New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03
ASSISTANCE FROM THE FLEET
HOW THE NEW-YORk AND OTHER Shlfo
HELPED THE ARMY BY BON
BARDING FORTS.

of Santiago de Cuba. July |. via Kingston
Jamaica. July 2-Before > o'clock this morning
the crew Of the flagship New-iork was astir'
eating 4 hurried breakfast and al ooo seherdl
quarters" was sounded. and the flagship headed
I'm toward Aguadores. about three niles east OF
Moro Castle The other ships retained their
b,ockadlns stations. Along the surf-oeateh
shore the smoke Of an approaching Train from
Atares was seen. II was composed OF open
cars fun Of General Dufields troops AT a
cutting n mile east Of Aguadores the Tram
stopped and the Cuban scouts proceeded along
the railroad track and the troops got out OF 'he
cars and soon formed a long. thin !ne' stahd'hs
out vividly against the yhow rocks that rose
psruendicuarly above. shutting them OF lro"'
the main body Of TIE army. which Is on the
other side Of the hill. several miles north.
From the quarter ot the flagship there was
signal BY a vigorously wig-wagged letter. ana
a few minutes later from a clunlp OF green at
,ba water's edge came an answer from the
Arnv Thi, was the first cooperation for
offensive purposes between the Army and Navy
Tn, landing Of the Army at Baquri and Aitares
was purely a naval affair
With the Aag in his hand the soldier ashore
looked like butterfly
SIGNALLING TO DUFFIELp
Are you waiting fer US to begin was the
signal made by RearAdmiral sampson 70 the
Army.
General Dufrield is ahead with the scouts
coma the answer from the shore to ;he flag
ship
Rv this time It was o'clock, and the Ad-
miral ran the hagshlps bow WITHIN 'hfee,
ouarter, 4 a mile OF the beach She remained
~.
daring way in which she vas handled by Cap
tain Chadwick within sound Of the breakers
made the cuban pilot on board stare in aston
ishment
The Suwanee was in comrany with the nag
chin stuI closer inshore and the Gloucester
was to the westward. near Moro Castle. FROM
,ha southward the Newark came UP and TOOK
roe,.ion ~ the westward. Her decks were
black with sixteen hundred or more troops she
wont alongside Of :ha ilagship and was told 70
djserabark the troops at Altares
The, Admiral Sampson signalled 10 General
Duaield
"yyban do YOU want us 70 commence firing?
~ q u,,le while white flag on shore sent
back the answer
"Vben the rest of the command arrives.
Then / will signal YOU"
II was a long and tedious wait FOR the snips
before the second nifty carloads Of troops came
pulling along from Altares
Bv o.3O the last OF the soldiers had left the
omen railroad tracks. disappearing In the thick
brush that covered the eastern side OF Aqua
dores Inlet The water in the sponge tubs under
the breeches of the big guns was growing NOT
IN m. burning sun. Ashore there was no sign
~ the enemy They were believed to be on the
western bluff.
DESTROYING THE OLD FORT
Ratveen the bluffs runs a rocky gully leading
into Santiago City On the extremity or the
western arm was an old FOR; from which the
spanish nag was flying, and on the parapet on
the eastern hill. commanding the gully, TWO
stretches Of red earth could easily be seen
against the brush. These were the rifle pits
~ 1913 a signal flag ashore g-wagsed to
Admiral Sampson TO commence nring. ana
minute later the New-Yorks guns bazed away
at the rife pits and at the old fort
The Suwanee and the Gloucester Joined in
the echoes which rumbed around and filled the
c,,rv An 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 ilring became more de-
libarate.
= our troops ashore in the brush nothing
could be seen. but the ping ping Of the
smallarms Of the Army hoated out TO sea dur
ing the occasional lull in the firing of the big
guns. which peppered the rifle-pits until clouds
OF red earth rose above them.
An S-incn shell from the Newark dropped In
the massive old fort, and clouds Of white dust
and huge stones filled the air.
When the small shells hit Its battlements, al
most hidden by green creepers. fragments Of
masonry came tumbling down A shot from the
Suwanee hit the eastern parapet and II crumbled
away. Amid the smoke and debris the fagstan
was seen TO fall forward
The flag has been shot down" shouted the
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