| Show HAIL OF BEATH AT SANTIACO brave men mowed down in an un unequal equal fight with an entrenched foe buethe battle bev bover er was on and the american troops braved the hall or of death and drove the enemy from their defenses spaniards ards fought with desperation leaving hundreds of dead and wounded in tho the trenches kents gallant charge 2200 prisoners captured caney july 5 shatters army in front of santiago has been luster to american arms As details of the uneven engagements are gathered greater credit Is bestowed upon our troops in an unfamiliar country unused to the extreme heat beat fight ingan entrenched enemy numerically us as strong as itself almost outpost after outpost has been taken and held step by step fighting heroically and desperately pera tely the spanish have been forced to withdraw into the city suffering heavy losses in lead dead and wounded and captured predictions of cubans who left the city before the advance began that tile the spaniards would either cither surrender or evacuate after the first heavy engagement have bave not been fulfilled desperately and with marked heroism they bave defended their positions and inflicted terrible losses upon an advancing army fridays killed led and NY wounded on the american sidle side will approximate 1000 while the spanish loss in spite of entrenchments and i trochas tro chas bas was almost as much in addition to a large number captured the spanish fleet played an im important t part in tile the engagement dropping shell after shell in front of our advancing hosts boats sampsons Samp sons fleet joined in but its firing was from bearings and was generally ineffective the spanish artillery fought bravely aud and effectively and proved better marksmen than heretofore at captain capons camons battery opened on the spanish who fought with spirit and nerve when our shells I 1 were bursting over their heads the spanish reply was immediate and nd wonder wonderfully lully accurate the th second or third of their shells broke over one of 0 captain grimes guns killing two men tend land wounding four the next spanish shell burst bunt just beyond bamond the battery anti anil riddled a sugar house behind which colonel woods rough riders were waiting a forward movement captain grimes shells set for a range of 2600 2800 yards slightly overshot the mark it was difficult to locate the spanish guns as they used smokeless I 1 powder and in this the first artillery duel we had the worst of it up to this time there had bad been no infantry the extreme right where the spaniards were being hard bard pressed by general chaffee and general lawton about a balloon was sent up in front of the cavalry division this drew the first volley irosa from the th spanish entrenchments ments though volley P 11 IWI I 1 4 rye r GEN JACOB r KENT commanding the lot division of MJ gen Sh army of invasion followed volley the darin daring 9 officer made a and got down safely having obtained complete details of the disposition of the enemy the advanced the cavalry aud and general kents division immediately bitely began along the line of 0 tile the runic main road to santiago it it ft as about two hours later before advance began breaking through th cove i ing of the spanish trenece met IMA with a hail from the man lau rifles which temporarily tv in forward movement mo ement tie the spaniard had thi th range and their practice was good kents men inea lay on breasts and poured volley tolley utter after volley into them at a range so close that the opposing lines could see the whites of each others eyes captain grimes then reopened with hla his battery and in the second duel with the spanish sli artille artillerists ritts did much better execution planting shell after shell in the first main redoubt and silencing two guns the spanish gunners then turned their attention to kents division and began dropping shells in the advance guard KENTS GALLANT OAI tAST CHARGE A few moments after clarks brigade and the right ot kents division made arnado a gallant charge to the tha knoll to the north of the extreme left of the spanish line and took possession of the hacienda in the shelter of an orange grove this marked the beginning of a magnificent charge through the first line of entrenchments ments the cavalry division and general hawkins brigade charged up the alone against a storm of death the retreat became almost a rout and the spanish retired from their outer defenses it was a splendid victory but dearly earned it was in this awful charge that our men were so ao badly cut up that they started on a double quick but no troops could face such a terrible fire without annihilation our men staggered throwing themselves on the ground A aslin again slin they started again they prostrated prostrated rated themselves but on k ir perspective OF THE CITY OF SANTIAGO DE CUDA CUBA FROM THE WEST 2 gicla ligh lighthouse 2 arro castle S morrillo point 4 estrelda Ee Es trella trelia battery 5 banta sanan catalina castle 6 9 la ia boo socapa pa battery 7 cayo smith I 1 selado soldados Sl Sol lado dados point 9 canones point 10 punts punta garda 11 bay 11 12 alimeta limeta point 13 caye cay Il katone atones 14 Yary point IS punta do d sal 18 16 punta bianca IT 11 santiago d cuts cuba it 29 aay 19 1 julian 20 bay 21 don themas Tl irna harbor 22 a i ii i 2 guraro bay 24 perros baa and up they went until with a cheer they sprang over the trenches dividing the bides of the hill checked with their fallen comrades there was hand band to hand band lighting fighting here in which an am officer of the tha awen ty fourth was but the spaniards could not resist the onset of our troops and they scrambled out of the trenches and broke over the line of knolls on which they were situated hundreds diun dreda of the enemy lay dead or wounded in the trenches the main redoubt was then carried with a rush the two remaining batteries were then ordered up and with it a rattle and a clash capt bate s battery went tearing up vic tie road cum bored as a it was with a stream of wounded woun deil going to the rear TI a bat ry got in position to the t of atit alir spanish redoubt at 3 and at capt bates sent the first shell which went whizzing down the line of entrenchments ments enfilading the enemy murderously the american advance line remained behind the crest odthe of the hill bill until capt bates lind had driven terror into the already beaten anti and discouraged enemy |
