The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-18
LANDED ON CUBAN SOIL.
Force of Marines Plant the Stars
and Stripes Over Outer Ruins
of Guantanamo.
OPENING FOR OUR ARMY OF INVASION.
First Successful Landing ACCOM-
pIisbed-Engagem Lasting ~
Hours between spnniards and Ma
rines-f Of Latter and OF Former
Reported Killed.


Off Guantanamo, Cuba, Friday, June
10, via Port Antonio, Monday, June -.
The invasion of Cuba by the Ameri-
can forces began Friday. Six hun
dred marines have pitched their tents
about the smoking ruins of the outer
Notifications of Guantanamo and the
stars and stripes for the first time float
on Spanish flagstaff in Cuba.
To Capt. Clark and the battleship
Oregon belongs the honor OF accom-
plishing the first successful landing OF
the war. Fortymarines from the ba title
ship went ashore Saturday morning
and occupied the left entrance of the
bay until the troopship Panther ar
rived with GOO marines. These under
the command of Lieut.. Col. r. w. Hunt
ington arrived at three o'clock, and
within half an hour they had burned
the buildings Of the Spanish camp and
had set fire u the miserable little VIII
Jage which crouched on the beach un-
der the hilltop of Guantanamo.
Raised the stars and stripes.
No attempt TO land was made until
the Oregon steamed in early Saturday
morning. Capt. Clark Immediately sent
40 marines ashore, and 20 from the
Marblehead followed. They found evil
dence Of a very hasty departure by the
Spaniards. Watches, hammocks and
ammunition were scattered about the
earthworks and Spanish flag was
found in one Of the rifle pits The little
detachment of marines held the place
until the Panther arrived, when they
were recalled, and the work Of disem-
barking began. The first boat load had
scarcely landed when the village burst
into flames. Company b, under Lieut..
Hall, was the first ashore, and without
the loss Of moment the column start
ed up the steep, rocky hillside TO the
earthworlSs. For an hour a brown
column of marines filed up the narrow
path, eventually taking up position at
the top of the hill. AS soon as the Amer
lean flag was swung out to the breeze
from the flagstaff of the captured Span
ish camp the Oregon steamed away to
rejoin the fleet off Santiago.
The marines win hold the position
until the arrival Of the expectedltroops,
in the meantime scouting the vicinity,
with the AIarblehead, Vixen and Dol
phin lying by TO protect them.
Rear Admiral Sampson now has har-
Dor and a base Of supplies ON the south
side of the island, and troops can be
landed at will.
Engagement at GuantanRmo.
Guantanamo, via Mole ST. Nicholas,
June 13.-Lieut. Col. r. w. Hunting
tons battalion Of marines landed from
the transport Panther on Friday and
encamped on the hill guarding the
abandoned cable station at the entrance
OF the outer harbor of Guantanamo.
The fighting was almost continuous for
- hours until six o'clock Sunday morn
ing, when reenforcements were landed
from the Marblehead. Four of our men
were killed and one wounded. Among
the killed is Assistant Surgeon John
Blair Gibbs, son Of Maj Gibbs, OF the
regular army, who fell in the Custer
massacre. The others killed are Sergt.
Charles III. Smith, of Smallwood; Pri-
vate William Dumphy, of Gloucester,
Mass, and Private James McColgan, OF
Stoneham, Mass.
Five spaninrds killed.
To the great delight Of marines in
camp, Lieuts. Neville and Shaw, with 30
men Of company ID, returned in good
shape, but much exhausted, by is
hours of picket duty. One man, Sergt.
Smith, of company X, had been shot
through the abdomen and instantly
killed. For most of the day and night
Lieuts. Neville and Shaw had been sur
rounded by much superior force, but
men and officers behaved splendidly,
and, although the firing of the Span
iards was constant and heavy. Lieut..
Nevills's detachment held its own, in
fiictine much more damage than IL sus-
tanned. At least five Spaniards are
known 20 have been killed, and as Lieut.
Neville's men kept up a steady fire
throughout the night and the enemy
was not at great distance II is be-
lieved that the Spanish casualties were