The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-22
TIE FLAG STILL WAVES.
ras AMERICAN MARINES REPELLlNG
A-NOSr INcEs6ANT ATTACKS.

A-NON iESESSANt 2 tHSho'
Very Much Exhausted Bat Determined to
Rold Tholr Position Untn Esinforcsd By
Skaters ATay. Picket Duty Like Flip
pi2g Coins With Death.
4 dispatch dated at Guantanamo,
.Cuoa, June Is, says after several
nights Of had fighting the American
flag still floats on Clbaa soil over. the
encampmert Of the marine battalion,
and our boys say they will Keep it
there until the belate1 troops arrive,
if it takes till winter.
Thus far, the marines have had the
best of the fighting, but the situation
is grave, and they are exhausted with
Irepelling almost incessant attacks.
They have little chancs to rest or
sleep, and the time OF the arrival OF
OF the relieving troops is uncertain.
Were it not for the protecting guns Of
the feet, the gallant little band would
be annihilated by the Spanish troops,
in oVerpowering numbers, from San
tiago de Cuba. Asit is, they probably
can hold their position, but they can
not move forward until reinforced by
troops.
What first, with the white tents on
bold eminence against the tropical
background looked like a holiday
camp, is no grim reality. The tents
have been struck and rolled into
brestworks, supplemented by trenches
around the crest OF the hill. The spot
is lamentably exposed, while sur
rounding it on all sides is heavy
brush. The least movement in the
camp is the signal for instant target
practice upon the part of the Spanish
sharpshooters, whose rifles carry
much further than ours though their
owners rarely hi! anything they aim
at.
Its impossible to accurately estimate
the Spanish attacking force, but it is
numerous enough. About tWo-t thirds
Of this force surrounds the camp
| nightly with q deadly ring, and the
spatting of the Mausers makes things
quite lively, for Spaniards are daring
enough to crawl up and take pop
shot st the marines from the bushes
about 80 yards from camp. At night
the besiegers fight like Indians, and
our old Apache fighters will feel in
their element. Every yard of chappa-
raj is an ambuscade, and picket duty
F.: is Tipping coins with death.
Z 1I,o al- Co4,-
night. Colonel Huntington decided
that another attempt would be made
on Sunday night, and he caused en-
Itrenchments to be thrown Up on all
sides Of the camp, and in the trenches
the main part OF the battalion Sunday
night waited for the attack that the
colonel WAS certain would come. It
arrived within short time altar dark,
land from that time until daybreak the
firing was incessant and at times very
sheaVy. On the American side two
noen were killed and four injured.
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.
/ The injured are:
| Private Wallace, fell of the cliff
and sustained a fracture Of the leg.
Private Martin, shot through the
left leg.
Private Roxbury, shot through the
arm.
The above are all privates belong
ing to Company D.
] Private Burke, shot through the
srm.
The FIRST attack OF thespaniards was
Bnlade st s o'clock, and the last shot
was fred By them at about 3 o'clock IN
the morning.
/ During the night the Spaniards al
Hacked the camp OF marines on shore,
and the Marblenead, believing the
] sAmericans had been driven out,
threw several shells into the place.
THE attack, however, was repulsed by
/ the small detachment of marines in
camp without trouble. The shells Of
/ the Marolehead struck among the
marines.
The fight was the first of the war in
which the Cubans co'operated with
I the American forces, and their co.
8cpera!ion was not a glittering success.
At one time during the afternoon,
whenever the marines were firing on
Ia small detachment CT Spaniards that
made their appearance short distance
from the camp, the Cubans began
firing without orders and sent q vol
Sley right among the Americans.
There were s7eral very narrow escapes
but no one was injured.
| Lieutenant Neville of Company D
was sent out on scout duty, and, IS on
the day previous, he attacked small
stone fort. a hot fight followed and
the Spaniards were driven of with
loss. I. was during this fight that
Wallace and Tau1oan fell over the
cliff. Fifteen dead Spaniards, in.
Guiding one lieutenant, Was found IN
the tort.
During the attack several shots
struck the ships in the harbor, one
penetrating the pilot house OF the
Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy.
No one was injured On board of her.
The Dolphin this morning located
the Spanish water station on the ocean
side Of the harbor entrance, which
supplied the water for the attacking
force. The well was situated in
blockhouse Wind-mill, having small
garrison. It was shelIed at two
thousand yards. Excellent practice
was made, the station was wrecked.
and canister followed the retiring
5paniards up the steep ravine. Each
shell disclosing the spot where it
aIigbted by raising acloud dust. They
we're al we'll placed.
The arrival of the feet TO complete
Stha 39mbarduen! Of the town and its
dsfan cas. .wss expected Monday after
! rCcc.