Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-16
N AGGRESSIVE MOVE.
,..,i,,o, and Cubaas Advanced on The Span
iards.
CAPTURED the tstMTs POSITION.
,.,. Advanced In single rilo and
charged tho spanlar'ls In the nrush'
quickly Itouting Them.

,..r.5 states Camp. East side Of
c...,t.rnmo Bay Tuesday, June IA
~. ,,s Assoclatcd Press Dispatch Boat I
~, via Kingston, Jamaica.
,,..,,..day, June i5.--fCopyrightod. /
,,s. by the Associated css.l-'rhe I
,..t,,d states marines. under Lieut. I
'.,i Robert W. Huntington. made thcit /
~, aggressive movement against the !
r,tsb eucrrllias today and completely /
- the enemy. The force Of marines T.
ppdrr Captain Elliott and the Coz |
,,tipr cubnns wore under Col La
-, The combined forces RACED a
e.,nish camp about i've miles from
~. American position. Destroying the
e.iy well In the vicinity nnd killing
.i.pt forty spaniards. one American
,iy. was slightly wounded. Two
,.-i.'p. were killed and four wounded.
IA i. Impossible 10 catlmate the mum
t.faI spaulutda engaged. owing I" the
el frIlla methods OF nghtng' hut u /"
u.y,d theru were at least 900
az. marines behaved splendidly. their
,t.rnushlp being excellent. even
"-i., fbr severe iirc 81 the enemy.
,rts e1pturcd camp lies about hyc
,.I... suufuruHt Of the rifle pits NJ the
matinee and was an important base
~ tbl enemy, as u contained IN" "hly
y.u within sex or seven miles. LIEUT.
ge Huntington decided on the attack
,,liy In thg day. and about o'clock the
49,. .tartrd across the mountain. The
,.,reb mn and down the steep hillside
tuIsr inc rIurinr tropical sun was
9ay.re tsft ~ endurance for the ma
rinas. and before the battle ground was
IHI oil HH
medical attention. Al were able, now
,yrr. 10 reach the position before the
nrhtur ceased
Thr marines were compelled 10 march
an rInrie nlc. following the mountain
tr.II Meanwhile the Cuhans dartcd
backward and forward. 10 right ANA
igu on thn scout n was noon when.
aIeht ~ the Spanish camp ON "a ridge
bal1w them. ~ consisted ~ one larEr
h1urs and the officers quarters. all
CLUSTERING about the precious well.
Tha Americans began cautious nd-
vance. aud were within 900 yards ut the
enemy before the crack ~ d rine from
Oh. Spanish lines announced that they
had been discovered. The troops nulck-
Isl moved into line of battle, with tho
Cubfus on the iofi nnnk The enemy =
bullets were whirllng vlci0uHly over the
Americans but the marines settled
down 60 their work uH unconccrncdly
aa though az target practice.
Very few Spanlnrds were In sight.
Thry were lying behind the huts and
n brush. but the puma N smoke re-
yfHlrd their positions nndrnahled the
Americans 10 do effective work. fot
twenty minutes both Sides maintained
terrific Ore. The Spanish shots were
generally Wild and HrnHmndlC. while
thn Americans nrod away aiming care
fully and shooting 20 Kill For the
most pnrt the American airing was done
Individually, but at times tho oiictfl
would direct nring by squads, Away
with telling eject
II was beginning 20 look 49, though
bnyonet charge down the slope would
be necessary 10 diaiodgc the enomy
whom suddenly tho latter began e
break for thiekct n hundred yard
further on. Little groups could be- seer
fleeing from the camp. separating
darling througb the brush and zlg-zag
King 10 escape the shots. ~ was thoi
that the American IRE became mor'
deadly Man after man was sen q
fall In n vain rush FOR shelter. ana tn
nrc from the Spanish became scattcrv,
and almost csuasd. Two Cuhhns lni
dead and four wounded. and Private
walker Of Company II had 20 limp q
the rear with a slight wound In his an
ke
The easy victory put the command II
high spirits The little black Cuhai
warriors waved their mnchgiea an'
h1wlrd curses M the spanish In snvag
fashion Their firing had been Will
throughout. hut they an displayed M
utmost contempt Tor the spanish hul
lets. apparently being absolutely with
out fear.
A. the enemy hogan breaking oamr
the Dolphin, which lay out no seq
was aignnlgd and began pitching shell
a a.. NHN Ia "A a.
inrds were making.
Meanwhile Lieut. Magil was soci
coming with forty men aH reinforce
monts, and capt Mahoncy was on IN
why With a hundred more, hut htfnr
either could reach the scene, the trou
Die was over,
A the Spanish retreatcd tho Amcrl
cans moved slowly forward, nrlng n
they went. and by the ltmc the cam
was reached. the enemy had all gun
taking their wounded and prohnbl
many Of their dead.
Fifteen bodies were found scntterc
through the brush. but the American
were unable to examine the spot Mh,I
their firing had been most deadly y
time was lost In burning the bulldins
ANA Milling the well with earth an
tiuufH.
Tho Dolphin landed water ana am
munltlon, AZ an attack was expected q
tho return march, hut none was mad
evidently tho gpnnlnrdH were too thor
uughIy beaten contempt further fight
lHr. Tho marines ala not reach ~
American camp until after nirhtfll
and ns they had been without Zoo
since the early morning. thfy WEI
thoroughly exhausted.
Col Huntington believes the d'airu'
ton of tho camr ana wen VIII aerlou'
ly cripple the bushwhachng operation
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