The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-16
SPANISH GUERRILLA2
MAKE FURTHER ATTACKS.
They Do Good work ss Far n Creep
fa9 fn Easy Range Goes. Bot
TMgHwf Practice Is Had.

Copyrighted. 1865. By the Asso-cis.s Press.
on THE DfSPATCH BOAT DAFfST-
LESS. OFF GIANTA&AMD BAY. TUES
day. June t. a00a via Kingston. Jasaas-
ca. Wednesday. June =. a m.-1here
Was d renewal OF the attack Oh the ma
rines last Night. They slept ~ the
trenches with their rifles beside taeTn. pro-
tscfed ~ Il heavy picket lice OF ins9r-
gents and marines under the command OF
Lssufs. IsegGre asTd Smith. The p3eEsts
had strict orders not 90 fire unssss eoEi-
fBsndsd 10 do 60 There were several
alarms. bat no firing during the night In
fsf.seausnce tae NEE awoke mtseh re-
fresaed. after four dsYs and nights OF con-
fInuous work and lighting. Il WIS sup
posed the eulem my had retired 10 the wind
mil on tbs south eoast. the only remaining
source Of water supply.
TIE windmill was shelIed at Intervals all
day yesterday by the Dolphin, but the
Spsniards were stih there this morning.
Al O'Clock the enemy made an unex-
pscted sharp attack on the American rear
AMI left Hank. When the piskets came in
for relief the Spanish guerrliias crept
along behind them aasa sos within ha
yards. when the accidental discharge OF a
riAe Ia the trenches sed them to believe
they were discovered. and they opened fire
with voiiey which waisIied haTmiessly
oves mead. They had shot too hugh. az
ussei
IT'S marines then scrambled up from
ti4eir steanlng coffee and hard tack. back
10 the trenches and met the suerrislas
with q sifagglag bat wsil-dTected rife
IRE In addition FIVE field pieces. mounted
al angles In the trenches, and the machine
guns poured a hail Of bullets into tae
ekapafrai. scattering The main body OF
the spaniardE in all directions. Shells
dropped la their misiss as they ran.
a.. fR1f sFsft
desperately on the left flank, and the
crack Of ta,e MauseF rifles and the ping"
os She bullets we're heard rathe* than seen
for an hour as the snoksless powder used
by the Spaniaris made ihsif location in
the denae u.defbrush almost impossible
20 disc0ser.
The Panther fred six-pounders into the
Spanlards while the marines were engag-
ed I'm beating off the attack.
Dnly one man vas wounded. and he sus-
tained only a slight Injury In his hand.
The cubanz who acted wsil last night.
were with difficulty forced out on the Skin
fnlsn llne this time. soIue o. than refused
50 ae driven. esea when struck by their
Officers with the nat of their machetes.
hat they were not Ger sfred- They try 10
work ogt their knowledge of the methods
~ the spanish gasrrlllaS III warfare. and
IN land service guides they are invalua-
with the TusfFiilas. who are past grand
masters Of their peculiar plan OF campaign
OF savage. rather than OF civilized war
fare. The men sllnk through the tropical
fude scwfh as neiseiessiy as shadows.
some with their naked bodies concealed
With p1isi leaves, 70 that they are neither
seen nor heard Our men are not familiar
with these tactics and awkwartliy crash
through the brush.
Cant IHIsatf aavR tha auay,ac Nofla nat
stand uisate In ,ae epo:i, but he admits
they are dangerous antagonists at this
sc % work. The marines are seasoning
rapidly. The hospital ship Soaee is ia
Guantanamo bay with the wounded on
board. A the naunsless left the bay, the
smoke ~ tao Spanish gunhosgs IN the
tnner barber could NJ seen. and the Dol.
rhin stood up the channel to meet the az
tack. IL ihe spasiarsis naa the audAcity 10
make one. When tan miles OF shore, the
booming OF guns e9uW he heard and the
harboF was welded In smoke