd n
muzzle- loading guns. and sand q
ments the detachment could d
before six ships firing on them
sides and they retired into AiHp
to Cusco hill. where they TEEN
day, making sallies on the bead
From that date the soldiers
Punta Caracotes. observing tho y
OF ships, which occupy all The QUA
with war transports, a variable "
armed ships, other vessels q
armed merchant ships. The '0u
less than four. eSJitts
/ have also taken the EnanIo "
the yigilant gunboat Magnto u aas
to fall on them when Damage CO
| remain in CaimaneA ana WIZ "
when / think it necessary. nNs
able TO antasonize the American
rifle fire. i.
Forts Sandoval and San lop
pieces of artillery. but their sas
was interfered with by the ~
their range when the ships r'ls
center of the channel and 'o0A y
ton in the middle OF the pu.
"Sandoval has not oysr sss'l
armor piercing projectiles az !. Y
battery did not fire, reserylns Y
the ships entered the cnaansA
where it's guns reach ,.,,x
~ am told the insursens l
acoa have come down 70 ssas
of the American SQUADRON
harbor. Since Saturday sns
have cut the cables when ~ ".
trance of the harbor ana ! A''
| able to repair them. e. ~
"The members OF the am s,iss
In good spirits. | am conIlnu'..
out half rations Of everything n
way I shall be able 70 res0 !. n
the month only, especply =
have no way of getting any, X,
been no grain hero for SONS s, y
I'VE are equally short o. wv IN,
hospitals. However, ] paw s,c,s
| sion of the private drug ~ n
have enough until the enc .s'u
Tha rnwn Is suffering IRON
On Saturday we had on''
ed. 49, cable N
r,ad A. With with shell, but 1t ~ v.
| II the Americans ahanoons, , " I'D
7 csubt, everything poss,u u,,oa. n
| TO re-establish communism,
end have everything reag Nh,
aTnsay there is in the ~ n
,rrn U' vessel. the )rss0a Y
more vessels with a iars NJ,
81. Paul, which appears y INA
They patrol the place wan smT
"I return to Calmanera ~ .,ssi
hoara re'n of this dispatch ut
worthy Of my confdsllcys, ~ ~
senger of the brigade ~ ~
9ood services. by sea ~
S Sov.h who served in the ~ 4
volunteers to go. ] lySoula y
him to your eAcellcncy' sFsIf
| fSigned) pf!faok
"Commanding Secoh. r,,ha,s
Military Division Of