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AMID SHOT AND SHELL.
Plucky American Sailors Under
take a Perilous Task in Har-
Dor of Cienfuegos.
CUT THE CABLE LEADING TO HAVANA.
teries Pour I'm Hot Fire and One
Man Is killed and Several Wounds
ed-Our Boats Reply with Dead
~ Effect.

Key West, Fla, May 16. = In the en-
gagement off Clenfuegos on Wednes,
day, between the Marblehead, Nash.
vile and an auxiliary gunboat and sew.
cral thousand Spanish troops, one sea
man of the Marblehead was killed, siS
were severely wounded and number
of other Americans were slightly
wounded. Three of the wounded Ameri.
cans are likely to die. Many Spaniards
were killed or wounded. The wounded
Americans were brought here Satur.
day morning. The man killed on board
the Marblehead was named Regain.
The badly wounded are:
John Davis. of No. $40 Twenty-fifth street
New York.
John T. Doran. of "A Spring street, Fall
River
Robert Boltz. of the Nashville, carteret
county, N. c.
Ernest Suntzeanicale
Herman w. Hochneister.
Harry Hendrickson.
All but Boltz belong to the Marblehead.
None of the ships was damaged to any
extent.
Two Officers wounded
New York, May 16. A special from
Key West reports that in the fight at
Cienfuegos Commander Washburn
low, both of the gunboat Nashville,
were slightly wounded.
The dispatch adds that the Spanish
loss is estimated at 400, and that of the
United States feet four killed and four
wounded. The lighthouse was demol-
ished, it Is reported, the arsenal de-
stroyed and the batteries on shore ST.
fenced. The town was set on fire by
shells from the American feet.
The Official Report.
Washington, May 1.-THE following
telegram came to the navy department
Saturday afternoon from Commodore
Remey at Key West:
Key West Fla, May a. Secretary
Navy: The Window arrived Saturday
morning with the following named men
dead or wounded:
Patrick Regain. private marine. dead;
Herman w. Kuchneister, private marine,
shot through the jaw. probably fatal; Har-
~ Henrickson. seaman, shot through the
liver. probably fatal; Ernest Suntenich,
apprentice. first class, fracture of right
leg; John j. Doran, boatswain's mate, sec
ond class, gunshot wound in right bullock;
John Davis. gunner's mate, third class,
wound In right leg; William Levery, ap-
prentice, first class. wound left leg, very
slight; Robert Volz. seaman on Nashville,
severely wounded; Lieut.. Cameron Wins
low, slight wound In hands. Casualties
occurred in cutting the cable at Cienfue-
COS.
Commander McCalla's report, summary:
Lieut.. Winslow placed In command of
steam and sailing launches of Nashville;
Lieut.. Anderson second in command. Boats
We're to drag for and cut cables under the
protection of the guns of the Marblehead
and Nashville. Succeeded in cutting cal les
leading south and west but not third
cable in shore, under the fire of infantry on
shore with maxim guns. Lighthouse de-
stroyed when enemy took shelter there
The officers and men performed their work
with the utmost GOODNESS and intrepidity
under irving ei-eurus raaces. AIcCaIla's re-
port mailed.
"(signedD REMEY."
story OF the Fight.
Key West, Fla, May 1.-THE United
States cruiser Marplehead. the gunboat
Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Window
steamed up to the harbor of Cienfuegos
early Wednesday morning with orders to
cut the cable connecting Havana with
Santiago de Cuba. This task was accom-
plished, but only after terrific fight be-
tween our warships and several thousand
Spanish troops, which lined the shore and
lay concealed behind improvised breast.
works. One man, seaman named Regain,
of the Marbehead, was killed outright In
one of the working small beats, and six
men we're severely wounded. In addition q
large number on board the ship received
minor wounds.
,f Woe ,ira Of
lieves that several Of the six badly wound
ed men who were brought to Key West Sat-
urday morning on the Window cannot re-
cover
The Killed ana Wounded.
The following is the list of killed and bad
ly wounded:
KILLED-Regan. seaman, of the Mar
blehead.
BADLY woUNDED-John Davis. o,
New York.
John j. Donran, of Fall River, Mass,
Ernest SuntZeanickle.
Herman w. Hochneister.
Harry Hendrickson. all of the Marble
head.
Robert Boltz. carteret county. N. c.. Of
the Nashville.
Eager Volunteers.
When the commanders of the Marblehead
and the Nashville called for volunteers to
man the boats ana cut the cable, the men
with Jump.
Lieut.. c. MGR. Winslow. of the Nash
Vile. took command Of the Nashville's
boats.
Tbs shore surrounding the entrance OF
the harbor was first shelled and then the
boats proceeded IN The cable was deep In
the channel and was found with difficulty.
One Of the relays of the cable had heen
cut when the Spaniards opened fire.
The marines In the boats replied at once
and machine gun from the forward
launch sent In stream of bullets. while
heavy shells from the warship drove the
Spaniards from the rifle pits at the shore.
many of them seeking refuge In the light
house fort. which was afterwards torn to
pieces by shell from the Window.
Desperate Courage.
sailors remained calmly at their posts and
succeeded in dragging up the second relay
of the cable and severing 1t.
Seven men badly wounded was the count
and one of them, Regain. died while on the
way back to the ship Lieut.. Winslow was
shot In the hand and number of others
were more or less injured
On the Nashville Capt. Maynard was
forward, with an ensign, when a
Spanish bullet passed through the ensign's
shoulder and struck Maynard on the
chest, wounding him only slightly.
The Marblehead was struck scores of
times by bullets from machine guns and
the Nashville suffered to about the same
extent The Window also had many marks
of the fray. Her shell blowing up the light
house and scattering the Spaniards In all
ended the battle.
Boltz and Hendrickson, who with four
others of the wounded are at the naval hos
pital here, are expected to die
The remains of Regain were buried at sea.
Dangerous Task