The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-05
THE GUANICO LANDING.
Details Of Che Gloucester's
Sail Up the Bay and
Lieut.. Huse's Invasion.

July %, 1898, via ST. Thomas, Danish
West Indies, July 26.-When The Asso-
ciated Press despatch boat Cynthia H.,
arrived at Guantanamo Bay last Thurs
day. July 81, at G p. M, and reported to
Commander b. III. McCalla, of the Mar
blehead, and was promptly ordered to
hoist the yellow flag, as she had touched
at Santiago de Cuba, those on board of
her had no idea of going to Porto Rico.
But some ships having been noticed in
the offing, the despatch boat hailed the
flagship New York, asking for their iden-
tifcation, which brought back the reply
by megaphone:-
THAT IS General Miles and his squad
ron. They have started for Porto Rico
Thereupon the despatch boat promptly
put TO sea and followed the transports
and their conveying warships to Porto
Rico.
For four days ana nights, through
stormy weather, abreast Of the Glouces-
ter, the despatch boat pitched and tossed
into a head sea, to the great discomfort
of those on board.
The transports were slower than the
~porpoises that cIumsily gambolled around
them and there was a great feeling Of
relief when General Miles, on Sunday
morning, headed south by west, into the
Mena Passage, and 1t became known thar
the southern and not the northern coast
of Porto Rico was to be the scene of the
landing of the American Army 0 n the
Island of Porto Rico.
Early on Monday morning the Glouces-
ter, formerly Mr.. ]. P~ierpont Morgan's
steam yacht Corsair, commanded by
Lieutenant Commander r. Wainwright,
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shoateu the Spailsn nag.
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those on poafo OF her saw me lauhch =
the Gioucesler' with q raplu-lialH aoit
gun ~ her DOW lanu aoou. thirty saiiols
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pfonipts auNaneeo, - TN - -
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"a and +ba desna tcbaboa from ) so,,ad
of snanisb soldiers who were concealed
,mo,o mo- ,o,,ses : tbe main street. of
c,,anico which rms direct from the
beach n less time Than if takes 10 fell
If the trea chero,s guerrilla like foes who
had NOT fred a shot while their flag was
nj were fleeing in every direction before
the answering fire Of the Americans
ashore, backed up by the guns Of the
Gloucester, on board Of which even the
doctor and paymaster took a hand in
serving the pieces. The four six Founders
of the converted yacht merrily shelled the
block houses and the hills to the west,
sending some Spanish cavalry, on their
way to reinforce Guanico, scurrying to-
wards the mountains like jack-rabbits be-
fore a prairie fire.
Ashore Lieutenant Huse and his men
had not been idle. "As much for prac-
tice as anything, as he quietly put it.
thew threw IN an entrenchlnent across the
street. mounted the Colt rapid fire gun
on its centre. tangled some barbed wire
in front Of The enfrenchment. to repel a
possible cavalry charge. signalled for re-
IN improvements and then onened fire on the
Snaniards with the Colt with the result
thai fonr If tbe enemy were soon killed
ub;la NOT one American was even wound
al
n was only : sk;rmish after all. blt
q was &C Gallant . little scrim,naga as
ono y,o,,ld p,isb To soc The nresence of
e,saaatoa af+.r an