The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-15


Copyrighted. ISIS. by the Associated press.
CAMP OF THE UNITED STATES
MARINES toater Harbor OF Guantana-
moi. Monday. June Is. noon. by the Assoc
cisted Press dispatch boat Wanda. va
Kingston. Jamaica. June H. u. m.-After
two nights hard lighting the American
flag st.li floats over Cuban soil on the en-
caEnpHent OF the marine battalion. and
our boys say they will keep, Ii there ustR
the beiated troops arrive. il II takes un-
til winter.
Tins far the marines have had the best
OF the fighting, but the situation In grave
and they are exhausted with Eepelling al
most incsssant attacks. They have little
chanoe 10 rest or Sleep and the time Of
the arrival OF the relieving troops is un-
certain.
Were II not for ihe guns Of the fleet, the
gallant E.tle band would be annihia,ed by
the Spanish troops in ovevpowering num-
hers from Santiago de Cuba. As Ii is. they
probably can hold their position. but they
cannot move forward until reinfosoemcnss
come
What first with the white tents on bold
eninence against the tropical back
ground looked Ike a holiday camp, is nov
| grim reality. The tents have been struck
! and rolled into breasiworks. supplemaeses.
| by trenches around the crest OF the hiil.
The spot Is amcnsabiy exposed on open
ground. while surrounding IL on all sides
Is heavy brush. The least movement in
the camp !, the signal for instant target
practice upon the part OF the Spanish
sharpshooters. whose rifles carry mues
further than ours. though :hclr owners
rarely hi anything they aim at.
spanlnrdS shoot From Ambush.
II II Impossible 10 accurately estimate
the Spanish attacking force. but 1T IL nu-
Inerous enough. AboEt two-thirds OF this
force surrounds the camp nightly. while
the deadly ring and spatting OF the Maus-
ers make things quite lively. for the Span
iards are daring enough 10 crawl up and
take pop sho. al The marines from the
bushes about the camp.
AT night the eex.egefs fight like Indians.
and our old Apache -ag.a:ers win feel In
Their element. Every yard OF chaparrsi
Is an ambuscs sde, ana picket duty Is fiip-
ping coins with death.
After tho first attack on Saturday night.
Col. Huntington decided that another at
tempt would be made on Sunday night.
ard he caused intreachments to be thrown
up on al sides Of the camp. and in The
trenches the main part OF the battalion
last night waited for tho attack that tho
colonel Was certain would come. II ar
rived within short time aftereaark, and
from that tine until daybreak .he firing
Was incessant and at times very heavy.
on the American side two men were Kill
Cd and foar wounded. The dead are:
seret Nal Henry Goode. of the ma
rines. shot through the right breast
Private Truman. wounded and fell OF
the cliff, ard was instantly killed.
The injured are:
Private Wallace. fea of The elf and
sustained a fracture or the leg.
Private Martin. Hnot sSroHgh the lefs
leg.
private goxbury. shot through the arm.
Private Burke. ahet through the arm.
The above pYsvateS, except Burke. be-
long 70 Company y.
Lieut.. Neville. Of Company u. was sent
ouf on scout duty. and as on the day
prev ogs. he attacked "a small stone fort.
A hot fight followed and the spanish
were driven of with loss II was during
IBIS eight that wallace ard Taamau fen
over TIE elf Fifteen dead spaniaras. In
cIud.ag one lieutenant. were fouad 10 ths
fort
The nss; attack Of iAe spanIards was
made 3, O'Clock. ard the last sho; was
GrsA by them about O'Clock in the morn
ing
Fired on Americans by Mistake.
During tAe night tse Marb.shesd bsi.sv-
ing tge Americans bad been driven out Of
tne4r camp threw several she1.s into rhs
place The attack. ho~eve-. repsafsed
by the snail deiachusent OF marines IN
I camp without ssoabIe. TIE shells Il tie
aarblehe8A strSek azaoug the marines.
TIE aah: vas ths ars: Of the war in
sv.siet tags t-uisaaa czs-operatsd with ths
/ American forces and their cooperation
l we gs3e a s.itiersng suscsss- ~ one time
/ during tsas Afternoon wtlie the rssrgnes
| we're ariag cql = small detachment of
| sgsrsaris thar made filesr appearance =
| aaoft distance from si.s camp. TIE cas6Aas