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and half the detachment also, the leaderless rem- 

 nant rushed into the fortification and took it from 

 the Spaniards, who were dismayed by their impetu- 

 osity, thus opening a breach in the Spanish line. 

 Wheeler's division, the Tenth Cavalry, and the 

 Rough Riders in the van, stormed the intrendi- 

 ments on the Spanish left with not less gallantry 

 than the infantry had displayed, and reached the 

 top, carried the second blockhouse, and cleared the 

 rifle pits almost simultaneously with the capture of 

 the central position. At the beginning of the day 

 the " New York " and " Oregon " attempted to land 

 shells in Santiago from Aguadores, the range being 

 indicated from the captive balloon, but most of the 

 shells cleared the city, many fell in the harbor, and 

 of the few that fell within the city not one exploded. 

 The American forces in the firing line at San Juan 

 and El Caney scarcely exceeded 12,000. 



of Gen. Wheeler's division. The two other batteries 

 were brought up and placed in position near Grimes 

 whence could now be directed a heavier fire on 

 the Spanish trenches. Gen. II. M. Duffield's bri- 

 gade, consisting of the Thirty-third and Tliirtv- 

 fourth Michigan and a Massachusetts reiiiu-n"t 

 captured the outpost of Aguadores on the same af- 

 ternoon. Spanish prisoners taken at El Canev, who 

 were fed and sent back to Siboney, had been im- 

 pressed with the fear that they would be shot if 

 captured, which probably was the cause of their 

 desperate lighting there, keeping Gen. Lawton's 

 troops busy throughout most of the day, whereas he 

 had expected to carry the position in two or three 

 hours. The American lines were arranged in their 

 new positions and strengthened with fresh troops 

 during the night. In the morning of July 2 the 

 battle was renewed by the Spaniards, who began 



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THE TOWN OF EL CANEY THE DAY AFTER 



The victors at El Caney did not rest after their 

 exertions, but marched through the mud to join 

 hands with Gen. Kent's division. Already the 

 Americans were in possession of the entire row 

 of hills along the San Juan river, a mile and a 

 half from Santiago. The American advance had 

 been hurried by reason of the intelligence obtained 

 through Cuban scouts that 8,000 of Gen. Pando's 

 troops were marching to the support of the San- 

 tiago garrison. Gen. Garcia's Cuban forces were 

 posted on the road leading from the west, but they 

 were not strong enough to hold in check such a 

 body of Spanish regulars. When night fell Gen. 

 Shafter's troops held the main redoubts in the 

 Spanish outer line of defenses and approached 

 within three-quarters of a mile of the city walls. 

 The Spaniards evacuated only those positions that 

 the Americans took by hard fighting, and still held 

 others of equal strength. While the cavalry divi- 

 sion and Gen. Kent's division intrenched themselves 

 securely, Gen. Bates took up a position on the left. 

 Gen. Lavvton moved round in the rear to the right 



firing from trenches just outside of Santiago as 

 soon as it was light, and drawing but a feeble re- 

 ply from the Americans, who were safe behind 

 earthworks, made vigorous assaults on Kent's and 

 Wheeler's divisions, which these repelled without 

 stirring from their works. Gen. Lawton on the 

 right made a further advance and gained command- 

 ing positions. Nevertheless, so exhausted and de- 

 pressed were officers and men by two days of fight- 

 ing, and so alarmed by reports that the enemy had 

 placed siege guns in positions to enfilade the Ameri- 

 can lines or take them in reverse, and by the belief 

 that the bush on both sides of the road was filled 

 with sharpshooters, which arose from the fact that 

 the long-range Mauser rifles hit and killed men 

 going or coining along the road for at least a milt* 

 in the rear of the American line, that many officers 

 importuned the commanding general to order a re- 

 treat. A heavy rainfall gave rise to the further 

 fear that the roads would heroine impassable to the 

 provision trains. Accordingly. (Jen. Shaft er failed 

 a council of the division commanders and discussed 



