Connecticut western news., 1898-06-16

| Inch field gun. and in short time all signs of the enemy had disappeared. | The colonel then sent to the landing for a second inch gun, which was dragged up the hill and placed in position at the | summit. The skirmish lines thrown | around the camp kept up a popping ali 1 the morning. but with not much result | to show for it. Meanwhile the Marble head left the harbor and threw a few shells into the woods.
 To the great delight of the marines In camp. Leutenants Neville and Shaw. with 30 men of Company D. returned in good shape, but much exhausted by IS hours of picket duty. One man, Ser geant Smith of Company K. had been shot through the abdomen and instantly killed. During most of the day and night Lieutenants Neville and Shaw had been surrounded by a much supe- rior force, but men and officers behaved splendidly. and. although the firing of the Spaniards was constant and heavy. Lieutenant Neyille's detachment held Its own. infiicting much more loss than it sustained. At least five Spaniards are known to have been killed, and as Lieutenant Neville's men kept up a steady fire throughout the night and the enemy was not at great distance it Is believed that the Spanish casualties were heavy.
 Lieutenant Colonel Huntington and Major Cockrell give high praise to the nerve and steadiness of officers and men. especially the young ones, as the engagement was a baptism of fire for large majority. The men were in dark ness and in a strange land. but they stood to their posts with courage and fortitude. and there was no symptom of panic.
 Estimates vary as to the attacking force. Some say POO and the figures run as high as 1000. Colonel Campina. the Cuban guide. says the Spaniards were mostly irregulars. but the reports of the discharge of Mauser rifles would indi- cate that they were regulars. as most of the guerrillas carry Remingtons. The Spanish guerrillas. as a rule. have more dash and courage than the regulars.
 The Second Nights Attack.
 After the first attack, on Saturday night. Colonel Huntington decided that another attempt would be made on Sun day night and he caused intrenchments 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 after dark. and from that time un- til daybreak the firing was incessant and at times very heavy.
 On the American side two men 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 off the cliff and sustained fracture of the leg.
 Private Martin, shot through the left leg.
 Private Roxbury. shot through the arm.
 The above are all privates belonging to Company D.
 Private Burke. shot through the arm.
 The Spaniards began firing at o'clock Sunday night. and the last shot fired by them was at about o'clock Monday morning.
 During the night the Spaniards at- tackled the camp of the marines on shore. and 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 Mar blehead struck among the marines.
 The fight was the first of the war in which the Cubans co-operated with the American forces. and their co-opera- ton was not a glittering success. At one time during the afternoon, when the marines were firing on a small de- tachment of Spaniards that made its appearance a short distance from the R,o ,la,, RrK, orders and sent a volley right among the Americans. There were several mar row escapes, but no one was injured.
 Found Fifteen Dead spaniards-
 Lieutenant Neville of Company D was sent out on scout duty. and, as on the day previous, he attacked a 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 dead Spaniards, including one lieuten- ant, were found In the fort.
 During the attack several shots struck the ships in the harbor. one penetrat- ing the pilot house of a newspaper dis patch boat No one was injured on board of her.
 The night attack was picturesque and a striking spectacle-the crack of the Mausers. tongues of fire from every bush encircling the camp. the twitter of the long steel bullets overhead, while the machine guns down on the water were ripping open the pickets, and the crash of the field guns could be heard as they were driving canister where the fire of the Spaniards was the thiekest. Then there was the screech of the Mar bleheads shells as she took a hand in the fight. and the quick, sharp flashing of the Colt rapid firing 1 pounder guns from the effectively placed ship launch es. A night wild and lurid as a tropical storm.
 After two nights of hard fighting the American flag still floats on Cuban soil over the encampment of the marine battalion. and our 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 exhausted with re- polling almost incessant attacks. They have little chance to rest or sleep. and the time of the arrival of the relieving troops is uncertain. Were 1t not for the protecting guns of the fleet the gallant little band would be annihilated by the Spanish troops. in overpowering num- bers from Santiago de Cuba As 1t is. they probably can hold their position, but they cannot move forward until re- enforced by troops.
 AIbanians Killing Christians.