The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
SHIPS SHELLS DID MORE DAMA GE
 THAN FIRST REPORTED.

During the Bombardment From the Sea theArmy Extended It's Lines and Drew
 Closer to the City-Spanish Entrench-
 ments Shelled by the American Bat-
 teries of Artillery-The Last Flag of Truce-Sent Out by Shafter and Under
 It General Wheeler Went Into the
 the City Was Again Demanded-Gen-
 eraI ToraI Asks Time to Refer Matter
 to Madrid Because of Its Great Im-
 portance.
 ICopyright, 1898, The Associated Press.]
 Siboney, July il, ' D. m., via Kings ton, Jamiaca, July 12, 11:30 a. m.-A concerted movement has been made by the United States army and navy against the city of Santiago de Cuba during the past twenty-four hours, which the American soldiers here be- lieve will result in the almost imme- diate fall of the city. The fleet lying off Aguadores, three miles east of Moro castle, commenced the lombard ment of Santiago on Sunday afternoon and continued it this morning. Not withstanding the fact that our ships had to fire at an extreme elevation and although the range was nearly five miles, the aim was so accurate that many of the shells fell in the city and set fire to it in four places. One shell struck St. MichaePs church in which a quantity of powder and ammunition was stored and blew it to pieces.
 During the bombardment from the sea, the army extended it's lines and drew closer to the city, so thnt at noon to-day every road and trail leading out of the city was guarded and the escape of the Spanish soldiers seemed impos- sible The only way they can get out of the city is to ferry across the bay to the western side of the harbor and even then they could not get into the interior without encountering Arneri-
  ships were bombarding Santiago this morning the batteries of artillery on the hills facing the city shelled the Span ish entrenchments and received but a light response The American sharp shooters also sent in @ deadly fire and the Spaniards fell back to their last entrenchments, offering but little re- sistance. The Americans suffered no loss.
 At about noon to-day General Shaf- ter communicated by signal with Rear Admiral Sampson, requesting the lat ter to cease firing. Then the general, under 8 flag of truce, sent General Wheeler into the Spanish lines with a message to General Toral, the Spanish commander, reciting the fact that the American ships had given complete demonstration that they could throw shells into the city and destroy it at will that the American troops had the city practically surrounded and that there were 1S,000 Spanish and Cuban refugees starving to death tt El Clancy and also pointing out that our army had no means of feeding them. Gen. eral Shafter then demanded the uncon- ditional surrender of the city and cou- pIed this demand with the statement that unless General Tora1 acceded, a general assault on the city both by the land and sea forces, would be renewed at once.
 Several hours elapsed before any re- ply was received from General Toral and then he sent message to General Shafter to the effect that the matter was of such great importance that he had been obliged to refer it to the Madrid government and that he would send his final answer as soon as he could receive instructions from Madrid. It was then late in the afternoon and General Shafter gave orders to all the troops to get as much rest as possible and be prepared to resume the attack at any moment No other answer had been received from General Toral up to 6 o'clock this evening. General Miles will go to the front tomorrow, Tuesday morning.