THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 372 339 men wounded,without counting the slight wounds, which inContinental armies are classed as "contusions." This makes 471hors de c@mbat,besides over ahundred prisoners. General Linares was so badly hit that he had to hand over the command to General Toral. Vara de Rey, the best of the brigadiers, was dead. Colonel Caula, the chief of the engineers, and Colonel Ordonez,the artillery commander, were amongthe wounded, so that the defence of the place had lost more than is expressedby mere numbers. The pick of those who directed it were gone. The fleet had lost Captain Bustamente, Cervera's chief of the staff, who was wounded while commanding the naval contingent in the trenches.

stubborn resistance of the Spaniards all themore creditable. By evening they had lost the advanced posts of San Juan and ElCaney, which confined them to the limits of the city itself, except to the south-west, where they still held the bank of the San Juan river towards the sea, and thus were able to protect the rear of the Morro, Estrella, and Punta Gorda batteries.

They had also troops on the west side of the harbour, and held the northern outlet of the town, the roads towards San Luis, by which reinforcements wereanxiouslyexpected. During the day the Spaniards had lost about 600 men, a veryhigh figure considering the comparatively small force that was closely engaged. Of these 17 officers and 78 menwere killed,37officers and SKIRMISHING NEAR SANTIAGO