The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-06-15

ments Arrive-The Killed and Injured
 in the Second Attack-sheIIs From the
 by Mistake the Insurgents Pour a
 Voiley Into the Americans-Fifteen
 Dead Spantards Found.
 Copyright, 1898, The Associated Press) Camp of the United States Marines, outer harbor of Guantanamo, Monday June 13 (noon), by the Associated Press dispatch boat Wanda, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 14 q a. m.)-After two nights of hard fighting the American flag still floats on Cuban soil over the encampment of the marine battalion and the boys say they will keep it there until the belated 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 ex- | hausted with repelling almost incessant attacks. They have little chance to rest or sleep, and the time of the arri- val Of the relieving troops is uncertain. Were it not for the protecting guns of l the fleet the gallant little band would be annihilated by the Spanish troops, | in overpowering numbers, from Santi- | ago de Cuba. As it is, they probably can hold their position, but they can not move forward until reinforced by | troops.
 l It is impossible to accurately esti- mate the Spanish attacking force, but l it is numerous enough. About two- l thirds of this force surround the camp | nightly with a deadly ring, and the | spatting of the Mausers makes things | quite lively, for the Spaniards are dar- ing enough to crawl up and take a pop | shot at the marines, from the bushes, about thirty yards from the camp. At night the besiegers fight like Indians, and our old Apache fighters will feel in | their element. Every yard of chappa- l rel is an ambuscade, and picket duty is l Tipping coins with death. After the l first attack, on Saturday night, Colonel l Huntington decided that another at- l tempt would be made on Sunday night, l and he caused entrenchments 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 at l tack that the colonel was certain would | come. It arrived within a short time l ,f+ ,,Iy ot irpa ny,fn | daybreak the firing was incessant and at times very heavy.
 On the American side two men were killed and four were injured. The dead are: Sergeant Major Henry Goode of
 the marines, shot through the right
 breast; Private Tauman, wounded and | fell off the cliff and was instantly kill l ed
 The injured are: Private Wallace, fell l off the cliff and sustained fracture of l the leg; Private Martin, shot through | the left leg; Private Roxbury, shot | through the arm; Private Burke, shot ] through the arm.
 1 The first attack of the Spaniards was | made at 8 o'clock and the last shot | fired by them was at about 3 o'clock
 in the morning. During the night the
 Spaniards attacked the camp of the
 marines and the Marblehead, believing the Americans 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 Marblhead struck among
 the marines. The fight was the first of
 the war in which the Cubans cooper
 ated with the American forces, and
 their cooperation was not glittering
 success. At one time, during the af-
 ternoon, whenever the marines were
 firing on a small detachment of Span iards, that made their appearance a
 short distance from the camp, the Gu
 bans began firing without orders and
 sent volley right among the Ameri-
 cans. There were several very narrow
 escapes, but no one was injured.
 Lieutenant Neville of Company D
 was sent out on scout duty and, as on the day previous, he attacked 6 small
 stone fort. A hot fight followed and the Spaniards were driven off with loss.
 It was during this fight that Wallace and Tauman fell over the cliff. Fifteen l dead Spaniards, including one lieuten-
 ant, were found in the fort. During
 the attack several shots struck the
 pilot house of the Associated Press despatch boat Dandy. No one was in
 jured on board of her.
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