The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-28
SERIOUS FIGHTING
OUR TROOPS DRIVE THE SPANIARDS
BACK BUT SUFFER- SEVERELY
RoosevelrB Rough Riders Have Hot Work
and Hamilton Fish FaIls-rhe Spanish
Version Claims II Victory.

reached hero that lighting mora sori
GUS than any that has yet taken
place is now going On around San,
tiago. No details are obtainablc
othor than that both, troops and
ships, are engaged and the Ameri-
can forces are advancing"
This morning General Shaftcr
sent the following report of the en-
gagement Of yesterday to the war
department.:
"Further nows from Gen. Wheeler
places our losses in yesterday morn.
ing's fight ut ten killed and forty
wounded. Captain Capron, Of the
First United States Volunteer Cav
airy, was killed.
"Among The wounded are Major
Brodle, Captain - and Licuton
Thomas, Of the First United States
volunteer cavalry; Major Bell, Cap
tain Knox and Lieutenant Byram, of
the First United States cavalry.
Captain Knox is seriously hurt.
Captain Wainwright, formerly re.
ported wounded, is uninjured. The
names of the other killed and wound
cd are not known.
"Tho Spaniards occupied a very
strong and entronched position on Il
hill The firing lastod about an
hour and the enemy was driven from
his position which is now occupied
by our troops, about mile and Il
half from Sevilla. The oncnly has
retired toward Santiago dc Cuba.
"SuArrER.
THIS dispatch has not been fol-
lowed by a later giving fuller de-
tails.
The official report of Captain Gen
eral Blanco on tho fighting near
Santiago says: Three hundred Amer
leans attacked the Spanish near
Siboneu and Sevilla. The Span
iards had three killed and three
wounded. Tho Americans then at
tackled General Rubon's camp, but
were repulsed, tho Spaniards pur.
suing thom and taking possession Of
their ammunition and clothes. The
American warships have bombarded
Casilda."
HOT WEATHER AND BAD ROADS.
Baiquiri, Saturday Morning, June
25.-Now that tho American forces
are threatening tho city OF Santiago
de Cuba, the topographic conditions
prevailing in that vicinity become
interesting. Baiqniri, whore the first
landing was made, and Jaragua,
whore General Lawton's heudquar-
tors were Wednesday night, are both
small Gowns in tho throat Of narrow
cuts through range OF low hills
fringing all tho southern coast.
Bniqniri is twelve miles east Of San
tiago and Jaragua is eight miles
east Of that city by tho cast line
road, which runs behind the hills
twice as far. 1t is called here
wagon road, but it is only practi-
cable for heavy, two wheeled cars,
having six bullocks yoked to them
tandem and drawing small load.
The pioneers report that the trail
is practicable for artillery and pack
trains but it is unspeakably bad,
oven for walking, though it is reas-
onably Lowell.
Our troops have now passed all
tho small hills intervening between
here and Santiago. The remaining
miles by road is over practically
level country with more chance for
open ordor. SO far, however, tho
road has been walled and in lost
places over reached with impreg-
nable jungle growth, thorns and
creepers, smelling like tho interior
Of fragrant, over. heated conserva.
tory and picturesque, with splashcs
of tropic color in oleandors and other
flowers, but terrible for troops.
For half mile near Demajayabo
small stream runs in tho road and
the mon have been compelled to
walk in water.
incidentally the medical advice
about wet feet, night winds or per
spiration soaked bodies and the
necessity of boiling drinking water