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Show CAPTUMINO CANEY. arlt CalMna I)U tax Uarleg Coare ) The Kllhl. Juragua, July I In th capter of Caner, which occurred rrlday.Uarda'a command allowed both daring and aklll Uarcla had 4,000 m9 la th battle. I Uarcla waa ttallouaJ nasr Oan Law-Ion Law-Ion on the right Lawton' division opined tli fir Oarela advanoed rap-Idly rap-Idly through the brush, hi men btlng used to the country, made greater headway than the Auurlcan, and opened the light un Kl Paso, near Coney, Co-ney, Captain Ci-pron earn op and Joined with the battry and th Span-lard Span-lard were forced to retire After th enemy had ba drlvn from Ul raao, twenty on hoU hivd bern flrnl by CpU Orlmes and Capt, Capron from that position Into the outer fortlllcallcna of Santiago Ufor reapouse cama When It did com, however. It came with unexcelled accuracy, ac-curacy, ahota aud shells from the thrca-luch thrca-luch rifles, evidently taken from Admiral Ad-miral Cerveraa war ship, and mounted behind tie fortifications, lb Spanish gauntrs rakid the hill on whtoli LI rso stands aad which inano. lime bad been made the beadquartea of 0n Huwnor and the Cuban Uoucr-erala Uoucr-erala (larela, Castillo Capote and Kabi Oue ahell atruak a large sugar store-bout store-bout en th rd corrugated roof on which stood torn Cuban viewing th light. Th roof fell and all of the Cuban war wounded and three ef Ihtni will die , A detatchmentof 200 Cubans weut forward from Kl Taso, and then Col ' Wood, with the rough ridera th llrat and Tenth cavalry, atarte i down th hillside straight for tho enemy a fortl- I Ueatlon . Away to the left, (ln Lawton' dl- vision, Chaffesa men and Capron'a battery, waa meantime righting fierce- ' ly with tho enemy Intrenched In and about Caney The Hpanlnrde eouteWd trttf inch of ground bitterly and (fought with uaaxpected coolntsa and Icourage, but the unrealstlbl onward luovement of the Americans slowly forced tutm baek on and beyond Caney About 11 o clock the tarrlbl fir from Capt. Capron a guna and the mua kets of the men broke tb hpanlsb Hue and a retreat began toward the Una of outer fortifications The enemy toek the trail known a the malu Santiago road and Capt. Orlmes s battery began pitching ahell Intotothe retreat which turned Into a rout. Oarela with ,0W Cubans waa sent to bad off th Hpsn-lards Hpsn-lards Heavy fighting soon ooeurrad and a largo detachment of Kent a re-I re-I Isestrv waa tent to nld Oarcrfa Tho dead In Many Imtanee wrluft on the field th wounded dexanjing all attention keacethallit .josl1-IcompUte .josl1-IcompUte tftcm dsya tj ,ap for th utlr lois St known |
