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VOLUME 33. TREMENDOUS LOSSES IN THE TWO DAYS' FIGHTING AT THE FRONT RENEWAL OF THE fITTACK ON SANTIAGO porces Before Inner Defenses of Doori)ed City. Riders F'Sht LiKe Demons, While Green Troops fire Undaupted by Fiery Baptism. Speeinl to The Call rtml Topic Herald. Copj rlgrhted, 1808, by JnoicH Gordon Henuott.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, VIA PLAYA DEL ESTE, Cuba, Saturday, noon, July by the terrible and bloody reception they met yesterday, General Shaiter's men early this morning resumed their fierce assault upon the Spaniards in Santiago. They pressed forward to attack with: ail energy that augurs certain victory. Cheered by the advantages gained yesterday and with their enthusiasm not at all checked by the destructive work done by the Spanish shells in their ranks our men moved on with grim determination, confident of taking Santiago before nightfall; mile. lay- between them and; '-city's, inner the. northeast the in between rm.d arid' filler -divisions of ShafterV army advancing upon.

-lilies lie main Ihm'lv of tii-e army was advancing steadily and defiantly against the middle east-. em section of the city lines. Qff-. the iron-clad was' thundering against -the batteries; Every ship' in Admiral Sampson's fleet was cii in this work. Mountains of yi hite smoke, rising high above vessels in the fleet, showed, hotly the American gunners were at work.

'-'By land ami sea. the American forces followed up yesterday's assault in whirlwind Onehalf of the forty-eight hours desired by General Shafter in which to capture the city has expired, and the navy has joined with the army in the struggle -to- make tlie Spanish defeat complete within the time named by the American commander. V-. -No details of work "accomplished by our forces, in this attack, could be ob-'. tamed up: to the hour at which I am 'writ ing this, but.

there could be of the American and throughout the. American ranks i when daylight- came there as confidence would fall, in short order, and i era! Linares and' his army, be captured. Lieutenant Wood of the. Sixth Cavalry, Captain 'Hunter of Ninth Cavalry, Lieutenant Coloner Patterson of. the Third.

airy- and Lieutenant Bond of the' Twenty-second Infantry each displayed great skill as-, leaders i in opening the attack Our. division officers and their subordinates by their daring conduct The San Francisco Call infused in the troops steadiness and intrepidity which resulted in the capture and retention of the entire line of Spanish outer defenses. The advance was made in two divisions, the left storming the works at San Juan. Our forces in this assault were composed of the Rough Riders, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, and the First, Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth, dismounted cavalry. Catching enthusiasm and boldness of the Rough Riders, these men rushed against San Juan's defenses with a fury which is irresistible.

Their fierce assault was met by the Spaniards with a stubbornness born of desperation. Hour after hour the troops on both sides fought like madmen. In the early morning the Rough Riders met with a similar though less costly experience to the one they had at La Quasina just a week ago. They found themselves a target for a terrific Spanish fire, to resist which for a time was the work of madmen. But the Rough Riders did not flinch.

Fighting like demons, they held their ground, now pressing forward a few feet, then falling "back under the enemy's- fire, to the position they held a few ments before. The Spaniards were no match for the Roosevelt fighters, ever, and- as' had been the case at Western cowj boys and Eastern, dandies ham- I mered the enemy from their path. Straight.ahead. they Advanced unr til noon: they were well along toward San Juan, the capture of which' was; their" immediate ject The. was i terrible fighting about the heights during.

the next hours. While the Rough Riders were playing such havoc in the enemy's: lines, the First, I Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth SAN FBANCISCO, SUNDAY, JULY 3, THIRTY-TWO PAGrES. ONE THOUSAND SPANIARDS SLAIN And Many Hundred Taken Prisoners by Shafter's Victorious Army. Special Cable to The Call and the 3Vevr York Herald. Copyrighted, ISOB, by Jnmen Gordon Dennett.

PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 2- Generals Lawton and Chaffee saved the day. The artillery was cannonading Santiago at noon and the chances are good for celebrating the Fourth of July in the city. A thousand Spaniards were killed and 500 were taken prisoners. Cavalry gallantly pressed forward to the right and left. Before the afternoon was far gone) these organizations made one grand rush all along the line, carrying the Spaniards off their feet, capturing San Juan's fortifications and sending the enemy in mad haste off toward Santiago.

It was but 3 o'clock when these troops were able to send word to General Shafter they had taken possession of the important position he had given them that clay to capture. In this- attack the cavalrymen were supported by the Sixth and Sixteenth Infantry, who made a brilliant charge at a THE ATTACK ON SAN JUAN HEIGHTS. crucial moment. The advance was up the last steep slope through the heavy underbrush. Our men were subjected to a terrific fire from the enemy's trenches and the Rough Riders and the Sixth Cavalry suffered severely.

There was no artillery to support the attack. The dynamite gun with the detachment of Rough Riders, under, the charge of Sergeant Hallett Alsop Borrowe, which had been hauled up from the coast with such tremendous effort, was jammed during the opening hours of the engagement and rendered useless for the time. PRISONERS TAKEN IN FRIDAY'S FIGHT General Shafter Expected to Capture Santiago Before Sundown on Saturday. SIBONEY, July l.vla Juragua, by the Associated Press pispatch Boat Cynthia, via Port Antonio and Kingston, July 2. At 6:30 Friday evening General Shafter- said to the Associated.

Press correspondent at his headquarters: "We have Caney in our possession and the whole crest of the plateau at Caney. We have taken some 2000 prisoners on this side of Santiago. General Lawton is moving to the. left to join the General Wheeler. The Spaniards have been driven back into the city and to-morrow we will take and enter it." This statement was fully confirmed by what the correspondent had seen' half -an hour before from Captain Grimes' artillery position, which was still the best point of vantage from which to survey the field.

At sundown, as the correspondent stood on the summit, behind the cannon that had done such gallant execution during the day, our infantry in possession of the blockhouse opposite our original center were yet persistently and cheerfully popping away at the Span' ards who were skulking behind the lesser intrenchments and the refugees between them and the city. It a eared when darkness came that not ''naniard would- be found outside the city proper in that particular vicinity. Most noticeable was the lack of air- responsive fire from, the Spaniards, a further evidence, added to that of the afternoon, that their ammunition was greatly reduced. At this time, all the firing has ceased on the rittht of our position and General Lawton's artillery ia already moving past Caney. On the right General Lawton's division, supported by Colonel Van Home's brigade, drove the enemy from in front of Caney, forcing them back into the village.

There the Spaniards for a time were able to hold their own, but early in the afternoon the American troops stormed the village defenses, driving the enemy out and taking possession of the place. Gaining a direct road into Santiago, they established their line's within three-quarters of a mile of the city at sunset. While the battle was raging about Caney, Cuban scouts brought a report that General Copyrighted, 1888, by the Associated Press. Pando was hastening to the relief of General Linares with 4000 trained Spanish troops. These re-enforcements, the scouts heported, were within ten miles of the city.

But General Pando will be unable to render aid to the beleaguered city unless he should succeed in effecting a junction with the force that garrisoned the fortifications in Caney until driven out by our troops. These Spanish troops cannot fall back into Santiago, owing to General Shafter's foresight. The American commander in his assignment of troops ordered General Kent and General Wheeler PRICE FIVE CENTS. to advance from the southeast of I Caney and to take a stand between Csney and Santiago. This i movement was carried out sue- I cessfully.

The Thirty-third Michigan Volunteers, who debarked from the Harvard at Altares yesterday morning and hastened at once toward Santiago, were not long in Cuba before receiving their baptism of fire. Barely had they begun the ascent up the mountain path past Aguadores when they were fired upon from a masked battery. One of the shells did frightful execution in the ranks Continued on Second Page..