The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-16
BRILLIANT VICTORY
FOR BRAVE MARINES
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ceased. Two Cubans lay dead and four
wounded, and Private Walker of Company
D had to limp to the rear with slight
wound in his ankle.
An Easy Victory
The easy victory put the command in
high spirits. The little black Cuban war
riors waved their machetes and howled
curses at the Spaniards In a savage FASH
ion. Their firing had been wild through
out but they all displayed the utmost con-
tempt for the Spanish bullets, apparently
being absolutely without fear.
AS the enemy began breaking camp the
Dolphin, which lay out at sea, was sig
nailed, and began pitching shells toward the
thicket for which the Spaniards were max
ing. Meanwhile Lieutenant Magill was
seer coming with forty men as reinforce
ments, and Captain Mahoney was on the
way with 100 more, but before either could
reach the scene the trouble was over.
Spanish Loss Heavy
AS the Spanish retreated the Americans
moved slowly forward, firing as they went
and by the time the camp was reached the
enemy had all gone away, taking their
wounded and probably many of their dead.
Fifteen bodies were scattered through the
brush, but the Americans were unable to
examine the spot where their firing had
been most deadly. No time was lost in
burning the buildings and filling the we'll
with earth and stones.
The Dolphin landed water and ammuni-
ton as an attack was expected on the re-
turn march but none was made. Evidently
the Spaniards were too thoroughly beaten
to attempt further fighting. The marines
did not reach the American camp until
after nightfall and as they had been with
out food since the early morning they
were thoroughly exhausted. Colonel Hun
camp and well will seriously cripple the
bushwhacking operations of the enemy.
The Night Before the Battle
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DISPATCH BOAT DAUNTLESS, OFF
GUANTANAMO BAY, Tuesday. June IL,
(via Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, June
10, 5 a.m.)-(Copyright 1898, by the Asso-
ciated Press) There was a renewal of the
attack on the marines last night. They
slept in the trenches with their rifles beside
them, protected by a heavy picket line of
insurgents and marines, under the COM
mand of Lieutenants Lenore and Smith.
The pickets had strict orders not to fire un-
less commanded to do so. There were sew
eral alarms but no firing during the night.
In consequence the men awoke much re-
freshed after four days and night of con-
tinuous work and fighting. 1t was sup
posed the enemy had retired to the wind
mill on the south coast, the only remaining
source of water supply.
The Dolphin's Good Work
The windmill was sheled at intervals
all day yesterday by the Dolphin, but the
Spaniards were still there this morning.
At o'clock the enemy made an unexpected
sharp attack ON the American rear and
left flank. When the pickets came in for
the relief the Spanish guerrillas crept along
behind them and got within a hundred
yards, when the accidental discharge of
rifle in the trenches led them to believe
they were discovered and they opened fire
with a volley which whistled harmlessly
overhead. They had shot too high as usual.
The marines then scrambled up from their
steaming coffee and bareback back to the
trenches and met the guerrilas with a
struggling but well directed rifle fire. In
addition five field pieces mounted al angles
in the trenches and the machine guns
poured a hail of bullets into the chapparel,
scattering the main battery of the Span
iards in all directions. Shells were dropped
in their midst as they ran.
A Few Desperate Dons
A few of the enemy stood their ground
desperately on the left flank and the crack
of the Mauser rifles and the pings" of the
bullets were heard rather than seen for an
hour, as the smokeless powder used by the
Spaniards made the location in the dense
underbrush almost impossible to discover
The Panther fired six-pound shells into
the Spaniards while the marines were
engaged in beating Off the attack.
Only one man was wounded and he sus-
tanned only slight injury in his hand The
Cubans, who acted well last night, We're
with difficulty forced out of the skirmish
line this morning.
Cubans Want to Fight
Some of them refused to be driven out,
even when struck by their officers with the
fiat of their machetes, but they were not
censured. They try to work out their
knowledge of the methods of the Spanish
guerrillas in warfare and in land service, as
guides, they are invaluable Our men are
at great disadvantage with the guerrillas.
who are past masters of their peculiar plan
of campaign of savage rather than of civil
lied warfare. The men stink through the
tropical underground as noseiessly as
shadows, some with their naked bodies con-
cealed with palm leaves. SO that they are
neither seen nor heard. Our men are not
familiar with these tactics and awkwardly
crash through the brush. Captain Elliott
says the enemy could not stand minute in
the open, but he admits that they are dam
gerous antagonists at this sort of work. The
marines are seasoning rapidly.
The Solace in the Bay
The hospital ship Solace is in Guantanamo
bay with the wounded on board AS the
Dauntless left the bay the smoke of two
Spanish gunboats in the inner harbor could
be seen, and the Dolphin stood up the chan
mel to meet the attack If the Spaniards had
the audacity to make one. When ten miles
off shore the booming of guns could be
heard and the harbor was yelled In smoke
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