The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-27

then hove to within about soo yaEds oe
the shore and lowered a launch, haV-
Ing on beard q Colt rapid FIRE gun and
thirty men, under the command Of
Lieutenant Huse, which was sent
ashore without eneounteTtng opposi-
ton.
Quartermaster Beck thereupou told
Yoeman Lacy to haul down the Spanish
flag. which was done. and they then
raised on the hagstaH the first United
States nag to fioat over Porto Rlcan
so!i.
Suddenly about thirty spaniards
opened 1ire with Mauser rides on the
American party. Lieutenant HuBe and
his men responded with great galtautry,
the Colt gun doing effective work. Nor
man, who received Admiral Ceryera's
surrender, and Wood, q volunteer lieu-
tenant, shared the honors with Lleu-
tenant Huse.
Almost Immediately after the Span
iards fired on the Americans, the Glou-
oester opened fire on the enemy with
All her three and gt1-pounders which
could be brought to bear, sheiling the
town and also dropping shells into the
hills 10 the west OF Guanica, where a
number OF Spanish cavalry were seen
fastening toward the spot where the
Americans had landed,
Sent for tsmforcsmepts.
Lleutenaut Huse then threw up lit
lie fort, which he named Fort vain
wright. The lleutenant afso mounted
the Colt gun and signaiied for REIN
forcements, which were sent from the
Gloucester, The ABSOciated PreB0 dis
patch boat Cyuthia II was the only
boat In the harbor except the Giouce0-
ter
Whine the Mausers were peppeTing al
around, Lieutenant Commander Wa4n-
wright called to the Associated Press
correspondent and Eadd;
They hred on US after their nag WaS
down and ours up, and sitter I had
spared the town for the sake Of the
women and children. Tue next bpWu
strike viii blow VI"
Presently q few Of the Spanish cav
airy tolRe0 those who were lighting in
the street OF GIlanica; but the Colt
barked to purpose killing four OF
them
By that time the Gloucester had the
range Of the town and Of the block
house, and al her guns were splitting
fire. the doctor and the payu1aSber help
Ing TO serve the guns.
Soon afterward wtlte-coated caVuiTy-
men were seen climbing the hills TO the
westward and the foot soldiers were
Bcurrying aloug the fences from the
town.
guerrilla shots, the town was won and
the enemy was driven Out OF the neigh-
Srt,s T5.tO c.,,n,- v,,r,a- -, t+,. F,.r,r-,.
sag and detachment OF regulars WGF0
the first to hand from the transports.
saeoeafal Landing ofTrooP,.
After Lieutenant HuSe had captured
the pIgcs he deployed his small force
into the suburbs, But he was soon re-
iuforced by the regulars, who were fol-
lowed by Company g, Of the Sixth MI
nols, and then by other troops In qtIicle
succession. An the boats Of the mem
of-war and the transports were used In
the work Of landing the troops, each
steam launch towing four Or i've bOatB
loaded to the rails with soldiers But
everything progressed in an ordOrly
manner Rn6 according to the plans of
General Niles The latter went ashore
at about noon, after gtopplug to board
the Gloucester and thank Lieutenant
Commander wainwright for his gallant
action.
General Miles said to the correspond
ent OF the Associated Press: "Guanica
and CiugA are in the disahectea por-
tion Of the island. Matteo, the inSur-
gent leader, lives at Yauoo, a few uliles
Inland. Had we landed at Cape San
Juan q line Of rife pits might have
stopped our advance"
There 10 no doubt that General MleS
plans are being kept absolutely secret.
Tho spirit OF the troops, men and otii-
GERS 10 admirable
ALsSvsly Spst
Guanica is the most lovely spot yet
occupied by our forces. It Is the sat
Of the coffee and sugar industrieR and
large herds OF cattle arc paRiuring in
the meadows, which are borttered by
cocoanut palms. Many head oe cattle
and large number OF horses have
been driven into the mountains by their
owners, Some OF them Will be recap
tured.
Ponce ls the second city Of the island.
las a splendid harboE and win make
good base OF operations. There were
fifteen hrge coasters this afternoon at
Guanica Bay, but only Two barges were
captured.
The town Of Ponce IL sure to fan
shortly before the combined attack "
our army and navy.
Later In the day tho Dixie spoke tha
dlkpatch beat OF the Associated Pres,
II was then about 3 o'clock Rt right
and the Commander OF the Dixie said
he had bcen almost around the is,and
OF Porto Rico and had not seen any
neh.of-war or transports, except the
New orleans, which was blockading the
port OF San Juan de Porto Rico,
A heavy gale was blowing, causing
the dispatch boat 10 take nineteen
hours In making the 12S miles TO 81.
Thomas. The Associated Press boat 10
the only Dispatch beat with the neot,