The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-13

ban guide, discharged his revolver, and
they, turning and finding themselves
without support, ran helters skelter
down the reverse side Of the hill. 1t
was during this assault that Assistant
Surgeon Gibbs was killed. He was
shot in the head in front of his own
tent, the farthest point of attack. He
fell into the arms of a private and
both dropped. A second bullet threw
dust in their faces. Surgeon Gibbs liv-
ed ten minutes, but did not regain con-
sciousness.
The surgeons of the hospital corps
then removed their quarters to the
trenches about the old Spanish stock
ade north of the camp. The attacks
were continued at intervals throughout
the rest of the night with firing from
small squads in various directions. To-
ward morning the fire slackened. Dawn
is the favorite time for attack and as
the east paled, the marines lying on
their guns, were aroused. Some were
actually asleep, as they had had no
rest for forty-eight hours and tired
nature could no longer stand the strain.
But no attack came.
Three new 12-pound field guns, which
could not be used during the night for
fear of hitting our own men, shelled
several squads of Spaniards after day
light. They dove into the bushes like
prairie dogs into burrows, as the shells
broke over them in the gray dawn. AS
the correspondent of The Associated
Press talked with Major Cockrell, who
was in charge of the outposts, word
came of the finding of the body of Ser
geant Smith. He was reported as hay
ing been killed at 7 o'clock on the pre-
vious day, but it appears that he had
been seen alive at 10 o'clock in the eve
ming Whether he was killed or not
no one knows at this writing. Neither
had the men been mustered nor had
the outposts of Lieutenant Neville and
Shaw been relieved. Lieutenant Col
onel Huntington and Major Cockrell
give high praise to the nerve and stead
mess of the officers and men, especially
the yuonger ones, as the engagement
was a baptism of fire for the large
majority, but they stood to their posts
with courage. They compliment the
daring of the Spaniards with charac-
teristic camp profanity. To-day the
amplest precautions have been taken
and as the Dauntless was leaving re-
Inducements were landing from the
Marblehead. A stormy. time was ex-
pected.
Estimates vary as to the attacking
force, some say 200 and the figures run
as high as 1000. Colonel Campina says
the Spaniards were mostly regulars.
The Cuban guerillas as a rule have
more dash and courage than the Span
ish.
The new campaign uniforms prove
satisfactory and are almost invisible at
a distance of 200 yards. The Lee guns
caused several accidents in drawing
cartridges Corporal Glass shattered
his hand. Despite the loss of the men,
who are keenly regretted, the marines
rejoice that they have been engaged in
their first fight on Cuban soil. They
sailed from New York the day war was
declared and expected to land within
week at Havana, Since then, until
they landed on the shore of Guantana-
| mo, they had been cooped up on the
Panther and they had begun to fear
that the troops would beat them after
all.
In controlling the outer harbor OF
Guantanamo, where Lieutenant Colonel
Huntington's battalion of marines land
ed on Friday Rear Admiral Sampson
secures possession of the Cuban ter
| minus of the French cable to Hayti
| The appara tus in the Office at the har-
Dor mouth was wrecked by a shell, but
| the cable steamer Adria has instru-
ments and operators aboard and direct
| communication with Washington will
| soon be established. The distance over
| land to Santiago, around the bay, is
| about sixty miles, and the roads have
| been rendered impossible by the Gu
bans. The first division of the Cuban
army claims to have 1000 men. Guam
tanamo City is inland about fifty miles
| The two harbors are connected by a
narrow channel with dumbbell effect
! 1t is the outer harbor which Admiral
| Sampson now holds, with the Marble
head. the Yosemite and the Vixen and
a battalion of marines on the crest of q
| blunt topped eminence, commanding
| the entrance on the eastern side. Ir
! the inner harbor are two small Span.
| ish gunboats and at Caimanera there is
a battery.