Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-25
THE INVADING ARMY
Main Body Within Seven
Miles of Santiago.
ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT
Spsnimrds May Aiiempta Surprise OH ~.
American Troop. but n Decisive
EnEag. ment Is Not Expected
for Several Days.

engage hehe IL Not Expected
for Several Days.
ocopyrisht, 1888, by Associated Press,
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Less. oFF JHRACiA. PROVINCE OF
SANTIAGO DE, CUBA, Thursday
night June %, Via Port Antonio. Jam.
Friday June 24.-7 a. M.-The advance
u the .Ainerican army has reached the
edge Of the iasIeland in which the har-
Dor Of Santiago de Cuba lies Here
seven miles from Moro Castle, as the
crow lilies. the main body Of the troops
mas united and the Spaniards are in
inii retreat toward Santiago de Cuba.
ih,.S may attempt a surprise but a d.
cisiNt enlargement is not expected tor
several days
General l.awton's brigade. which
rested last night at De,na jayaho. four
miles vest of i'aiuuiri, resumed its
march ut daylight. Before noon mis-
brisahr. consisting of the Tive nty-sec-
md infantry. the First infantry. the
Second Massachusetts volunteers with
companies Of The Eighth cavalry, half
ut III" f"':rth cavalry and several cora
panes Of the Twenty fifth col ,r,u cav
airy occupied Juraga, five miles be
ynnd. and TIA" American flag was hoist
ed there.
The Spaniards retired before the ad
vance" which was covered by cuban
skirnishers. burning the bluck;lo,lse as
they went.
Colonel Wagner. with a small recon-
nulSSanct PARTY of about forty men
brushed against the flank of Il retreat
ing Spanish column. two hundred
strong. 1T FirncZaS. \ dozen shots
were fired 10y the s'paniards. us Colonel
Wagner fell back. Before General Law
ton could bring up the Twenty second
lie van regiment. the SIaniards had
d"calnpcd westward. ."
Jurasa was abandoned by General
l.inal.s and 200 Spanish troops with
such hast" that they had no time To
burn the town. though AN Intellectual
effort was made to destroy thu. !ocumo-
tives of the railroad ana the rolling
stock. General Lilares retrc.,tci to
Savilla. six miles west OF Iur,g:l l.y
road. and nine miles from Santiago de
cuba. ..aE
y detachment Of 40 Cubans. under
Colonel .Asuirra. collnled with the
Spanish rear guard. rh,. t'uhaus lost
,w" n"n killed ana had seven men
wounded. The Spanish loss is not
known. one SpanilrI was machetei.
General Chuffee, with the Nio,! cav
airy. the remainder Of the Eig;i:h and
Fourth and Seventh. Twelfth ami s;cv-
enteenth infantry reached Juragl at
dark
General Bates. with the reserve. of the
twentieth infantry and Colonial Woods
rough riders. diSmounted. with Il hyna-
mite gun hurried forward from Bal
uuiri at } o'clock, proceeding Ivy forced
marches. .
When the couricrs brought the news
that Juraga had been occupied. the
troop ships which had not dise.nharked
their troops steamed to Juraga with
the View of landing them there. But
the heavy sea beating on the beach
made il impossible to get the boats
through the surf
Dispatches Of General Lnares which
have been captured Indicate ;hat the
Spaniards We're ordered to retreat TO-
ward Santiago de Cuba
The Cubnns expect the first stand TO
be made nj Savlla ana they have
proved good prophets in the past. Gen
eral l-aWtOn'S men are badly tagged by
forced marches and the intense heat.
Their ratinns are almost exhausted.
They started with three days supplies
and further food could not be landed
today. Fut Il pack train VIII be sent
forward tomorrow. "
Strong nutnusts are maintained to-
night III order to prevent Il surprise and
JuraSa is also under the protection Of
tln. guns Of the w;lrships. THIS the
Hank of the advancing American col
unln is safe. The Spaniards. to attack
our troops. must make a forced march
through an almost ilnpcnetrab Bile under
growth. There We're only two CASUAL
ties during the landing Of the troops III
Eaiuuiri Corpora! Cobb and lrivat.
English of troops y, Tenth cavalry
tcoln:rd). fen between Il light ar and
the pier. Captain O'Neil, of Wood 5
rough riders, plunged into the sea 1t
the risk Of his life, but the men were
crushed before he reached them. Q N@ii
was "a former mayor of Tucson AriZ.
Several horses and mules were drown
I'd While swimming ashore through the
surf.
General Garcia's army of 1000 men
is to be conveyed by transports from
Acederros and landed at Raiquiri to-
morrow. to join the twelve hundred
men under General Castillo and to CO.
operate With the American troops. The
movement today almost amounts to II
change Of base.
y brisk muskct,y fire was heard in
the direction of Savilla as the Daunt-
less left ut dark