Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-13
AN IMPORTANT MOVE.
BY Capture Of Guantanamo We Now Command
Very Strong Position.

| Copyright, 1898. by The Associated Pressl
| On Board The Associated Press Dis
| patch Boat Dauntless, off Guantanamo
| Bay, Sunday noon, by The Associated
Press Boat Wanda. via Kingston, ia,
| June 12.-1.30 2. Mn controlling the
| outer harbor of Guantanamo where
! Lieut. Col. Huntington's battalion Of
| marines landed Friday. Rear Admiral
| Sampson secures possession of the Gu
| ban terminus Of the French cable to
| Hays. The apparatus in the office at
| shell but the cable steamer Adria has
| instruments and operators aboard and
| direct communication with Washington
viii soon be established. The distance
overland to Santiago. around the bay,
| is about 60 miles and the roads have
been rendered impossible by the Gu
! bans under Pedro Pese. The first d.
| vision of the Cuban army claims 10
| have 1000 men. but these figures are
| probably over estimated The Cubans
believe that Their are about $500 SOL
diers in the vicinity of Caimanera,
which lies at the entrance to the inner
| harbor. Guantanamo city is inland
| about Is miles The two marbors are
| connected by narrow channel, with
dumb bell effect. 1t is the outer har-
! hor which Admiral Sampson now halds,
with the Marblehead, the Yosemite, the
Vixen and d battalion of marines on
the 'cres of blunt top eminence COM
handing me entrance on the eastern.
side.
II the interior harbor are two small
Spanish gunboats, and at Camanera
shore is a battery
An expedition of three steam launches
oficercd by Lieut.. Norman Ensign Eus-
| tbs. son of james Il. Eustis, formerly
United States ambassador to France ana
Cadet G. Van Ordcn under the general
command of Lieut. Anderson of the cruz
scr Marblchead, last night, dragged LOT
mines. but found none. Lieut.. Anderson
who distinguished himself ut CienfuegoS'
pulled a dingcy Within 30 yards of the
tort without being discovered, He founo
the fort to consist of masonry with three
guns mounted seward.
Judging from the panic i'll which the
Spanish fled from the village at flsher-
mans point, they will scatter at the hrst
approach They left at Fisheriha"
point there Anticipated howitzcrs, severa
cases of ammunition, shells and canister
some Mauser rifles and a regimental Has
of the lnfantoria del Principe, No .
Every precaution has been taken 70
guard the men from disease. All the hu''
in the locality have been RACED hfso
casks of Spanish wine have oeei,
smashed two wells have been poaiu''
up and all the drinking water used Is sup.
piled from the fleet. The marines are we"
equipped for the campaign. The camp
will probably be named Camp MeCaiia'
after the commander of the Marpieheau,
who is indefatigable and has not renio'e'
his clothing since the bombardmeht.
This morning. the British steamer ne"
| foundland of Montreal, with sen'
cargo from Halifax. steamed into tne NC
bor Her commander was greatly SUI
prised at the presence OF the Amer ~, ~
but he retained enough composure ~ o.r
his flag three times and then starteu "
put about A shot across his BOWS TO-
the Marblehead stopped him ana ti'c W.
sch was boarded. Her papers sho" ~"
he was bound for Jamaica. The cdp.a
explained that he had put in 10 see -
| could get return cargo OF susai.
was informed that he could not ana ""0
then allowed to proceed.
At New Bedford, Saturday, Jiii.ihi,
| Michael rode an exhibition mile III