The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
NAVY AIDS IHE ARNY.
Fort and Rifle Pits at Aqua
dOreS SheIIed.
SOLDIERS ON THE SHORE.
DuftisId'S Troops In Sight Of the
Ships.
SHELLS FALL IN SANTIAGO.
Workmanship Of Lieut.. Blue Proves
Magnificent.

Copyright, 1895 by the Associated Press.
Off Santiago de Cuba, July /, via King
ston, Jam, July 2, 8 a. m.-Before o'clock
this morning the crew of the flagship
were astir. eating a hurried breakfast, and
at $50 general quarters" was sounded
and the flagship headed in toward Aqua
dores, about three miles east of MORO
Castle The other ships retained their
blockading stations.
Along the surf beaten shore the smoke
of an approaching train from Altares was
seen. 1t was composed of open cars full
Of Gen Dumelds troops. At the cut
mile east Of Aguadores the train stopped
and the Cuban scouts proceeded along the
railroad track. The troops got out Of the
cars and soon formed in long thin line,
standing out vlvldly against the yellow
rocks that rose perpendicularly above,
shutting them off from the main body Of
the army, which Is on the east side or
the hill, several miles north.
From the quarter of the flagship there
was a signal by vigorously wig-wagged
letter. and a few minutes later, from a
clump of green at the waters edge came
an answer from the army. This was tho
first cooperation for offensive purposes
between the army and navy. With the
flag In his hands, the soldier ashore look
ed like a butterfly.
"Are you waiting for us to beginT' was
the signal made by Rear Admiral samp-
son to the army.
Gen. Duhield Is ahead with the scouts"
was the answer from the shore to the
flagship.
BY this time It was O'clock and the
admiral ran the hagship's bow within
three-quarters Of a mile of the beach. She
remained almost as near during the fore
noon and the daring way she was handled
by Capt. Chadwick, within sound OF tho
breakers, made the Cuban pilot on board
stare with astonishment
The Suwanee was In company with the
flagship, still closer in shore and the
Gloucester was to the westward, near
MORO Castle.
From the southwark the Newark cane
up and took position to the westward.
Her decks were black with 1,600 or moro
troops. she went alongside of the hag-
ship and was told to disembark the troops
at Alcires.
Then Admiral Sampson signalled TO Gen.
Dufield: when do you want us to COM
mence firing?
In a little while flag on shore sent
back the answer: when the rest of the
command arrives. Then l will signal
you"
IL was a long and tedious wait for the
ships before the second fifty carloads of
troops came putting along from Altares.
BY $3.50 a. M the last Of the soldiers had
left lhe open railroad tracks, disappearing
in the thick brush that covered the eastern
side OF Aguadores inlet.
The water in the sponge tubs under the
breeches OF the big guns was growing hot
In the burning sun. Ashore there was no
sign of the enemy. They were believed 10
be on the western bluff.
Between the bluffs runs a rocky gully
leading into Santiago city.
on the extremity of the western arm
was an old caslellated fort, from which
the Spanish flag was flying. and on the
parapet ON the eastern hin, commanding
the gully, two stretches of red earth could
easily be seen against the brush. They
were the rife pits
At 1915 signal flag ashore wig-wagged
10 Admiral Sampson to commence firing,
and a minute later the New Yorks guns
blazed away at the rifle pits and at the
old fort.
The suwanee and Gloucester Joined in the
echoes which rumbled around and filled
the gully.
All the stored up thunder Of the clouds
seemed to have broken loose, and smoke
soon rose over the hills, and the gully was
shut out from view.
Then the firing became more deliberate.
OF our troops ashore in the brush nothing
could be seen. but the ping" ping" Of
the small arms of the army noated out TO
sea during the occasional lull In the firing
Of the big guns. which peppered the rifle
pits until clouds of red earth rose above
them.
An eight-lnch shell from the Newark
in the massive old fort, and clouds
Of white dust and huge stones alled the
air.
When the small shells hit its battiements,
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