Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-15
|R| |! FOR .CUBANS;,
largest Expedition Landed
on Sunday, July 3.
IN The FIGHT
and Peoria cover the Lanui,.:
ssS which Was Violently K.si>-eh by
ssss Spaniards. General Gomez
ssssSs ElAted.
NEy Telesrarh.l

ssssEansta. under convey ~ the little luxil-
SaarrS gunh3A, Peoria. which proved
sShsrSelf d verita bic dare devil. have
the largest and probably the
sdast expedition sent To the aid of the
Ii WAS u task bcs,1 with
sssslleIil and difficulty, costing one man h S
sAaIte and wounds TO half d dozen Others
gs8fCa plain Jose Manuel Nunez. brother
ssof General Emilio Nunez was killed.
Chanler OF New Yorl, was
ssSnot thi1ough The right elbow and five
suffered ,r:iiing injuries How
many Spanish lives answered for this
ssaF1n never be known, but there were
sSsnough to more than balance the score
debarkation was effected on July
,sd Fa4o ALTO. on the southern coast of
aSssL0Da, put lighting occurred before then
s.s5Ihe Florida and Tanitn lef, Key
West on Saturday. June -. under the
tIeGnyoy OF the Peoria commanded by
+. w. Ryan. On board th,.
sss1eamerS We're l35 Cubans under Cen
TFttfssai -Nunez. so troopers Of the Fifth
;ssaelnated States cavalry under Lieuten-
ssantS Johnson and Ahearn and % Rough
s.ttiders under Winthrop Clanler, broth
Ger OF Colonel William Ast,r Chanler.
cafgoes We're enormous. Topping
ss8the list of arms We're two dynamite
:sEuns with $50 3O-pound projectiles to
ssss them and two fun batteries of light
sSfield pieces, ten :-inch rifles of regular
s,nrdnance pattern. with harnesses that
$50 with them and 1900 cartridges. In
.sthe matter of infantry rifles there Mcrc
s4.ooo Sprlngf1elds with 95i. 900 cartridges
land 200 Mausers With 100000 of III.
s3ssgPficksd shells they swallow
ssES iIfty of the Cubans ahoac.i u,rc
2Sssi lned witch Mausars aud ~. ,,h,r,
sSEs'sa Sprins:ields. Fu: the insuryens Or
s1:ctrs We're provided 20n array ,s,lt re-
ssNotyers and 1000 cartridges Tw,
ss5 sh ndred books of the United state,
EscsYalry ana infantry tacllcs. TRANSLATED
ganto Spanish We're taken along. In the
were also l.4.5 saddles. $50
SADDLE cloths and +5o brides For the
sSGubans there We're .,G63 uniforms. . 5:.3
@broWn canvass Of the army fatigue and
SE1he balance cotton and linen Of the pat
tern Of the Mexican troops; $3.50 pairs
Sni army shoes. 1915 army blankets. 400
Eshirts. $50 hats and $50 hammocks.
sSS@ These We're the conlnissary stores
carried. calculated by pounds: bacon.
$3.50; corn meal. 81 LEO: roasted coffee
3l10.20c; raw coffee. SEQ: sugar 2,425
.GmeSs pork and beef, $500; canned beef
"a, 600; beans, $4,000; hard tack, l, $50:
\ cans of corn, ] ESQ.
ri. The expectation was that the land
ing would be effected at San Juan
EPotnt, on the south coast of Cuba. mid
way between Cienfuegos and Trinidad
Ssout the enemy appeared In force and
tine project was abandoned
sSs On June so they arrived at Las Tu-
Sof rho 1owY a, thn ,no,,,h =, ~, ,r,,.s
Ia con riyn-- ston1 , l,,D r.,.t h,,;I,
abroad i,.nn ~, ,,.a,,',,, !, Va
S works. The Peoria ran boldly in anu
fired several shots from her three
FOUNDERS, but brought no response. A
was nlnda IN &c ,ifta,,, ,.aI,,,,,
der yyjn,bnrn I,b,nIa, ~
3fCnbons nnf,.., ,,,,,,,.,i, H,, ny
Peoria tn,l. :, ,nsitj,,n ,rith;, 49,,
shorr ,.,no,. If M ~, ~, W., So 49,.
ahnI cbed go ,bn; ',,,,i,,,. o',,j',,,.
s,.r,,,,,,I.,n tl,., 49,. ,.''.,
most ~ >,no,nnr, ,,,., ca, ~, -
sands mo rn,i ana IN r,.,,lh,,os'rs
garoI,nd i, h,,rst in,n nam, IN, - -,
shell scr,.a,ntl !, h,,,,, ~. Ii,,l. ~, -,
Invaders ~
j Cantain Nunoz YEAS s,.n,in,. fran "a
sbnnt when ;, s,,nt s,,,,,.,i NJ h,,,,,,.4 ..
IN. eyes ana ~. f.u ,1s.,d Ch,,,lnr 80,
With !, broken arm, m. ~ h,rs s.,fa,>
gained the thicEni ana rsnlied VIII, ;,
sharp tir. directed ar M, .ntronnb
ments, Al.anvhiL. the peori, s,.t ,n
her ..,,ns "a, NAN AMI ,,in,d sh.I1.
uron the fort until thc anamv,s nr.
ceased. A r,.trrat was ordered ana mo
marty rushed IN. m. h,,,IS' ,,nt vn,ln,
after yoll,y came from thc shorc and
s,hay ,yar. ,.ono,.1,.L 81, ,bro,r 49,,
selves int., ,hc5 rr,t,, -,,l ,,,alI,, inn.
sid ~, In.,,ce,,ri,h ,,,i,, ,hni,h,ti S
,,,sa,1 ,,nIiIfIho shins w.',.. ,..,,.h,a NJ,
Sr,.,,j,r,1s ha.a ~. r,n,o h,(w...,,a, 'a
nv. t.,h,n. VS. ,,.n,,,,,a ,t,n,,t
sr,n,,,a s.,in,e1v re,,,rr;no -, ~. D.
.orj;, tha men ro,,,rtad ,h,, , y;cio,,s
IRE nod come frn,, +, srro,,a i,f ,.o,.o, ~,
sI,aI,ns which aytnnaad - tha a,s,,,ra
81 sty. fnrt wv. panri, ,,naneI H.. ~,
she Mace and mus, haya killed ,n,nI
sspaniards, for her shells drouned INTO
Eghe smoke and flash OF the adxnrs,ri...
ffs5s3s. silenc,d # al once ana fnrce1 ,ha,r,
md u,y rockets for heIp
he next dav the gunboat Helen,
III Ived and Friday morning she and
4 Peoria steamed in toward las IN
.--lv,.. which the Standards rad beap VIC
orously fortifyjnp. T,1nas is cnnnec,,d
by rail with Sancti Sniritus ~ town NJ
5considerahla Sjzc and rainforcc,n.nts
and artillery had been RAPIDLY comine
in. Range buoys had been placed in
the BAY. The Spanish had seyera,
krupp field ,,eccs of three 81. fon,
inches ,,n,,ntea an e,rtbv.,rL, ,lnno