| Show LANDING 4 premature information GI given van to trie de country our soldiers have not yet reached cuban soli soil but are en route ana and will attack santiago news new 3 of the landing ot of troops can no heard ashington neton june fi 6 naval officers ficera of shook their beads heads in negation this morning at the stories which were circulated to the effect that troops had been landed in force at santiago they were eo so confident that their reports were premature as to warrant the belief that from their knowledge of the movements of the transports trane porte at tampa and mobile it would not be possible for the broo troopships to have arrived by this time on the south coast ot of cuba the resolute reported yesterday to having havior been at nicholas mole for a short space of time is not a troopship in the strict sense of of the term obe is a marine transport and has on board marines taken to key west on oa the panther after lying en in the harbor tor for several weeks suffering euffe rioe from close confinement on board ship the men were landed and went into camp near tampa where they were thoroughly drilled the resolute picked them up about a vi week eek ago and started for admiral sampsons fleet the marines were not to ba used as was at first supposed on board the fighting thipa of the fleet but were intended to constitute a landing force to support the fleet in an attack upon any fortified point which it was decided to capture and occupy now that the plan of campaign against santiago is understood to contemplate operation between the fleet under sampson and united states troops under gen shatter it ia is believed that to prevent confusion among forces on shore the marine detachment commanded by col bol huntington will be placed under brider the orders of gen shatter to ac act t aa as oart vart of the regular the time being new york jane 6 A special from kingston reports that united states troops have landed near punta cabrera a little to the west of santiago de cuba where a junction was effected with general calixto garcias army of insurgents it is added that the landing wae was effected under cover 0 of cro fit from admiral fleet with the troops were several heavy siege guns new york june 6 A special from cape caw Ilay haytian tien today reports that at daylight thia this morning under cover of admiral sampsons guns a force of united states troops were landed landel at Agu adores a short distance ea east st of santiago bar harbor bor cape haytian Hay flay tien june 8 S at 3 this morning etrone strong cannonading was beard heard from the direction of Agu adores a little east of murro morro castle vt which defends the eastern entrance of the harbor barbor of santiago A quarter of an hour later the noise nolee of the cannonading canno nadine greatly increased the firing evidently proceeding from guns of the largest caliber p in advices juet just received from santiago eay say the bombardment of the port the fortifications and the neighboring oring landings particularly of Agu adores continues |
