Loss Is Heavy

Siboney, Cuba, July 4.- [Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.] - The entire reserves of the American army have been ordered to the front at once, apparently with the intention of forcing our way into Santiago de Cuba. The troops have advanced nearly to the city, but the fortiflcations are very strong. Our losses are heavy. An offlcer from the field estimates our killed and wounded at over 1,000 men. Shells, supposedly from the Spanish neet, did heavy execution among our troops. During a lull in the flghtins an impressive incident occurred. The Twenty-flrst infantry was out in front and suffering loss from the Spanish flre, but the men sung "The Star Spangled Banner," even the wounded joining in the singing. New York, July 4.- A copyrighted dispatch to The Evening World, dated "In the Field, Two Miles from Santiago, July 1," and cabled from Playa del Este, says: San Juan heights have fallen and the way is now opened for an advance on Morro castle. It was a glorious victory, but very dearly purchased. The place was the strongest Spanish outpost, well fortified and valiantly defended. The position was an excellent one. San Juan hill is steep and an artillery battery was located on it. It was also oecupied by barracks and other buildings. But the American troops stormed the heights and Spanish valor had to yield to the buljdog tenacity and courage of the Anglo-Saxon. Spanlards Demoralized. As I write our troops are swarming up the hill and covering it like ants. The Spaniards are demoralized. The fighting has been of the hardest kind and our troops have suffered severely but the enemy's works are ín their hands and they do not count the cost. El Caney is also ours. The general advance, which began at 3 p. m., has been successful all along the line. After driving the enemy out of El Caney the troops took possession of the village and destroyed the Spanish fort by which it had been defended. The Spaniards fled into the city of Santiago where they now are. The losses on both sides were heavy. A bursting Spanish shell almost annihilated an entire coropany of our troops.