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The american landings involved ten transports (with the Massachusetts and four auxiliaries) that sailed from Guantánamo Bay on 21 July. At both landings, at Guánica (in 17°59' North 66°51' West) and at Ponce (in 18°01' North 66°36' West), the Americans encountered minimal resistance and were able to secure intact port facilities; reinforcements arrived at both ports on 31 July and another landing was conducted at Arroyo (in 17°59' North 66°03' West) on 2 August.1 Despite various supply problems, in large measure the result of faulty loading of transports and inadequate inventories, American forces from Arroyo secured Guayamo (in 17°58' North 66°55' West) while one division that had been landed at Guánica, having secured Yauco (in 18°02' North 66°51' West) on 26 July, first moved eastward to Ponce and thence north to secure Adjuntas (in 18°10' North 66°42' West), while the division that had been landed at Ponce moved eastward to secure Juana Diaz (in 18°03' North 66°31' West) on 7 August and Coama (in 18°05' North 66°22' West) on the 9th. At the same time a brigade from Yauco advanced westward to secure Hormigueros (in 18°08' North 67°08' West) on 10 August and Mayaguez (in 18°13' North 67°09' West) the following day. The armistice found American forces just short of Los Marias (in 18°18' North 66°59' West), Utuado (in 18°17' North 66°41' West), and Aibonito (in 18°10' North 66°13' West) and on or about the main ridge-line across the island. Interestingly, the American plan for the Puerto Rican campaign envisaged the use of an expeditionary force of about 16,000 officers and men, a total about the same as the force in Cuba and twice the force dispatched to the Philippines: overall about 14,500 officers and men (including medical personnel) were landed on Puerto Rico prior to the armistice. NOTE 1. Sources: Dyal, Historical Dictionary, pp. 147 and 268–269, and Nofi, The Spanish -American War, pp. 227–260 and 334–336. appendix 3.2. the campaign on puerto rico ...

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