The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-06-18
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the$If turning and finding Themselves
Without SUPPORT, ran halter skclter
down this reterss side of the hill. II
was during this assault that Assistant
Surgeon Gibbs was killed. He was
shot in the head in front of his own.
tent, the farthest point of attack. He
fell into the arms of Private Sullivan
and both dropped. A second bullet
threw dust. in their faces. Surgeon
Gibbs lived ten minutes, but did not
regain consciousness.
Desmltory Night Attacks.
The surgeons of the hospital corps
tlen removed their quarters to the
trenches about the old Spanish stocks
ade north of the camp. The attacks
were continued Mt intervals through
out the rest of the night, with firing
from small squads on the various di-
rections. Toward morning the fire
slackened. Dawn is the ~fnvorite time
for attack, and as the cas-. paled, the
marines, lying OH their guns, were
aroused. Some We're actually asleep,
rs they had no rest for ~forty-eight
hours and tired nature could no longer
stand the strain, but no attack anne.
Three new 5-pound field guns which
could not be used during the night for
fear of hitting our men shelled
several squads of Spaniards after day
light. They dove into the bushes like
prairie dogs into burrows as the shells
broke over them.
As the correspondent of the Assoei-
ated Press talked with Major Cock
rell, who was in charge of the outposts,
word came of the finding of the body
of Sergeant Smith. When and how he
was killed no one knows at this writ
ing. The men had neither been mus
tered, nor had the outposts of Lieuten-
ant Neville and Lieutenant Shaw been
relieved.
Lieutenant Colonel Huntington and
Major Cockrell gave high praise to the
nerve and steadiness of officers and
men, especially the young ones, as the
engagement was II baptism Of fire for
q large majority. The men were in
darkness and in q strange land, but
they stood to their posts with courage
and fortitude and there was no symp-
tom Of panic. The marines, though
much exhausted, were eager for more
fighting, promising to inlict heavy
punishment. They complimented the
daring of the spaninrds with charac-
t~eristic camp profanity. Ample pre-
cautions have been taken and as the
Duuntless was leaving reinforcemcnts
were landing from the Marblelend. A
stormy time is expected.
Estimates vary us to the Attacking
force, some saying 200. and the figures,
run as high as 1000. Colonel Canlpinp,'
the Cuban guide, said the Spaniards
were mostly %irregulars, but the reports
of the discharge Of Mauser rifles would
indicate that they were regulars, as
most of the guerillas carry Rcming-
tons. The Cuban guerrillas, as o rule,
have more dash and courage than the
regulars.
The new campaign uniforms prove
satisfactory and are almost invisible
at n distance Of 200 yards. The Lee
guns caused several accidents in draw
ing cartridges. Corporal Glass shat
tered his hand.
Despite the loss of the men, who are
Reenly regretted, the marines rejoice
that they have been engaged In their
first fight on Cuban soil. They sailed
from New York the day wal was de-,
clared and expected TO land within a
week at Havana. Since then until they
landed on the shore of Guantanamo"
bay they had been cooped up on the
Panther and they had begun to fear
that the troops would beat them after
all.
No News IN Washington.
Washington, June 13.-Up to 1890
o'clock this morning no news had
reached the officials here concerning
the fight at Guantanamo.