Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-24
TICHT NEAR SANTIAGO.
THERE WAS urTlt REAL FIGHTING.
,.,.,,eans Regard n ~ unlmportant
spanish Hcports from Cuba
Via Madrid.

today By Senior T. Est1ndt ia'mAs IT
"a no follows
playa del Estc. June 22.-we are at
guantanamo Position taken from ihe
,r.inv 40 Playa del Este. Fought with
sl Am ririns and 90 Cuhans against
f1 spanlarda. Complete Uut Enemy
f.ehi shameful We captured Is prison
o.. officer. sixty Of the enemy are
daI and ie woundod' officers NHeh
un our part We had Killed ana
wounded. We captured = MnuHsr
rires and 5000 cartridges. To-day the
forss u Con. Rabl and Brig. Castillo
,,.k Balaui'i with the ed Of the Amer
t.n vca4rs spannrn set nrc to the
town of rctrcatlng. sixteen thousand
American troops have dlscmiorkcd at
riuuir. Gen. Garcia " on board the
cruiser New York.
col. LABoRDE,
sPANIARDs RAN AWAY.
playa del Este. Guantanamo Bay,
Province of Santiago de cuba. Thurs
aay afternoon. June 21,-(CopyrIghtci.
80, by tho Associated Pruss) -lieforc
tbs landing yesterday tho nect In front
III NJ Moro opened out ana the Hhlp.
u,iouiu t1 prevent rcinfOrcemcnta b.
tbe railroad to the latter point, hhellcd
every village ON the coast
.rb. Utnrrnft. wilmington and Vixen
dI.rn,rrsd "a regiment ~ spanish apl-
di,rs drnllng down the road 10 Jufagia,
and thGr shells sent them rcampcring
~ the hills like hckrtbhlts.
a. 4. IT,.
rb-iiad naiamd town and the SUR
rounding hills for half an hour What
remained % the HmuuldUrlnE village
was wrecked. the crash ~ the guns
fUndlns the RICK and tCVcrheratlug
among he hills. Gr.tt smoke banks
dfIfird in shore, completely yelling The
ridges Tor miles. SiClm launches with
sHa.plund colt guns In the bows, nnd
.hr ErumH0h and FuaurU covered the
iiudlng inside the pier.
. few miles further TO the east the
Hornet. Helena and Bancroft were In
tho picturesque hnrbOr ~ Tuwnndu De
Iua AltirnH banging away az TWO
block houses ON thu side " the hill
which rises above the deserted villaEc.
Th' heavy swell caused these craft Go
rill considerably. and the surf broke
,lrIuuaiy against the rocks The sun
fhlne bright. q llFht brrcSe blow, ana
h. gunhlats. half envclopcd In white
smoke. nestled IN these nne harhurs.
forming picturesque sight They
WIRE fclntlng more than lighting.
Frum Cahnnna 10 Bnidulrl, fourteen
miles ~ coaHt.thc ridge was dotted with
tho smoke of american shells. The bat
tory wet III III Mofro was the only
point where the enemy appeared 10
make any serious attempt 10 reply Tho
fhnrp reports 81 the batteries ~ the
smaller boats nllcd the air, lhf echoes
dying away Into the great hills behind.
a faint odor Of salt pctrc drificd out 20
The officers and crews u the ships
not engaged watched the shore eager
b.. A. 1850 the New York ran down
from ~ Moro To- hidqulr, the real
fe1t 81 operations.
Just as she arrived the first boat
load Of troops was landing at the Iron
rlmpuny'E wharf. Tho Transports had
hr1n slow IN coming up. When Nd
m.ril sampson arrived the Sutwanrr.
Detroit and Wasp wcr' hannnE away
10 A blum 90 the west ~ llalquu. where
The Spanish troops wcfc believed 90 b.
IN hmhuaeade.
Around the wharf launches ana
boats were thickly clustered, some
i'lrk with troops. Others half empty,
AMI thUir former occupants climbing up
l.ke ants, The nrnr " the guuhUltH
vrr0 soon Discontinued. Flames broke
out whore the shells had been directed
and a long. low, white house Wa soon
burned up No shots werr seen 20
come from any points on shoro.
The waters around laiqulH were
black with small craft of an sorts ply
lnr quickly between the transports and
thr shore. Smoke curled up from Vhri.
Gus spots around tho village. marking
N. fires caused hy tho shells
TIN landing continued quickly until
By noon 5000 troops were ASHORE. The
admiral and his stan watched the de-.
hirkation closely, The order of battle
Issued by Admiral sampson, who was
almost entirely responsible for the sue
crsH ~ thr operations was a. folluwHi
The army corps Will land tomorrow
morning the entire fOroe landing al
lAuqulrl. Thc landing will begin ~
daylight. Ships stationed 10 the east
wand ~ laiqulrl viii assls, In clearing
The way Tor an unoppoaed landing hy
r1nklng out the spanish forces at that
point, simultaneous with the Smelling
NJ me hrach and hlnckh0usoH al Hal
QuIrl Tho EnAcnndn De Los Annros aud
Agundnrcs. both 10 the eastward ~
Santiago and the small bay OF Ca
hunH about two ana one.half mllfs
90 the westward of Santiago, viii be-
sh.'lgd by the ships stationed there for
That purpose.
"A frlnt In forcc Of landing Al ca
lunHH vii be- made. about ten of the
Transports last 10 dlE,mhark their
forces az Notwithstanding during
ihH day or q greater pari NJ the day
about two miles a. the southwark OF
Cihanna, lowering boats and making
Operations FOR DISSEMINATING a large
body ~ troops.
AZ the sans time Gen. Rah. with
POP Cuban troops VIII make a dem0nHtra
tnn on the west side NJ ClhanhH. Tho
following vuFHelH are assigned 90 bonn
bard the four points mentioned nhoyr.
a. cublnaH Tho Scurrlnu, Vixen and
Texas. a. Aguadorcs The Eagle and
t|ouc,ster. ~ Ensenada-pe los Al
tires, Hornet Helena and Bancroft.
~ ilquirl-The Detroit. Cnstlne. Wasp
ma New orleans tho - .trnlt and CAS-
tlry IN the western flank and the Wasp
hnf New Orlenas On the eastern flank.
AT the vessels named will be IN their
positions az daylight. Great care Will
d. tkcn On avoid tho waste NJ ammu.
i.lun, The firing al linlquir win be-
fn on signal from the New orleans,
~ cah1uua u A. probable that after
NNr minutes, unleFs the firing a. r.
turned, tho occasional dropping Of
ihnllH from the Hmallrr'ycsGela will De
Hlilr'Dnt, hut tn srmhlnnCc or cover
l.- landing Mould he maint4trad ~
lhln7 Keeping close ~ n AguAdores
ma 3naenRda de Los Alinres The
same rule should prevail az Bllqulti.
IN. point Of actual landing. The vcs-
trN wlllnf course, use their artillery
uhlll ihey have reason 10 believe that
lh' landing Is clear They viii take
lllr that the firing will be- deliberate
ana elective. The Texas and brook
h VIII exchange hlockading stations.
W., lrN1s going inside 70 be near ca