Identifier: illustratedhist00russ (find matches)
Title: An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Russell, Henry Benajah, 1859- Thurston, John Mellen, 1847-1916 Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Hartford, Conn : A. D. Worthington
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ing present. Thecamp was a very picturesque collection of shelters made ofpalm leaves after the Cuban fashion, situated on the crest of arugged hill and containing something over a thousand soldiersnewly equipped and furnished with stores from the fleet. It was evident that Aserraderos was no place for a landing,for the so-called road leading to Santiago wag only a mule pathover which it would require many days of hard work to trans-port artillery, and the city was on the opposite side of the bay.Guantanamo, on the east, Shafter considered equally bad, andstill further away. It was agreed that Baiquiri, about fifteenmiles east of Morro, would be the best place, though it wasadmitted that it would be difficult to land there if the Span-iards made a very stout resistance. With the aid of the shipsand a plan for diverting the attention of the enemy to otherpoints, however, General Shafter thought it could be donewithout great loss. The plan as finally agreed upon was to begin the landing
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KEEPING AN EYE ON CERVERA 679 at Baiquiri soon after daylight tlie 22d. General Castillo wasordered to bring a thousand Cubans to flank out the Spanishon the east of the landing, while four vessels were to shell thebeach and blockhouses, the Detroit and Castine on the west-ward flank and the Nciu Orleans and Wasp on the easternflank. In order to deceive the enemy, feints were arranged forother points; vessels were to take positions at daylight in frontof Siboney and Aguadores, both to the eastward of Morro andsomewhat nearer than Baiquiri, and also in the bay of Cabanasto the westward of Morro. In the latter place a feint of land-ing would be made, ten transports lying off that point and low-ering boats and pretending to make ready to row ashore. TheBrooJilyn, MassacJiusetts, loiva, and Oregon were to retaintheir positions in front of the mouth of the harbor. The lastclause of Admiral Sampsons order to his vessels was sig-nificant. It read: The attention of commanding officers of all

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