The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-06-23
ARE STILL At IT
The Spaniards Give the
American Marines
Little Rest.
ANOTHER ALL-NICHT FIGHT
Two Americans We're Killed and Four
Wounded-Hills Are Full Of Spanish
Observation-Disclosures Exhauated With
Repelling Incessant Attacks.

AHO "a SYWH1Sh
Guerillas-Marines Exhauated With
Kepelling Incessant Attacks.
Camp of the United States Marines,
Outer Harbor of Guantanamo, June Is.
After two nights hard fighting, the
American flag still floats over Cuban
soil on the encampment of the marine
battalion, and our boys say they will
keep 1t there until the belated troops
arrive, II 1t takes until winter. Tho
marines have had the best of the fight
ing, but the situation is grave, and they
are exhausted with repelling almost in
cessant attacks.
It is impossible to accurately esti-
mate the Spanish attacking force, but
1t Is numerous enough. About two
thirds of this force surrounds the camp
nightly with deadly ring and the
spatting OF the Mausers makes things
quite lively, for the Spaniards are ,lar-
ing enough to crawl up and take pop
shot at the marines from the bushes
about 10 yards from the camp. At
night the beseigers fight like Indians,
and our old Apache fighters will be IN
their element. Every yard of charar-
raj Is an ambuscade. aud picket duty is
Tipping coins with death.
After the frst attack Saturday night
Colonel Huntington decided that an
other attempt would be made Sunday
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
attack that the colonel was- certain
would come. 1t arrived within short
time after dark, and from that time
until day break the firing was inces-
SAINT. and at times very heavy. On the
American side two men were killed
and four wounded. The dead are:
Sergeant-Major Henry Goode. of the
marines, shot through the right breast.
Private Tauman wounded and fell of
the cliff and was instantly killed
During the night when the Spaniards
attacked the camp of the marines on
shore, the Marblehead, believing the
Americans had been driven out, threw
several shells into the place. The at
tack, however, was repulsed by the
small detachment of marines in camp
without trouble. The shells of the
Marblehead struck among the marines.
The fight was the first of the WAT
In which the Cubans cO-operated Will,
the American forces, and their cooper
alton was not glittering success. AT
one time during the afternoon, when
the marines were firing on small de-
tachment Of Spaniards that made their
appearance short distance from the
camp, the Cubans began firing without
orders, and sent volley right among
the Americans. There were several
narrow escapes, but no one was in
jured.
Lieutenant Neville, of company D,
was sent out on scout duty, and, a.
on the day previous, he attacked ~
small stone fort A hot fight fol.
lowed, and the Spaniards were driven
off with loss. 1t was during this tight
that Wallace and Tauman fell over the
cliff.
Fifteen dead spaniards, including
one lieutenant, were found in the fort.
During the attack several shots
struck the ships in the harbor, one
penetrating the pilot-house of the press
boat Dandy. No one was injured Oh
board of her. however.
The night attack was picturesque
and striking spectacle, with the crack
of the Mausers, tongues OF fire from
every bush encircling the camp, tile
twitter of the long steel bullets over
head, while the machine guns down on
the water were ripping open the pick.
cts, and the crash of the field guns
could be heard as they were driving
canister where the fire OF tire Span
iards was the thickest. Then there
was the screech of the Marblehea'ss
shells, as she took hand in the fight,
and the sharp, quick-flashing OF tlie
Colt rapid-fire ne-pounder guns from
the effectively-placed ship launches.