The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-06-24
MADE A LANDING
United States Flag Floats Over
Cuban Soil.
600 MARINES ARE FIGHTING
Four Men Are KiIled-l5.ooo Men
Have Sailed From Tampa to
Aid Sampson.
600 MARINES ARE FIGHTING

WASHINGTON, June 10-The Navy
Department today posted the follow
ing bulletin: "On June 7th Admiral
Sampson ordered the Marblehead,
Commander McCalla, and the Yankee,
Commander Brownson, to take pos
session of the outer bay of Guanta-
namo. These vessels entered the har-
Dor at daylight on the 7th, driving a
Spanish gunboat into the inner har-
Dor, and took possession of the lower
bay, which is now held by the Marble
head"
Dispatches of the 11th say: Six
hundred marines have pitched their
tents among the smoking ruins of the
outer Notifications of Guantanamo and
the Stars and Stripes for the first time
float on Spanish Flagstaff in Cuba.
| To Captain Clark and the battleship
Oregon belong the honor of accom-
plishing the first successful landing of
the war. The forty marines from the
battleship went ashore this morning
and occupied the left entrance of the
bay until the troopship Panther arriv-
ed with 600 marines.
The whole operation of silencing the
guns and landing the forces was as
easy as placing Sunday Scool pic
mic. The Marblehead had, backed by
the Vixen and Dolphin, opened on the
earthworks. The shores to the right of
the entrance were lined with guns and
rifle pits, but the Spaniards stampeded
after firing a few shots.
The Marblehead, Dolphin, Vixen
and two GOLFERS have been off the en-
trance of the harbor for several days
and yesterday morning they sailed in
| to the channel. A mile further up
they opened fire, sending fifty shots
at the fortiications on the left. The
| hills on the right of the entrance were
deserted. There are no defenses on
the right side of the harbor
No attempt was made to land until
the Oregon steamed in early this
morning. Captain Clark Immediately
sent forty marines ashore and twenty
from the Marblehead followed They
found evidence of very hasty depart
ure by the Spaniards. Watches, ham,
mocks and ammunition were scatter
ed among the earthworks and a Span
ish flag was found in one of the rife
pits. The little detachment or ma
rines held the place until the Panther
arrived, when they were recalled and
the work of disembarking began.
Guantanamo is about forty miles
splendid location for base of supplies
for the blockading fleet.
UNITED STATES CAMP (entrance
of Guantanamo Bay, Sunday, June
II (via Kingston, Jamaica, Monday,
June 13, $40 a. m)-The Spaniards
who last night attacked the camp of
the First Battalion of Marines under
Lieutenant R. w. Huntington were re-
pulsed with heavy loss. Four Ameri-
cans were killed, namely:
Surgeon ]. B. Gibbs of New York
city, Sergeant Smith of Company D,
Private McColgan of Company D,
Private Dunurishy of Company D.
The wounded were: Private Nc
Gowan of Company D. hand shatter-
ed, and the pilot on the United States
cruiser Marblehead shot through the
leg.
Dieutenants Nevills and Shaw of
Company D, with fifty men, were on
picket duty all night and were at
tackled by a strong force of Spaniards.
The pickets held the Spaniards off
until released this morning. Re-en-
forcements were landed from the Tex
as and Marblehead this morning.
They consisted of sixty men and two
rapid-fire guns.
The men are suffering greatly from
heat and thirst, but they are all be-
having splendidly in and out of the
fire. After McColgan and Dunurishy
were killed their heads were shocking
ly mutilated with machetes.
Dispatches of the 18th say: Lieu
tenant Colonel Huntington's 600 ma
rines lie in rife pits, under almost
continuous hail of Spanish bullets.
Forty-eight hours of practically cease
less fighting has well-nigh wrecked
the men, who arrived incapacitated for
active field duty by the long wait on
the Panther.
With few exceptions, however, the
marines showed spirit under the per-
sistent fire of the Spanish bush
whackers.
A SOBERING EFFECT.
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