Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-29

engaged IN to-day by
launches from the "Marblehead" and
"Dolphin". Seven contact mines were
raised, each containing 125 pounds OF
gun-cotton.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %.
The American army OF in
Army vasion began landing In
Landing in Cuba this morning. The
Cuba. landing was made at Bal
quiri, seventeen miles east
OF Santiago. The Spaniards made but
eight resistance.
Before the landing the vicinity was
shelled by vessels from the fleet. While
the landing was in progress, the fortifica-
tions nearer Santiago harbor were bonn
barded to divert the attention of the
Spaniards from the real business in hand
at Baiquiri. At Cabanas one man on the
''Texas' was killed and eight wounded.
During landing at Baiquiri two men
were drowned. Before night 5000 troops
were landed.
The Spaniards evacuated the town of
Baiquir, one and one-half miles inland
from the landing, leaving with such haste
that they did not have time to burn the
town.
A portion of the American troops spent
the night in Baiquiri under cover of the
roofs so OPPORTUNITY left at their disposal.
strong guard was posted around the
town to prevent night surprise.
The following official despatch of
the first landing was received from
Admiral Sampson:
1.-THE landing of the army Is progressing ia
vorably at Baiquiri. There is very little If any
resistance. The New Orleans Detroit,
'Castne'. Wasp, and 'Suwanee' shelled vicinity
before the landing. We made n demonst ration
at Cabanas to engage attention of the enemy.
The Texas engaged the west battery for some
hours. She had one killed. Ten subma-
rine mines have been recovered from the chan.
mel of Guantanamo. Communication by tee-
graph has been established at Guantanamo.
(signcd) SAMPSON"
Baiquiri Is seventeen miles east of santiago
and twenty.three miles west of Guantanamo.
road not of the best, leads from Baiquiri to
Santiago The American advance will be along
this road, and through the towns OF Dema-
Jayabo, Juragua and Scyilla.
This afternoon off San Juan,
Destroyer Porto Rico, the auxiliary
"Terror" cruiser "St. Paul. was at
damaged. lacked by the cruiser Isabel
ii" and the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Terror. Capt. Sigsbee, OF the
est. Paul., reports that the "Terror" was
hit three times and one officer and two
men were killed. The Terror" was
towed into the har Dor badly damaged.
The Spanish "official' report OF this
engagement says: the Spaniards had
stone man killed opd thrae xuonpdad Tho
American ship retired.
THURSDAY, JUNE %.
The landing OF troops at
Landing Bsiquiri was continued to-
Of Troops day and 5000 more troops
Continued. were landed. The head OF
the army, landed yesterday,
has pressed forward to Juragua.
The monitor "Monad-
"Monddnock" nock", with the collier
Off for Manila. "Nero", sailed from San
Francisco for Manila to-
day. The monitor has sufficient coal to
reach Honolulu under her own steam.
From that port she will be towed to
Manila by the collier "Nero".
The auxiliary cruiser
More "Yale", with 1,4OO Michigan
Troops for volunteers, sailed from Nor
Santiago. folk, Va, to-day. The troops
will join Gen. Skaters army
for the attack on Santiago.
FRIDAY, JUNE "a.
The American army OF
q, Fighting invasion has advanced
Their Way to toward Santiago from
Santiago. Baiquiri with surprising
rapidty. The spaniards
have fallen back toward Santiago. The
towns Of Demajayabo and Juragua were
abandoned without resistance. Last
night the head of he army, on shore but
one day, rested at Juragua, nearly half
way to Santiago.
This morning "Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, the first regular cavalry, and the
second Massachusetts, volunteers, about
1000 men in all, pushing forward from
Juragua, fell into Spanish ambuscade
near Sevila. The Spaniards had an i'm
mense advantage of position and also in
numbers but were forced to fall back be-
fore the desperate fighting OF the Amer
leans. Col. Wood and Lieut.. Col. Roose
welt led the charge which drove the Span
iards from their position. The fighting
took place in thick chaparral growth, in
which the enemy was concealed. The
engagement lasted over an hour, and at
the end the Americans occupied the
Spanish position and the enemy was in
full retreat toward Santiago.
Latest figures of the American loss place
the number of killed at twenty and the
wounded at over fifty. Several are miss
ing. Among the killed are Capt. Allyn
Capron, OF the first artillery, and Sergt.
Hamilton Fish, OF the trough riders.
The enemy's loss is not known, but thir-
ty-seven dead Spanards were found.
The rapid advance OF the |