The record-union., 1898-06-09
Our Warships Also Forced the En-
trance to Guantanamo Bay.
United States Forces Probably Already
Landed, Such Move Being Expected
by Spanish When Last Accounts
Of Battle Were Sent.

(6:IO p. m.)-(Copyrighted, 1898, by the
that great battle has taken place at
Caimanera, in the Bay of Guantanamo.
At $50 o'clock yesterday morning
(Tuesday) five ships of the American
squadron opened a heavy bombardment
Of the Notifications of the town. There
was a perfect hail of bombs in the bay,
striking and demolishing many houses
beyond the fortifications. On the Span
ish side the artillery replied vigorously,
maintaining for some time stout re-
sistance
The fire from the warships, however,
never slackened for an instant 1t was
regular and carefully directed, and a
great majority of the shots proved eff
fective. The Spaniards were forced to
abandon their position on the shore and
retreat to the town of Caimanera
proper. 1t is supposed that later they
fled from this position also, with the
inhabitants.
Information reached here that the
Spanish at Santiago and Caimanera are
preparing for final desperate struggle,
and are determined to resist the as
tremity.
The commander Of the district issued
an order yesterday to burn Caimanera
before yielding it into the hands of the
ms ri ha lot hn
trance to the Bay of Guantanamo, and
according to the latest advices from
Caimanera, it was feared that the
Americans would make an effort to
land forces there this "wednesday af-
ternoOn. Measures to prevent this, if
possible have been taken by the Span
iards. The American fleet was still
maintaining its position.
Gable communication with Cuba
which has been interrupted for many
hours, was partially restored this af
ternoon, but it is still difficult and pre-
carious.
The report Of the bombardment at
Caimanera came by cable. The bonn
a
sheltered the shore connection of the
French cable at Caimanera, though
whether by the explosion of the bombs
from the water or by explosives used
by a party sent for that purpose, is
not known. The cables uniting the
main cable with the office at Caimanera
and the town of Caimanera with San
tiago, were cut, thus accounting for the
prolonged absence of intelligence here
as to operations in that vicinity. 1t is
also believed that the cable at Santiago
is cut, as no direct news from Santiago
has yet been received at Cape Haytien
since Monday at midnight.
Even before the cables in Guantana-
could not be worked, the operators at
the Caimanera station were forced to
fee by the fire from the ships. Up to
this hour (9:15 p. NO. there has been
no direct cable communication from
Santiago since Monday at midnight.
LAND ATTACK TO BE MADE UPON
SANTIAGO.
NEW YORK, June S.-A special from
Cape Haytien says the Americans and
insurgents have formed a junction near
Santiago, and that a land attack on
the city is momentarily expected. The
Spaniards claim to have "A 600 seasoned
troops in Santiago. Colonel Thenuse,
a renowned Austrian artillerist in the
Spanish service, was killed in Mondays
bombardment of the forts Of Santiago
harbor
CAPTAIN PHILIP RECEIVED NO
INJURY.
KINGSTON (Jamaica) June s.
(3:3O p. m.)-(Copyrighted, 1898. by the
Associated Press 1.-The report circu-
lated in the United States that Captain
Philip, commander of the battleship
Texas, had been seriously injured by
shell during the bombardment of the
Santiago Notifications on Monday, is
without foundation. Captain Philip
received no injury whatever.