THE LATEST.
AMERICANS DISPLAY SPLENDID BRAVERY.
"THE STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER."
SPANISH REINFORCE-
MENTS MISSING.
(Received July 4fch, 8.50 a.m.)
WASHINGTON, July 3. The American troops found the fortifications of Santiago very strong. While forcing the breastworks they encountered bai'bed wire fencing- eight feet high. In carrying "the Spanish defence works they displayed splendid bravery. During- a "lull in the battle the American infantry sang 'The Star Spangled Banner,' the wounded joining in. . : ' Colonel Linares, the officer in command of the Spanish land forces, complains that the ten thousand Spanish reinforcements from Hplquin.and Martianillo, under General Pondo, did not
[These reinforcements had to travel across broken country a distance of about 65 .miles. . Their departure was announced by cable on. the 27th, and they were expected to join in the defence, of -Santiago :ere;, this. Ifcmay be remembered that ■■the Cuban insurgents "were told off to1 intercept Pondo s force,'and they may have been successful in:either.delaying;;pr.defeating the Spanish reinforcement'svX:
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 155, 4 July 1898, Page 5
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