The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
Fight " From Dawn Until Dusk, lDteDt Only on @ "".=. Victory.
SpQDish Penned in the Doomed City*at the EDd of tbe First
 Days Assault.

they could be moved seven insurgents were seriously wounded and several slightly hurt. At the same time two Americans were killed and nine wounded.
 The Spaniards used smokeless pow der and shot with much more accuracy than during the previous engagement. The wonder is that many more lives were not lost, as the opposition bat teries were less than two miles apart.
 Colonel Woods command behaved with great bravery, firing steady and deadly volleys, with the enemy's shells screeching and bursting over their heads. Twenty minutes of fearfully hot work Silenced the Spanish batte- rieS. Ten shots were sent into them after they ceased firing, but there was nO response, and it is nresumed that the guns were dismOunted or the gun nerS driven off.
 division. with Chaffee's men and Ca pron's battery, was fighting fiercely with the enemy entrenched in and about Caney. The Spaniards contended every inch of ground bitterly and fought with unexpected coolness and courage, but the irresistible onward movement of the Americans slowly forced them back upon and beyond Caney.
 At about II o'clock the terrible fire from Captain Capron's guns and .ne muskets of the men broke the Spanish line and retreat began toward the line of outer Notifications. The ene- my took the trail known as the main Santiago road, and Captain Crimes battery immediately began pitching shells in ahead of the retreating men, while detachment of 2000 Cubdns, headed ty Garcia, was started to cut off the retreat.
 No report has yet been received from them. A large detachment of General Rents reserves was sent to aid General Garcia in this work, and it is probable fierce fighting occurred.
 All this time General Sumner had commanded the center, owing to Gen eral Wheelers illness, but at about n:30 General Wheeler started on the tWo-mfle journey to the front in an am- bulance. About half way to the front he met a number of filters bearing wounded. The veteran, under protest by the surgeons, immediately ordered his horse, and after personally assist ing the wounded into the ambulance, and rode onward The men burst into frantic cheers, which followed the general all along the line.
 By noon, although still very i'll, Gen. eral Wheeler had established headquar- ters at the extreme front and center of the line, and still holds his position.
 The hardest fighting of the day seems to have been on the ripht flank and heavy casualties are reported from there. The advance there was more rapid than at other points on the line, and General Chaffee's brigade was the first to cross the Little San Juan River, close to the line of outer Notifications. At 2 o'clock Caney had not been en- tered by. the American troops, but they had pushed past and it was theirs at p iy,1< . r-i, tO T, ;.,.
 At that hour General Shafter whose headquarters for the day had been three miles to the rear, went forward to assume personal command of the operations.
 Some surprise is felt that he did not wait for the siege guns before begin ming the final attack. The siege guns are still on the beach at Baiquiri, but he decided yesterday that they were unnecessary and determined to strike at once.
 The only movement that did not meet with success was General Duffield's at tempt to occupy the sea village of and Gloucester shelled the old fort and the rifle pits during the forenoon, drove all the Spaniards from the vicinity and bowled over the Darapet from which flew the Spanish flag, but owing to the blowing up of the railroad bridge Gen eral Duffield's troops were unable to get across the river which separated them from the little town and were com pelled to go back to Juragua. It is probable that an effort will be made tomorrow to repair the bridge and complete movement attempted.
 To-day it was reported at JuragHa that General Duffield had been de- feated. This is not true, as he did not encounter any large body of Spaniards
 Many dramatic incidents occurred during the day, with numerous evil dences of the splendid personal bravery of the American officers and men in their work of continuous and intense strain, owing to the hills and swamps and the fierce tropical sun, which hammered down upon them the greater part of the day.
 The Cubans behaved with skill and valor, and rendered valable aid. Gen. eral Garcia and the other Cuban gen. erals led the troops in person, and showed great coolness in tight places.
 The Spanish fought stubbornly throughout, and the retreat, though steady, was slowly and coolly conduct ed. They contested every inch of the way and fought with unexpected skill, their officers handling the troops with bravery and good judgment As in all of their fighting so far, however, they did most of their work under cover, rarely showing themselves in large bodies in. the open.
 All the. retreats were toward Santi- ago, and it is probable that by night fall the entire force of Spaniards in the province of Santiago de Cuba will be within the city walls. with the excep- tion of 40OO men under General Pando, whose attempt to re-enforce Santiago is believed to have been frustrated.