Show FIGHT AT GUANICA AMERICAS LUCK HER IN PORTO RICO Sipari lards with a lo 10 loss or of fort killed and iid M 1 otin ded not an u anerk an hoy boy doing Injured The stam unit nl stripes are hoisted Gu allica boito pot to rico july 27 tits till united states expedition under general miles which landed hex heit has had its first skirmish not iol an american was lost while the ds lost fol foi ty the ofle eucly taken by surprise almost tile the first they knew of the approach of tile army ol of invasion was in the announcement contained in the of a gun gan from the gloucester demanding that tho the spaniards haul down their fida which was floating filin a flagstaff in front of a block hoube standing to the east of the village ahe I 1 he first couple of poun deia dais N were ere fired into the hills bills right r 11 aan OA 1 14 1 0 0 0 I 1 ell ISLAND AND creatures rEA TURES or PORTO ditico and left of the bay purposely pui avoiding the town lost lest the projectiles huit buit women omen and children chil Jien dien iho 1110 gloucester then hove to within about yards of the shore share and low ered a launch having on board a colt rapid alre gun and thit ty men dundei lieutenant ieuse who was sent ashore without encountering opposition heck beek thereupon told yeoman lacey to haul down the span pan ish hag flag which was as done and they then raised on the flagstaff flag staff the first states flag to float over porto rican soil suddenly about thirty spaniards spaniard file with mausel lipics on th the american pai ty lietitia lieutenant and liis ills men responded with great gallantly la the colt gun doing effect effective ie work Nor normen nieu v lio ila i ecea ed col cervera vera a shired shared the honors with Liea lieutenant tenant aluie almost immediately after the amerl 0 CAPTAIN I 1 N a GENERAL spanish go governor v ern or of the ali island ot of porto naco clans were ero flied blied on the gloucester opened fire on the cri enemy cilly with all her ter three and six poun deis which could to la bi ought brought to beai bari shelling the town and also dropping shells into tho the hills bills to tile the nest est of glavica guanica where a number of spanish cavalry seen to bt hastening towai A the spot where the had ily hy that time the gloucester had the alie town and house and her guns beio beia spitting fit file e and the docto and payi were helping to serie the guns soon atterb ard v white it ite coated gallop ing cavalry men were seen climbing the hills to tho the west vard and the foot soldiers nere scurrying along the fences aiom tile town bv 0 4 r a lit in with the exception of a few guerilla shots the town was won and the enemy was nua driven out of its ita neighborhood |