THEHERALDiSingle Sheet I Eight PagesTWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 284.
LOS ANGELES, MONDAY MORNING. JULY If, 1898 PRICE FIVE CENTS
SANTIAGO IS BOMBARDEDSIBONEY, Cuba, via Hayti, 5:55 p. m., July
JO.?Adjutant General, Washington: Headquarters Fifth Army Corps,
July JO. I have just
received letter from General Toral declining unconditional
surrender. Bombardment by army and navy will begin at or near 4p.
m. today if possible.SHAFTER, Major General
General Garcia reports that the enemy has evacuated a little
town called Descanieos, about three miles from Santiago, and near
the bay.WASHINGTON, July JO.?The department is just notified that
the bombardment of Santiago has begun.WASHINGTON July 10.?Shortly
after midnight the war department gave out the following dispatch
from General Shafter: Playa Del Este, July
JO.?Adjutant General, Washington: Headquarters Fifth Corps. July
JO. Enemy opened fire a few minutes past 4 with light guns, which
were soonsilenced by ours. Very little musketry firing and the
enemy kept entirely in the entrenchments. Three men slightly
wounded. Will have considerable forcestomorrow. Enough to entirely
blockade the roads. SHAFTER.
ARMY IS READYReports From Shatter Just
? Before the BattleSpanish Troops Not Without Artil-
lery?Officers WillJ eg to Sur-render if Ordered
COPYRIGHTED, 1898, BT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEFORE SANTIAGO, Saturday, July 9, 4 p. m., per AssociatedPress
dispatch boat Wanda, via Fort Antonio and Kingston, Jamaica,July
10, 11 a. m.?Everything is now ready for the commencement
ofhostilities, in case the Spanish generals do not surrender. The
dyna-mite gun, which has been in position for several days, is now
in betterworking order than at the time of the battle of San Juan,
and it is pre-dicted that its charges, consisting of twenty pounds
of guncotton andgelatine, will work havoc in the Spanish trenches
when it opens fire.Twelve mortars in one battery are mounted and
ready for use, andready to do effective work in shelling the
city.
BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY
Three batteries of artilleryare now posted on El Paso ridge,
2400yards from the town, and the Capron and Grimes batteries are
1500yards to the north of the road, in the rear of Gen. Lawton's
division.In firing the field guns will be compelled to shell the
town over theheads of our men, but the artillery officers say it
can be done safelyand without injury to our soldiers. The dynamite
gun has been soplaced that it willbe able to enfilade the Spanish
lines.
THE ENEMY'S BATTERIES
On the other hand, during the truce, which, so far as regards
the.continuing of preparations for defense or attack, has been no
truce what-ever, the Spaniards have not been idle. They have been
mounting guns,and some of these are of much heavier caliber than
any the Americanarmy can bring into play. Some of their guns are of
antiquated pat-tern and not capable of much damage, but others are
capable of excel-lent work. One seven-inch gun, which had so
perfect a range duringthe battle of San Juan of many ridges
occupied by the American troops,has been located with especial care
by the American gunners, and itwillbe the recipient of much
attention when hostilities are opened.
TROOPS HOVE FORWARD
Gen. Bates' division, which holds the extreme left of the line,
to-day moved forward to a new position, 400 yards in advance of its
form-er line. It was, since the battle of San Juan, planted along
the edgeof a deep ravine, the walls of which are about eighty feet
high. Thisravine is about 700 yards long and about 400 wide. Gen.
Bates hat
BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL B. M. YOUNGIn, Charge of the Cavalry
Brigade With General Shafter's Array
BIG GUNS BOOMAttack on Santiago Com-
meiiced«Assaialt WillBe Made Today
BT THB ASSOCIATED PRESS SPECIAL WIRE.
WASHINGTON, July 10.?The bombardment of Santiago has begun.That
was the verbal information obtained this evening shortly before 9
oclock at the war depart-
ment.Almost immediately three bulletins were posted, the most
important of which was from Gen. Shafter.
This announced that Gen. Toral, who succeeded Linares when the
latter was wounded, had declined to sur-render, and that the
bombardment of the town would be begun by the army and navy about 4
oclock thisafternoon.
AN ODD HOUR FOB A BATTLEThe fact that the bombardment was
scheduled by Shafter to begin so late in the day created some
comment, but no explanation of itwas offered. In answer to
questions bearing upon that movement, Gen.Corbin said:
"I have not the slightest information as to the reasons Gen.
Shafter had for beginning the bombard-ment at the hour he names,
but itwas probably because he was ready just at that time. Tou can
speculateabout that as well as I can."
SHAFTER STRONGLY INTRENCHED_____ Information received by the war
department during the few days of truce indicate that he has
ma-terially strengthened his position. During the past week he has
received reinforcements of both artilleryand infantry. Randolph's
battery of twenty-four guns, which left Key West last Tuesday at
midnight, isnow in operation before Santiago, and, as one of the
war department officials expressed it, when these longtoms of
Randolph's begin to talk something will happen in Santiago.
Gen. Shafter has nearly fiftysiege guns and a large number of
six-inch mortars, besides light artil-lery, at his disposition.
These guns, taken in connection with the work that can be done by
the fleet,will, it is believed, carry terror and destruction to
Santiago.
KEPT THE ENEMY IN THE CITYAnxiety has been expressed by the war
department officials as to whether Gen. Shafter had a
sufficient
force to prevent the evacuation of Santiago by the enemy. This
anxiety was allayed about 12:30 tonight bythe receipt of a dispatch
from Gen. Shafter, which contained confirmation, too, of the
earlier reports of thebeginning of the bombardment.
