| Show lshedAV ADVANCE OP GENERAL PANDO Will Reach Santiago Sunday With 8700 Spanish Troops Copyright 1S9S by the Associated Press On Board the Associated Press Dispatch Dis-patch Boat Dauntless off Santiago de Cuba Tuesday June 28From two Cuban officers picked up by the Vixen it has been learned that Genera ° ando is moving eastward from Mauzairillo with 8700 Spanish troops for the purpose pur-pose of assisting the beleaguered city of Santiago de Cuba The Cubans had come to Acerados in small boats with dispatches from General Rios for Admiral Ad-miral Sampson and General Rabi They report that General Pando has with him seven battalions numbering 8700 men with cattle and a pack train with provisions He left Manzanillo province prov-ince of Santiago de Cuba on June 22 to relieve General Linares The Spaniards Span-iards were moving at the rate of 1 miles a day when the messengers left cnd at their present speed It Is expected ex-pected they will reach Santiago de Cuba next Sunday July 3 The Cubans have a small force hanging hang-ing on the Spanish flank and rear and harassing General Pandos troops at every step Manzanillo is 127 miles west of Santiago San-tiago de Cuba and the roads are in bad condition The Cubans say that if General Pando reaches his goal it will be with less than half the force he started with The Cubans who are harassing him only number about 200 men but they are at a great advan tage in the bush I is possible that Immediate steps will be taken to throw a force of Americans and Cubans between be-tween Pando and Linares Pressed a the latter is on the east he could not pale a man for a sortie to the west Admiral Sampson has ascertained that Admiral Cerveras fleet has moved into the upper harbor of Santiago San-tiago de Cuba General Shafter in his dispatches to the secretary of war complimented the fleet for its assistance assist-ance in landing troops With the soldiers landing from the Yale yesterday and General Garcias army transported from the westward 21000 men in all have been disembarked I in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba The flying squadron hitherto commanded com-manded by Commodore Schley has lost I Us identity by an order issued today by Hear Admiral Sampson and it has been merged into the fleet under the admiral The order caused considerable surprise en board the Brooklyn which has been the flagship of the flying squadron where it was supposed the squadron would remain intact at least until the fall of Santiago de Cuba Commodore Schley has been assigned to command The second squadron attached to Admiral Ad-miral Sampsons fleet |
