| Show GHANT GRANT SANTA CRUZ the city ab by atah ito lion aad ad the tb rolt Itri elit driven lot Abbington Il april 12 atthe tha follow ben ha been received recel Ted from general OH otis manila fa lilla aprilo AVOID adjutant general lawton a command captured I 1 sant cruz the chief city of 0 la uuna hay BAY tills morning Cus lillI six ix clouded insurgent troop troops driven leaville eight dead on the field consider able number captured lanton lawton will puli westward ori OTIS banta santa cruz nas na the tile I 1 bold hold in I lake like 1 1 I hay bay and slid it fell fall into tho tian ilan Is I 1 of ne oral era lawton a expedition tion after some sharp quick firing formin for gove of u the most interesting and important battle battles of the nar the plau taus of the tile american col manden wanders worked perfectly with the exception that the of the ex tion was delaye I 1 by the tile difficult navigation of the river 1 about 1500 picked meo men commanded by general 1 lawton oa on account of the illness of general 11 partly surrounded rounded ur lie tho city while the gunboats cun boata la guna do day aesta and Na under the command of captain grant of the utah battery shelled aliel led to city and ont outlying lying tren trenches cheL general lawton and anti his a etaf t A ff accompanied the troop troops leading charges in indian fighting tactic tactics which resulted in the complete rou odthe of the rebel rebels with thelmal the ema 11 1 leat amount of damage tb the city and light loia loria to the americans |
