Attack on San Juan Forts.
SEVERE FIGHTING.
MORRO FORTS SILENCED.
PANTAGONDA DESTROYED.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES HEAVY.
2000 SPANIARDS PRISONERS
Presa Association- Electric Telegraph Copyright.
(ReoeiTedat Wakapuaks, July 4th, 11.30 p,m)
Washington, July 4. On Saturday General Shatter attacked the San Juan forts.
The masked battery wrought great havoc, fThe Michigan 4 Volunteers and Rough-riders and Colonel Wood's cavalry advanced in two divisions, with companies of infantry supporting them. Two hours' severe fighting in heavy underbush, without artillery, ensued, and they ultimately succeeded in capturing the position. The American fleet, at a range of two thousand yards, kept up a fusilade of shells, which silenced Mono fort and demolished the battlements.
The Oregon's fire lowered the Spanish fl f. The fleet, then destroyed thePantagonda batteries. The Spaniards' fire was ineffective. Siboney Hospital is crowded with wounded.
Reports from New York state that the Americans lost 1200 killed and wounded in Friday's and Saturday's engagement, and they captured 2000 prisoners.
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Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9112, 5 July 1898, Page 2
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