The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

o'clock this morning, bat Il viii be Sat-
uriay evening before all the ammuni.
ton, horsos, big guns and provisions can
h. taken from the transports.
A little before o O'Clock Wednesday
morning the bombardment Of batteries
Of Jangua was begun by the ships Of
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS feet. This
was evidently feint to cover the real
point Of attack, Jaragua being about
half way between Baiquiri aud SANTA
20. The bombardmcnt lasted 20 min
utes. The scenes quickly shifted back
again TO the great semicircle Of the
transports feet before Baiquiri. AZ
$40 the New Orleans opened fire with
her gun and sent a shell rumbling and
crashing against the hillside. The De-
troit, Wasp, Machias and suwanee FOL.
lowed suit, and soon the hillsides and
valley seemed 10 BE- ablaze as shot FOL.
lowed shot In quick succession amid the
widest excited cheering Of the soldiers
on the transports In five minutes the
sea was alive with fiotillas Of small boats,
headed by launches, speeding for Bai-
quir dock. Some boats were manned
by crews Of sailors. while others were
Towed by soldiers themselves. Each
boat contained 10 men, every one in
fighting trim, and carrying three days
rations, a shelter gun and 200 cartridges,
ready 10 take the field on touching the
shore, should they be called upon TO do
~.
The firing Of the warships, however,
proved 10 be a needless precaution, as
their shots were not returned and no
Spaniards were visible General Shaft
er boarded the Segunnca and closely
watched the landing Of troops Briga.
der General IAwton, who had been de-
tailed 70 command tho landing party,
led the way In a launch, accompanied
by his staff, and directed the operation.
A detachment OF 50 regular infantry
soldiers was the first 20 land, followed by
General Skaters Old regiment, the
First infantry. Then came the Twenty
fifth, the Twenty.second, the Tenth, the
seventh. the Twelfth ;he Second Mas.
sachusetts regiment and a detachment Of
cavalry. The boats rushed forward
simultaneously from every quarter; a
good.natured rivalry was in the First,
and they scrambled over one another
aud leaped ashore.
General Lawton threw a strong de-
tachment for the night about six miles
west on the road 10 Santiago and anoth.
detachment was posted north Of town
among the hills. The rest OF the troops
were quariered In town. Other troops
were quartered in deserted houses white
Others still preferred the shelter Of their
tents in adjoining fields. The mornings
fire, Il was seen, destroyed the round.
house, the repair shops aud several small
dwellings. The town was deserted when
the troops landed, but omen an I child.
ren soon appeared from the surrounding
thickets and returned TO their homes.
Tho sun-bronzed soldiers, quickly
searched the buildings in the thicke,s
after the landing in search Of lurking
foes and marched into unknown cOun.
try beyond nightfall with long swinging
strides, with cheers Of their comrades
still waiting on the transports and
strains Of Yankee Doodle from bands
on the troopships saluting them as they
disappeared from view over the hills OF
BaiquirL
The landing was completed without
loss Of life, the only casualty being the
wounding Of an insurgent on the hills
by a shell from one OF the warships He
will lose an arm.
The insurgent troops at Baiquiri, com.
manded by General Castillo, are esti.
mated TO number 1900 men.