The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-15

""rIhes Getting Taste of War
In All Its Grim ReaIfty-Pic,,
a"ehess OF Night Attack
Marred by the Whistle of the
SteeI-COvered Mauser Rnu..
Cuban Allies BIunder BADLY Dur
| Ing an Engagement.
copyright by the Associated Press.
! CAMP OF THE UNITED STATES
| MARINES, Outer Harbor of Guan+o
namo, Monday. June 10 (noon), by the
associated Press Dispatch Boat Wan
oa Wia Kingston, Jamaica, June IA
Aiter TWO nights of hard fighting the
american flag still floats on Cuban
Soil over the camp of the marina hat
lallon' and our boys say they will keen
II there until the belated troops arrive
II 1t takes till winter.
Thus far the marines have had the
oest OF the fighting, but the situation
Is grave, and they. are exhausted with
repelllns almost incessant attacks.
Ihey have little chance to rest or
sleep, and the time Of the arrival of the
relieving troops is uncertain. Were #
not for the guns of the fleet the gal
liant little band would be annihilated
oy the Spanish troops in overpowering
numbers from Santiago de Cuba. AS
II is, they probably can hold their DO
sltlon, but they cannot move forward
until reinforced by troons
GRIM REALITY.
What first, with the white tents on
bold eminence against the tropica,
background, looked like a holiday
camp Is now grim reality. The tents
| nave been struck and rolled into
| breastworks, supplemented by trenches
around the crest of the hill. The SPOT
is lamentably exposed, on ground, while
| surrounding it on all sides is heayy
prush. The least movement in the
camp Is the signal for instant target
Pactlce upon the part of the Spanish
sharpshooters, whose rifles carry much
Iurther than ours, though their own
ers rarely hit anything they aim at
IL is impossible to accurately estimate
| the Spanish attacking force, but ii
is numerous enough. About two-thirds
| OF this force surrounds the camp night
| ~ with a deadly ring, and the spatting
| or the Mausers makes things quite live
ly for the Spaniards are daring enough
to crawl up and then take pop shot
at the marines from the bushes about
thirty yards from the camp At. night
the besiegers fight like Indians. and
our old Apache fighters will feel in
their element E,Uaru I'd of ol,o
is an ambuscade, and picket duty is
Tipping coins with DEATH
| After the first attack on Saturday
night Col. Huntington decided that an
other attempt would be made on Sun
| day night, and he caused entrench-
ments to be thrown up on all sides of
| the camp, and in the trenches the
main part of the battalion last night
waited for the attack that the colonel
was certain would come. 1t arrived
within short time after dark, and
| from that time until daybreak the fir
| ing was incessant, and at times very
| heavy.
AMERICAN LOSSES.
On the American side two men were
| killed and four wounded The dead are:
| SERGEANT MAJOR HENRY GOODE, of
the marines, shot through the right breast.
| PRIVATE TAUMAN, wounded and fell off
| the cliff and was instantly killed.
| The injured are
| Private Wallace fell off the cliff and sus-
| tanned fracture of the leg.
Private Martin, shot through the left leg.
Private Roxbury, shot through the arm.
| The above are all privates belonging ia
Company D.
| Private Burke shot through the arm
The first attack of the Spaniards was
| made at o'clock and the last shot was
| fired by them at about o'clock in the
morning.
| During the night the Spaniards at
tackled the camp of the marines on the
shore, and the Marblehead, believing
| the Americans had been driven out
threw several shells into the place. The
| attack, however, was repulsed by the
small detachment of marines in camp,
without trouble The shells of tha
| Marblehead struck among the marines.
CUBAN TROOPS BLUNDER.
The fight was the first of the war in
| which the Cubans co-operated with the
American forces, and their cooperation
was not glittering success. At one
time during the engagement, when the
marines were firing on small detach-
| ment of the Spaniards VINO made their
| appearance a short distance from the
camp, the Cubans began firing without
orders. and sent a volley right among
! the Americans. There were several
narrow escapes but no one was injur-
| ed.
| Lieut.. Neville, of Company D, was
sent out on scout duty, and, as on the
| day previous, he attacked a small stone
| fort A hot fight followed, and the
| Spaniards were driven off with loss 1t
was during this fight that Wallace and
| Tauman fell over the cliff
SFifteen dead Spaniards, including ore
| lieutenant, were found in the fort.
] During the attack, several shots
| struck the eships in the harbor, one
penetrating the pilot house of the As
| sociated Press boat Dandy. No one was
| injured on board OF her, however.
NIGHT ATTACK PICTURESQUE.
| The night attack was picturesque and
| a striking spectacle, the crack Of the
| Mausers, tongues of fire from every
bush encircling the camp, the twitter
| OF the long steel bullets overhead, while
| the machine guns down on the water