The Irish standard., 1898-06-18
will seriously cripple the bushwhack-
UT of'SK" K3OHs V3 VIC eN1UIV.
Says 100 spnniards Were Killed.


Says 100 spnniards Were Killed.
New York, June 1e--The following
dispatch is Journal special from Camp
McCalla, Guantanamo flarbor, June Is:
The scouting parties Of marines, which
We're sent out yesterday, returned here
at ten o'clock Tuesday night with Is
Spanish prisoners, one of them an Of
ficer. The party also captured 100
Mauscr rifles and 10000 rounds of anu
munition. They report having had 4
series of engagements with Spaniards,
In which 100 Spanish soldiers were
killed and 200 wounded. They also de-
stroyed Spanish blockhouse and tele-
graph station through which the Span
iards had been keeping Guantanamo
and Santiago informed of the move
ments Of American troops.
Marines Hold Out Calamity.
On Board the Dispatch Boat Daunt-
less, Off Guantanamo Bay,via Kingston,
jamaica, June 16.--There was no re.
newal of the attack on the marines
Tuesday night. They slept in the
trenches with their rifles beside them,
protected by heavy picket line of in.
mand of Lieuts. Lenora and Smith. The
pickets had strict orders not to fire UNI
less commanded to do SO. There were
several alarms but no firing during the
night. In consequence the men awoke
much refreshed after four DAYS and
nights Of continuous work and fight.
ing. 1t was supposed the enemy had re.
tired to the windmill on the south coast.
the only remaining source of water sup
ply. The windmill was shelled at in
tervals all day Monday by the Dolphin,
but the Spaniards We're still there Tues
day morning.
Spanlnrds Driven on
a: eight o'clock the enemy made an
unexpected sharp attack on the Amer.
lean rear and left flank. When the
pickets came in for relief the Spanish
guerrillas crept along behind them and
got within hundred yards when the
accidental discharge Of rifle in the
trenches led them to believe they were
discovered and they opened fire with
volley which whist!ed hnrmlessly over.
head. They had shot too high, as usual.
The marines then scrambled from their
the trenches and met the guerrillas
ragged bur welldirected rifle fire,
in addition five field pieces, mounted at
angles In the trenches. and the machine
guns poured hail Of bullets into tho
chapparel, scattering the main BODY OF
the Spaniards IN all directions. Shells
We're dropped into their midst as they
ran. a few OF the enemy stood their
ground desperately on the left flank,
and the crack of the Mnuser rifles and
the pings" Of their bullets were heard
rather than seen for an hour, as the
s'nokclcss powder used by the Span.
iards made their location in the dense
undcrhrnsh almost impossible to de-
tect. The Panther fired six-pounder.
into the Spaninrds while the marines
were engaged in beating Off the attack.
On" Man Wounded
Only orc man was wounded, ard he
sustained only slight injury on his
hand. The Cubans, who acted we'll
Monday night were with difficulty
forced out of the slrmish line Tues
day morning. Some of them refused
to be driven even when struck by their
officers with the flat Of their machctes.
but they were not ccnsuretl. They trv
to work ont their knowledge of the
methods Of the Spanish guerilas In
warfare and in land service, as guides.
they are invaluable. Our men are at a
great disadvantage with the guerrlllus,
who are past gra1dmasters of this De-
culiar plan of campaign of savage rath.
er than civilized warfare. The men
stink through the tropical underground
rs noiseIessly as shadows, some with
their naked bodies concealed with palm
leaves. so that they are neither seen nor
heard. Our men are not familiar with
these tnctics, and awkwardly crash
through the bush. Capt. Elliott says
the enemy could not stand minute in
the open, but he admits that they are
dangerous antagonists at this sort of
work