TORAL WILL QUIT IF HE CAN'T RETREATThe belief is held by the
best informed officers that Gen. Toral, the Spanish commander, will
sur-
render when he finds that it willbe impossible for him to
evacuate the city. Upon what grounds this be-lief is based could
not be ascertained, but that information to that effect is in the
hands of war office offi-cials there is no doubt. Gen. Shafter's
dispatch tonight shows that he is engaged in strengthening his
po-sition, and tomorrow will follow up his operations with a final
assault upon the city.
The news of the bombardment came at the close of a busy Sunday
in the war department. Previ-ous to the receipt of this dispatch
the secretary of war had heard twice from Gen. Shafter. In the
earlymorning came a telegram saying that he had ridden over the
American lines and was gratified at their con-dition. A second
dispatch read that the lines were impregnable, thus removing any
fear of a successfulsortie by the Spanish troops, should a maneuver
of this kind be attempted. Both telegrams, which alsoemphasized the
fact that Gen. Shafter's condition had greatly improved, were shown
to the president andoccasioned him considerable gratification.
PUBLIC GIVEN ALL THE NEWSWhen questioned as to whether he
believed that there had been a bombardment of the city, Gen.
Corbin replied: "You know as much about it as I do. Ihave kept
nothing back. I should say, however,that the firing today was but
the preliminary to the more serious business of tomorrow."
This being the case, the attempt to take the city willprobably
not be made today.REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED
OFF JURAGUA, Cuba, July 9, afternoon, by the Associated Press
dispatch boat Wanda, via PortAntonio and Kingston, July 10, 12:50
p. m.?(Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.) Six troop
ships,carrying 2500 men, six bateries of artillery and a large
quantity of ammunition and supplies, arrived herethis morning. The
transports, with convoys, sailed from Key West last Tuesday. The
men are in excellentspirits, and their voyage was a pleasant one,
except for one rough nigh-ui nmsnun apum sbm. pus '%cident. The
transports arrived off Juragua early on the morning of the 9th. The
landing was deferreduntil Sunday morning.
"SIBONEY, July 10.?Adjutant-General, Washington: The St. Paul
has just arrived, with Gen. Henryand his command, and
quartermasteer's stores. HUMPHREYS."
"SIBONEY, Cuba, July 10.?Adjutant-General, Washington: The
Catania just arrived, with the FirstDistrict of Columbia
volunteers. HUMPHREYS."
GUNNERS SURE OF THE RANGENEW YORK, July 11.?A dispatch to the
Tribune from Siboney,via Port Antonio, says:The light artillery
that arrived on Saturday willbe sent forward and placed in position
for enfilad-
ing the trenches where the Spanish forces are strongly
intrenched. The progress in pushing forward theheavy siege guns is
disapointing. They may be needed to reduce the main fortifications
of Santiago. Engi-
THE CAPTIVESCervera, His Officers and
Mem Arrive
Tlhe Admiral is Sick and Broken-hearted?Governor of Santiago
Under Close Guard
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPECIAL WIRE. ,'lPORTSMOUTH, N. H., July
10.?The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis,
with 746 Spanish prisoners, including fifty-four officers,
arrived in Ports-mouth harbor at 8:30 o'clock this morning, and a
few minutes laterdropped anchor just above Fishing island. The big
liner left Quanta-namo at 6 oclock Tuesday afternoon, July sth, and
did not make a stopuntil she dropped anchor in Portsmouth harbor.
Including the prison-ers, there were 1036 people on board the boat,
and out of this numberthere are ninety-one sick and wounded
Spaniards under the care of thosurgeons.
ADMIRAL CERVERA ILL
Admiral Cervera is oonfined to his cabin, having been quits ill
forthe past three days, although he was able to be dressed this
morning.Capt. Eulate, who was commander of the Vizcaya and is among
the pris-oners, is also quite ill,having been wounded in the head
during thd bat-tle off Santiago.
At 9:15 this morning the tug A. W. Chesterton went alongside the
St.Louis with Health Officer F. S. Towle, who went on board. He
madea thorough examination of the vessel, visited all of the sick,
and foundthat most of the sickness was due to wounds received
during the battleor from exposure. He says there is no evidence of
yellow fever orothercontagious diseases, and the people in the
vicinityof where the prisoner!are to be confined need feel no alarm
about pestilence breaking out.
ALL OFFICERS BUT ONE PAROLED
Allof the Spanish commissioned officers have been on parole
andhave had the freedom of the ship, with one exception, and he was
thegovernor of Santiago de Cuba, who was trying to escape from the
cityon Admiral Cervera's flagship when she was destroyed on that
memora-ble morning of July 4th. He refused to sign the parole
papers, and waiconsequently confined in one of the cabins under
guard. The remain-der of the prisoners were confined between decks
and closely guarded.A detachment of wenty-eight marines from the U.
S. S. Brooklyn, un-der Lieut. Bordan, and twenty-one marines from
the U. S. S. Marbleheadwere put aboard the St. Louis wh n she left
Guantanamo for the north,to guard the prisoners, but they had
little or no trouble with the men,
A RAGGEDY REGIMENT
The prisoners, as well as the Spanish officers, are dressed in
clothe*of every description, as most of them had to come aboard
with rary Ufa
BRIGADIER GENERAL JACOB F. KENTIn Charge of the Left Wing ot
Shafter's Army at Santiago
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