New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-04
SCENE OF THE FIGHTING AT SANTIAGO.


and Santiago. and General Lawton's division
was around them on the other three sides They
retired to buildings In the town. and made
gallant defence, but from the time General
Chaffe.s men took the stone for. they were
lost troops to Spain.
Rather than take the town by general as
sau:t without the aid OF artillery. which must
certainly result In great loss OF life. Generai
Lawton decided to order forward artillery to
shell the town at close range. Although the
road from the hill to the edge Of the town was
nearly impossible for artillery Captain Capron
made the effort. and by O'Clock had his guns
In position ready to open on the town.
For some time General Chaffees brigade held
rs position behind the stone fort. and then be-
gan the descent toward the town. firing RAPID
voleys as they advanced General Ludlow and
Colonel Miles pressed closely on the other s'oes
and at nghtfall the town was practically IN
the hands of the Americans
HOPES TO SWEEP PA5T CANEY.
Tomorrow morning at daybreak Geaera'
Lawton's divisio- will make an effort to sweep
past Caney on the direct road to Santiago ana
connect with General Kent's and General
whceycr.s divisions and form the right OF l!ne
The country through which General Lawton's
division fought offered great advantages both
70 the attacking party and to the defenoers'
1t Is a broad valley, fanked on the west oy
towering mountains and on the east by r'use
about two hundred feet high At one time II
was under cultivation. but has been neglected.
since the opening OF the war.
It still retains. however. signs OF Its FORMER
nrosperity. in groves Of cocoanut and mango trees
and broad fields OF waving grass In most cases
wa,st high. Several ridges intersect IT, but
Mono q, them are over fifty feet high. The val
levs between these ridges and the groves were
no,nts Of vantage to the American Regulars
u,ho us.a ,hcm to the FULL with all the skill ac-
ou,red on the Western plains OF America
rb. omen spaces were OF great beneht 10 the
Standards. who were given clear sight OF Inc
American soldiers as th,y advanced II was
the crossing Of these places which caused 'he
Americans their heaviest losses
Tho brieades OF Colonel Miles and General
Iud,ow had more Of this work to perform thah
had General Chaffee's. and they. moreover were
compelled to make their final charges on '"e
town across an open space through which 'he
spanish fire swept with deadly effect
TOWN OF cANEy TAKEN.
No finer work has ever been done by SOL
d,ers than was done by the brigades OF General
ludlow and Colonel Miles as they closed IN on
the town. The Spanish blazed at them with
Mausers and machine guns. but without erect
Nothing could stop them, and they pushed IN
closer and closer during the afternoon. and Dy
IN. time General Chaffee's men were In form
Colonel Miles and General Ludlow were on the
.k,r,s OF the town. holding on with fenac''y
and preventing the spaniards from retreatins
,oward Santiago while General Chanee closed
In on the right
The nghting for h..rs In front OF Co'ohe'
Mues's line. at a hacienda known - Duero
House. was very fierce. The Spanish n~fenee
was exceedingly obstinate. The house was