The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
CAPTURED CANEY
Skaters Men Participate in a Des-
perate Fight.
American Loss is 200 Killed and Wounded
While the Enemy Were Moved Down
to the Number of 2,OOO-A Gal
liant Charge ON the Rife Pits
In Front OF Santiago.

Headquarters in the Field, Outside
Santiago de Cuba, July 4.-The Ameri-
can army drove the Spaniards back at
every point in an all-day engagement
Friday. Our loss is probably close to
1000. The total proportion of killed
is very large, about rs per cent.
Capt Grimes battery shelled the
eastern suburban Notifications for
half hour before any reply was made.
The Spanish shells overshot the bat
terry and killed four and wounded %
infantrymen in the rear of it. Gen.
Wheeler's cavalry, commanded by Gen.
Sumner, and Gen. Kent's division adj |
vanced at noon and carried the San |
Juan battery by storm before sun
set.
Gen. Lawton's division and Capron's |
battery drove the Spaniards from
Caney. The enemy was cut up by |
American cross-fre while retreating in
the direction of Santiago.
The Sixth and Sixteenth infantry
stormed the eastern rife pits and after
bitter fight drove the enemy head
long into Santiago. The Sixth cav
airy captured the first Spanish flag.
The Spaniards made a brave but
spasmodic defense. Much of the Span
ish firing was by volley, while ours
was mostly at will, each bullet being
aimed at a special target.
simultaneously with the land attack
the feet bombarded the fortifications.
Gen. Duffield, with the Thirty-third
Michigan, made a demonstration in
force on Aguadores as a diversion in
favor of the main attack on the east,
Friday balloon was sent up in front
of the cavalry division. This drew the
first volley from the Spanish intrench-
ments. Though volley followed volley
the daring officer made a reconnais-
sance and got down safely, after hav-
ing obtained complete details of the
disposition of the enemy. The ad-
: vance of the cavalry and Gen. Kent's
division Immediately began along the
line of the main road to Santiago.
1t was met with murderous hail
from Mauser rifles, which temporarily
stayed the forward movement. The
Spaniards had the range and their
practice was good. Our men lay on
their breasts and poured volley after
volley into them at a range so close
that the opposing lines could see the
: whites of each others eyes.
= Capt. Grimes then reopened with his
, battery and in the second duel with
, the Spanish artillerists did much bet
l ter execution, planting shell after
) shell in the first main redoubt and 81
Y lencing two guns. The Spanish gun
ners then turned their attention to
= our infantry and began dropping
t shells in the advance guard.
n A few minutes afterward Clark's bri-
S gade and the right of Kent's division
made gallant charge up the knoll
to the north of the extreme left of the
o Spanish line and took possession of the
7; hacienda in the shelter of an orange
q grave. This marked the beginning of
l' a magnificent charge through the first
9 line of intrenchments. The cavalry
division and Gen. Hawkins brigade
charged up the slope against a storm
- of death.
1t was in this awful charge that our
men were so badly cut up that they
y started on double quick; but no
. troops could face such terrible fire
, without annihilation. Our men stag
4 gered, threw themselves on the
they prostrated themselves; but on
and up they went until with cheer
they sprang over the trenches divid-
!, ing the sides of the hill checkered by
IL their fallen comrades. There was
} hand-to-hand fighting here in which
u an officer of the Twenty-fourth regi-
J" ment was macheted, but the Span.
iards could not resist the onset of ouI
i troops and they scrambled out of the
X trenches and broke over the line OF
H. knolls on which they were situated
Il Hundreds of the enemy lay dead OF
u wounded in the trenches. The main
redoubt was then carried with a rush
Il No finer work has ever been done by
II soldiers than was done by the brigade.
III of Gen. Ludlow and Col. Miles as they
closed in on the town of Caney. The
lie Spanish blazed at them with Mauser
IS and machine guns, but without effect
he Nothing could stop them and they
Us pushed in closer and closer during tn,
afternoon and by the time Cnaffee'
rs men were in form Miles and LUDLOW
S. were on the skirts of the town, hold
lie ing to with tenacity and preventin!
the Spaniards from retreating toward
"a Santiago, while Chaffee closed in ol
ol the right.
. When the final closing in movemen
o' was begun at p. IN. the town o
y Caney was taken and large numbe
RS of prisoners were captured. The Span
ish loss is 1000 in all.
ed Siboney, Cuba, via Port Antonio
III Jamaica, July 4.-The fighting on tn
tie right of our line Saturday afternoo
developed unexpected and for som
m hours almost as severe firing as FIR
at day. when Gen. Lawton was assaultin
81 El Caney.
ID. The Spanish made an attack in fore
ey on our position, pouring in volley afte
IT. volley in quick succession and wit
al remarkable regularity. Our r.
)O' turn fire was certainly effective, an
r. continued strong after the Spanis
he volleys had become rarer and les
sh heavy. Meanwhile the batteries @
er Grimes hill kept booming away at II
us middle of the enemy's line, material
nd aiding the fanking movement. I'll
to shelling from the Spanish feet VIZ
:, less active and apparently gave OF
lla left but little concern.
er The Bombardment of MORO.
Off Santiago, July Admir-