The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-15
NEVILLE AT TACKS
A STONE FORT


A Hot Fight Followed and The Spaniards Were
Driven off with Loss. Fifteen Dead Spaniards
Including One Lieutenant were Found in ihe
fort--The Cubans CO-operated With Our Men
in Que Of the Fights and BY Stupid Biundef
Sent vOlley Right into The Midst of the
Americans--Anival of Fleet Expected.
Copyright 1893 by Associated Press.)
Camp of the United States marines
onter Harbor of Guantanamo, Monday
June 13 moon by the Associated Press
dispatch boat Wanda via Kingston, Ja-
maica, June HI A. M)-After two
nights of hard fighting the American flag
still floats above Cuban soil over the
encampment Of the marine battalion, and
our boys say they will keep it there
until the belated troops arrive, if it takes
till winter.
Thus far the marines have had the
best Of the fighting, but the situation IS
grave, and they are exhausted with re-
pelling almost incessant attacks. They
have little chance to rest or sleep, and
the time of the arrival of the relieving
troOps is uncertain We're it not for the
protecting guns of the fleet, the gallant
little band would be annihilated by the
Spanish troops, in overpoWering numbers
from Santiago de Cuba. AS it is they
probably can hold their position, but
they cannot move forward until re-in-
forced by troops.
What first, with the white tents on
n hold eminence against the trOpic back
ground. looked like Il holiday camp, is
now grim reality. The tents have been
struck and rolled into breastworks, sup
nlemented by trenches around the crest
of the hills The spot is lamentahly ex-
posed while surrounding it on all sides
is heavy brush, the least movement in
the camp is the signal for instant target
practice upon the part Of the Spanish
sharpshooters, whose rifles carry much
further than ours, though their owners
rarely hit anything they aim at.
1T il impossible to accurately estimate
the Spanish attacking force, but it is
numerous enough About two-thlrds of
this force surrounds the camp nightly
with a deadly ring, and the spatting of
Mausers makes things quite lively for
the Spaniards are daring enough to
crawl up and take a pop shot ut the
marines from the bushes about 30 yards
from the camp. AT night the beseigers
fioht like Indians and our old Apache
lighters will feel in their element Every
yard of chapparal is an ambuscade, and
Ia,
After the first attack on Saturday
night, Col. Huntington decided that an
other attempt would be made on Sum
day night, and he caused entertainments
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 at
tack that the Colonel was certain would
come. 1t arrived within a short time
after dark and from that time until day
break the firing was incessant and at
times very heavy.
On the American side two men were
killed and four injured. THE dead are:
Sergeant Major 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 sustained fracture Of
the leg; Private Martin, shot through the
leg; Private Roxbury shot through the
arm.
The above men are all privates, be-
longing TO Company ID.
Private Burke, was shot through the
arm.
The first attack of the Spaniards was
made at 3 o'clock and the last shot
was fired by them about 3 O'Clock in
the morning.
During the night the Spaniards at
tackled the camp Of the marines oT
shore. and the Marblehead, believing tn,
Americans had been driven out threw