The record-union., 1898-06-24
SHAFTER'S
ARMY ON
CUBAN. SOIL.
The Troops Successfully
Landed,
Without Any Casualty Whatever
to the Americans.
Simpsons Fleet Prepares the Way
for the anding.
Simpsons Fleet Prepares the Way
for the Landing,
Smelling the Fortifications and Surround
ing Hills, Sending the Spaniards
Scampering Back Like
Rabbits.

Miles received an interesting dlspaIcn
to-day from one of his aide de camps
who is now with General Skaters
army at Baiquiri. He declined to give
it's text to the public, but said that it
merely announced that the landing of
the troops was made all right without
any casualty whatever, and that the
only men met We're the Cuban insur
gents on the ground. 1t stated that
one Cuban was struck by the bursting
OF a shell and lost his arm. and that
there were about 800 insurgents on
hand we'll armed and under good dis
cipline General Miles correspondence
also stated that the troops We're in
splendid spirits and ready for a fight,
and said General Miles, there may
be a fight to-day"
PREVENTING REINFORCEMENTS
AT BAIQUIRI.
PLAYA DEL ESTE, GUANTANAMO
BAY, PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO Dc
CUBA, Thursday afternoon, June 23d,
2:05 p. m. copyrighted, 1898, by the
Associated Press.)-Before the landing
yesterday the fleet in front of FL Morro
along between Santiago and Baiquiri
to prevent e-enforcements by the rail-
road to the latter point, shelled every
village on the coast
The Bancroft Wilmington and Vixen
discovered regiment of Spanish sol
diers defiling down the road to Juragua.
and their shells sent them scampering
up the hills like jack rabbits.
The warships, before the landing.
shelled Baiquiri town and the surround
ing hills for half an hour. What re-
niained of the smoldering village was
wrecked, the crash of the guns rending
the rock and reverberating among the
hills. Great smoke banks drifted in
shore completely yelling the ridges for
miles. Steam launches with one-pound
Colt guns in the bows and the Te-
cumseh and Suwanee covered the land
ing inside the pier.
The firing was re-opened after the
Associated Press dispatch boat Daunt-
less left. The iron mines and most Of
the property at Baiquiri are owned by
a Baltimore company.
COVERED BY SIMPSONS GUNS.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. We'd
nesday, June %, 2:30 p. m. (via Playa
del Este, Guantanamo Bay, June 23d).
-(Copyrighted, 1898. by the Associated
hof hi
dispatch is written are being landed
without opposition to speak of at Bal
quiri twelve miles east of FL MORO.
The landing thus far has been success
full in every respect. 1t has been COW
cred by a naval bombardment.
Four thousand troops are ashore at
this hour, and probably 1900 will be
ashore by nightfall One man killed on
the Texas is the only casualty SO far.
At o'clock this morning the work of
lowering the boats from the New York,
Texas, Massachusetts and Brooklyn
began Forty-eight men went from the
flagship in the steam launch and the
cutters.
Ine NeSuEluS, a lew HOuTS DelOIS,
stole up under the eastern hills of
Santiago Harbor and landed three gun
cotton shells in the neighborhood of
the eastern battery. Three loud re-
ports, three sharp flashes and clouds of
earth and smoke marked their fall 1t
is believed that one shell did damage
to the emplacements. The western
battery fired two futile missiles about
the Vesuvius.
Those who watched the operation
near the flagship had scarcely ceased
commenting upon the work of the We
suvius before the winches creaked and
groaned as the boats were lowered.
Ensign Palmer, who was in charge, and
Naval Cadet Kautz, son of the later
General Kautz, of the United States
Army, took the fiagship's fiotilla over
to the auxiliary cruiser. ST. Louis and
reported to Captain Goodrich, who had
the general charge of the landing The
New York still lay at her regular block
aiding station watching for Admiral
Cervera, should he make a dash out
When the dawn broke. the long line of
transports was seen stretched out over
the eastern horizon and fading toward
Baiquir
The Indiana was slowly coming into