The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
SAMPSON HAS FRENCH CABLE.
War Munitions Captured Mt Fisher
mans Point,

mans Point.
Copyright, 1893, by the Associated Press.
On Board the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dauntless, Off Guantanamo Bay
Saturday, Noon.-By the Associated Press
Dispatch Boat Wanda, via Kingston, Ja-
maica, June 12, 1:SO p. MIN controlling
the outer harbor of Guantanamo, where
Lieut.. Col. Huntington's battalion of ma
rines landed on Friday, Read Admiral
Sampson secures possession of the Cuban
terminus of the French cable to HaytL
The apparatus In the Office at the harbor
mouth was wrecked by a shell, but the
cable steamer Adria has instruments and
operators aboard and direct communica>
ton with Washington will soon be estab-
llshed.
| The distance overland to Santiago
around the bay, is about sixty miles, ana
the roads have been rendered impossible
by the Cubans under Pedro Perez.
The first division of the Cuban army
claims to have 1900 men, but these figures
are probably over-estImated The Cubans
believe that there are about $500 soldiers
in the Caimanera, which lies at the eI,-
trance to the inner harbor. Guantanamo
city is inland about fifteen miles.
The two harbors are connected by mar
row channel with the dumbbeii effect. II
is the outer harhor which Admiral Samp-
son now holds with the Marblehead, the
Yosemite and the Vixen and with a bat
TALON of marines on the crest of blunt
topped eminence commanding the entrance
on the western side.
In the inner harbor are two small Span
ish gunboats, and at Caimanera there is a
| battery.
An expedition of three steam launches.
"a. 7 so.,4 ~.
tic, son of James D. Eustic former United
States amba assador to France, and Cadet
G. Van Orden, under the general command
of Lieut.. Anderson of the cruiser Marble
head, last night dragged for mines, but
found none.
Lieut.. Anderson, who distinguished him
self at Cienfuegos, pulled a dinghy within
fifty yards of the fort without being dis
covered He found the fort to consist of
masonry, with three guns mounted sea-
ward.
Judging from the panic in which the
Spaniards fled from the village al Fisher
mans Point, they VIII scatter at the first
approach They left at Fisherman's Point
three antquated howitzers, several cases
Of ammunition, shell and canister, some
Mauser rifles and regimental flag Of the
Infantoria del Principe, No. 3.
Every precaution has been taken to
guard the men from disease. All the huts
in the lOcauly nave Deen fdzeQ, large
casks Of Spanish wine have been smash
ed, two wells have been boarded up and
all the drinking water used in supplied
from the feet. The camp will probably
be named Camp McCalla, after the com
mander of the Marblehad, who is inde-
fatigable, and has not removed his cloth
ing since the bombardment.
This morning the British steamer New
foundland Of Montreal, with a general car
go. steamed into the harbor. Her COM
mander was greatly surprised at the pres
ence of the Americans, but he retained
enough composure to dip his flag three
times and then started 10 put about. A
shot across his bows from the Marble
head stopped him and the vessel was
boarded, her papers showing that she was
| bound for Jamaica. The captain explain
ed that he had put in to see If he could
get return cargo OF sugar. He was in
| formed that he could not and was allowed
! 10 proceed.