New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24

NIT the Spanish flag was defant.J floating al
sunset last night. but 1t was gone this morning.
and with II the small Spanish guard which had
maintained the signal station
Between nightfaH and dawn the spaniaros
,sa taken the alarm and had fed from the place.
firing the town as they left. The names were
watched with interest from the ships Two
.,,rn exnIosions were heard. At first they were
..o,sh, IN he the report Of guns from spanish
rcaekea batteries but they proved 10 he the eH-
nlosion OF ammunition In a burning pul'oihs'
COMPARTMENT OF THE BATTERIES
r.o ,o,rs. waiting made the men on the
TRANSPORTS impatient to get ashore and IN ac-
ton and every move or the "ars"'p' was
watched by the soldiers.
u,ro before o o'clock the bombardment OF
tho batteries OF Jaragua was begun by the sh'ps
Admiral SIMPSONS feet This was evi-
IDENTIFY n feint to cover the real point OF at'aoA.
,..acua he,ne about half way between Baiquiri
.a e,,,,apo de Cuba The bombardn,ent last
"a about twenty minutes.
IT. ,c.ne then quickly shifted back again 70
49, orea, scrnicircle Of the transport feet be-
fore Baiquiri
4, q. 40 o'clock the New Orleans opened fire
with a gun that sent shells rumbling ana o'as"
Ing against the hillside. The Detroit 'he wasp
tho Nachas and the Suwanee followed sun anu
SOON the hillside. and the valleys seemeu ~ NC
ahlaze. as shot followed shot IN swirl succeSS'V'
amid the wild and excited cheering OF 'ne SUI
diers on the transports -
In FIVE minutes the sea was alive with "o'i''~'
Of small boats headed by launches s'ceu''s
FOR the Raiquiri pier Some OF the boa's were
manned by crews Of sailors. While others "e'e
roved bv the soldiers themselves. Fac" qua"
contained sixteen men. every one IN Hk"''"e
trim and carrying three days rations' she'e'
tent. gun and two hundred cartridges reau!
80 take the field on touching the shore should
they he required - do so.
The firing of he warships proved to be
needless precaution. as their snots "o'e "V'
turned and no spaniards were visible.
General Shafter on board the Seeu'ai'"'
closely watched the landing Of the troops
BOATS RUSHED FROM EVERY QUARTER
Brigadier-General Lawton. who had been de-
tailed TO command the landing party leo 'he
way in a launch. accompanied by his stan anu
directed the formation of the line OF operation
The Sth Regular Infantry was tho nrs' ree'
mont 10 land followed by General Smarter o'u
regiment. the 1st Infantry. Then came the -''"
Infantry the 22d Infantry. the loth iniah'rS'
the 10Th Infantry. the 18th Infantry and the
18th Infantry the Cd Massachusetts regiment
and a detachment OF the 9th Cavalry
The boats rushed forward simultaneously
from every quarter in good-natured rivalry to
be the first. ard their occupants scra'h"leu o'0'
one another TO leap ashore.
As the boats tossed about in the surf breaking
against the pier getting ashore was no easy
matter. and the soldiers had to throw their rifles
on the pier before they could climb up them
solves Some hard tumbles resulted but nobody
hurt.
At the end OF the pier the companies and reg-
ments quickly lined up and were marched away.
General Lawton threw a strong detachment,
for the night about six miles west. on the road
20 Santiago. and another detachment was posted
10 the north Of the town. among tho hills. The
rest OF the troops were quartered In the town.
some OF them being housed .n the buildings OF
the iron company.
FOUND THE TOWN DESERTED.
Others Of the troops were quartered In de-
serted houses while others still preferred the
shelter Of their tents in the adjoining fields
The mornings Are had destroyed the round
house the repair shops and several small dwell
ings
The town was deserted when the troops land
ed but women and children SOON appeared from
the surrounding thickets and returned to- their
homes.
The sun bronzed soldiers. in their SLOUGH hats
and service uniforms. quickly searched the
buildings and beat up the thickets after landing
in search Of lurking foes. and marched into the
unknown country beyond nishtfali with long
swinging stride and the alert bearing Of the old
frontier Army men, ready to fight the Spaniards
Sioux fashion or in the open wherever they could
be found
The cheers Of their comrades still waiting on
the transports and Of the bluetackets. and the
strains Of Yankee Doodle from the bands on
the troop ships, greeted them as they disap-
peared from view over the hills OF Baiquiri.
The landing was accomplished without loss
OF life. the only casually being the wounding Of
an insurgent on the hills by a shell from one Of
the warships. He will lose his arm.
The nsurgent troops at Baiquirl are com
manded by General Castillo, and number
thousand men.
SAMPSON SAYS NOTHING, OF FIGHTING.