Evening journal., 1898-06-15
TWO AMERICANS KILLED
Lieutenant Neville Finds Fifteen Dead
Spaniards.
CONSTANT FIRING BY GUERRILLAS
-Four Privates In Huntington's Corps
Badly wounded-Only the Protection
of Our Ships Saves the Little
Hand From Annihilation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 15.--After
two nights OF hard nehting the Ameri-
Gun flag stlll floats on Cuban soil over
the encampment Of the marine battal-
ion, and our boys say they win keep 1t
there until the belated troops arrive II
It takes tin winter.
Thus far the marines have had the
best Of the fighting, but the situation is
grave and they are exhausted with re-
pellng almost incessant attacks. They
had little chance TO rest or sleep, and
the time Of the arrival OF the relieving
troops Is uncertain. We're Il 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 Il is,
they probably can hold their position.
bat they cannot move forward until re-
enforced by troops.
What first, with the white tents on a
bold emlnence against the tropic back
ground. looked Ake a holiday camp Is
now grim reality. The tents have been
struck and rolled into breastworks. sup
plemented by trenches around the crest
OF the hill. The spot is lamentably ex-
posed. on bare ground. while surround
ing IL on all sides Is heavy brush The
least movement Ia the camp is the sig
nal for instant target practice upon the
part of the Spanish sharpshooters.
whose rifles carry much farther than
ours. though their owners very rarely
hit anything they aim at.
Il is impossible TO accurately estimate
the Spanish attacking force. but IL Is
numerous enough. About two-thlrds Of
this force surrounds the camp nightly
with a deadly ring, and tho spatting OF
the Mausers makes things quite lively,
for the Spaniards are daring enough 10
crawl up and take "A shot az the marines
from the bushes. about 80 yards from
the camp.
At night the besiegers fight like In
dinns and our old Apache fighters win
feel in their element. Every yard OF
chaparral is an ambuscade. and picket
duty Is Tipping coins with death.
After the first attack. on Saturday
night, Colonel Huntington decided that
another attempt would be made on sun
day night, and he caused intrenchments
70 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. II arrived
within short time after dark. and
from that time until daybreak the fir
ing 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 a 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 ID.
Private Burke. shot through the arm.
The first attack OF the Spaniards was
made at o'clock. and the last shot
cred by them was at about o'clock
Monday morning.
During the night the spanlqrds 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
attack, 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-
tion 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 rs
appearance a short distance from the
camp, the Cubans began firing without
orders and sent q volley right among
the Americans. There We're several mar
row escapes, but no one was injured.
Lieutenant Neville Of Company ID
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 We're driven of with loss.
1t was during this hght 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 penetrat.
ing the pilot house of a newspaper dis.
patch boat. No one was injured on
board Of her.
The night attack was picturesque anC
"a striking spectacle-the crack Of ths
Mausers, tongues Of fire from every
bush encirciing the camp. the twitter o.
the long steel bullets overhead, Will,
the machine guns down on the wate
we're ripping open the pickets and th
crash Of the field guns could be hear,
a. they were driving canister where tn
Gre of the Spaniards was the thickesi
Then there was the screech OF the Mar
bleheads shells as she took a hand II
the night and the quick. sharp flashinl
o. the Colt rapid firing 1 FOUNDER gun
from the effectively placed ship launch
~. a night Wild snd lurid as a tropica
storm.
The Dolphin yesterday morning 10
Gated the Spanish water station on tn
ocean side u the harbor entrance, Whic
supplied the water FOR the attackIn
a ueallhv and resnonsihle frm ana