The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-15

head and Panther, which had discovered n
bunch Of Spaniards in the brush to the west
Of the camp. The firing was lively for a
time, and the Spaniards disappeared.
Whether any of them were hit or not is
not known. Little is known Of the result
of all the firing on the enemy, but buzzards
are gathering over the hills tonight, and
that IL q sign that dead men are lying
there.
Lieut.. Neville, who was in charge of the
recommending party who left the camp on
Saturday afternoon. thus describes his trip
to the correspondent of The SUN:
II had charge of q party Of ten and
Lieut.. Shaw had the same number. We
formed o rendezvous about q mile from
tho camp and there separated, intending to
work back to the camp by different routes.
The first thing l noticed was the great
number Of cuckoos We heard. At about
$50 o'clock we formed q vedette, and
while eating supper a volley was fred at US
from the mountain. My coat and hat were
of. Without waiting to pick them up 1
hurried forward with my men. The Span
iards continued to fire and We answered
them. The firing lasted for about twenty
minutes. We saw two Spaniards drop.
Many of them had leaves and branches
wrapped around their bodies, 80 that they
could scarcely be distinguished from the
underground. 1 stationed Sergeant Smith
ut a point in the woods at about IL o'clock.
On my return at midnight I found his dead
body in a terribly mutilated condition.
1.-The cuckoos began to sing from all sides
Of us, and l realized. what 1 had suspected,
that the sounds of cuckoos were the signals
OF the Spaniards. / picked up Smiths
body and carried it toward the camp. The
way led along a narrow path, and from
either side of it the Spaniards opened fire
on us. 1 ordered my men to drop the body
and to get clear of the Spaniards, which
they did in about ten minutes. While
stopping to rest among the trees we
stumbled upon some bodies. They were
the remains of a Lieutenant and four col.
ored men. who had evidently been shot by
our men In one of the skirmishes early in
the evening.
"The cuckoo's call broke out again Just
before dawn. just as daylight began to
break I came across Lieut.. Lucas, who told
ME hat we were entirely surrounded. We
held out until reinforcements reached us
from the camp"
Reinforcements from Guantanamo, six
miles up the river, and from Santiago are
being hurried here. 1t is probable that a
battleship will go in and destroy the town.
Commander McCalla found the Cubans
he landed In camp some miles below.
When they Joined the marines they went
10 destroy some Of the shelter of the Span.
iards. They went out tonight in the brush
to carry on warfare against the Spaniards
In guerrilla fashion.
The Cuban pilot on the Marblehead was
shot through both legs.
At dark, as THE Suns despatch boat
started away, an attack was being made on
three sides of the American camp at once.
For half an hou the shooting was rapid
on both sides, with result, of course, un
known to those on the boat.
One OF THE SUNS reporters in a small
boat had just attempted to reach the camp
Ho was met by heavy fire from Spanish
rifles. The despatch boat ran In and picked
him up.
As we sailed out Of the harbor tho Mar
blehead had opened fire on the woods, and
was sending small shot and shell into then
in a most lively fashion. There were hand
to-hand fights between the rifiemen on the
shore plainly to DO seen.