The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-14
FIGHTING y
RENEWED.
Another Attack by Spanish
GuerillaS on Marines.
ENEMY QUICKLY DISPERSED.
Our Advance Pickets Return in
Good Shape From the Fight.
ONE OF THEIR NUMBER KILLED.

Last Weeks Bombardment Cost Twenty
Thousand Dollars Worth Of Ammuni.
tion, But Has Not Checked Spanish Ac-
tivity on the Earthworks-While We
Feed the Insurgents, the Spanish in San
tiago Are Suffering For Food.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 14.-When
the newspaper dispatch boat Daunt-
less left Guantanamo bay early on
Sunday morning, after the 13 hours
Skirmish between the United States
marines, Lieutenant Colonel r. w.
Huntington, and the Spanish guerillas
and regulars, it was expected that the
fighting would be renewed. The Mar
blehead was landing achievements,
and nothing had been heard from tho
advance pickets under Lieutenant
Wendell G. Neville and Lieutenant
Melville ]. Shaw.
At 9 o'clock the firing was again
renewed by the Spaniards, who ap-
peared off the camp on the edge of n
small island. about a mile to the
northeast. 1t was promptly returned
by 13 rifles and three inch field gun,
and in a short time all signs of the
enemy had disappeared. Colonel Hunt
ingtOn then sent to the landing for
second three inch gun, which was
dragged up the hill and placed in po-
sition at the summit. The skirmish
lines thrown around the camp kept up
popping all the morning, but with
not much result to show for it. Mean
while the Marblehead left the harbor
and threw few shells into the woods.
To the great delight Of the marines
In camp Lieutenants Neville and Shaw,
with 80 men of Company D, returned
In good shape, but much exhausted by
Is hours of picket duty. One man,
Sergeant Smith, of Company X, had
been shot through the abdomen and in
stantly killed. During most of the
day and night Lieutenants Neville ami
Shaw had been surrounded by
a much superior force, but men and
officers behaved splendidly, and, al
though the firing of the Spaniards was
constant and heavy, Lieutenant Ne
ville's detachment held its own, in
fiicting much more damage than 1t sus-
tanned. At least five Spanards are
known to have been killed, and as
Lieutenant Ncville's men kept up a
steady fire throughout the night, and
the enemy was not at great distance
off. 1t is believed that the Spanish
casualties were heavy.
The battleship Texas arrived yes
terday morning and sent ashore 30
marines and two automatic Colt guns
as reinforcements.-- The Marbehcad
also sent an additional small detach-
ment.
Private Bartholomew MCGOWAN, Of
Company d, will lose his hand, which
was shattered by Mauser bullet.
Amputatlon will be necessary. The
Marblehead's pilot was shot through
the leg while guiding the cruiser out
Of the harbor yesterday morning. He
holds the rank of colonel in the Cuban
service.
Approximately 100000 worth of am
munition was expended in the bonn
bardment on Monday of last week, but
apparently it has not checked Spanish
activity on the earthworks. The war
ships lost a quantity of crockcry and
other easily breakable things from the
c0ncussion of the big guns.
While the bombardment was in prog
ress the lookout man on the Brooklyn
saw boat approaching from point
about four miles west of Ei Moro. The
Vixen went to meet it, aud brought to
the flagship three insurgents, who
asked for vessel to shell a Spanish
force with which the insurgents were
then engaged near shore. The Mar
soon scattered the Spaniards, with the
result that the insurgents captured the
Spanish camp, tents and a quantity Of
ammunition. One of the Marblehead's
shells killed a Spanish captain and a
lieutenant fatally wounded Il surgeon
hnu St'NtIul SDltlltIS. / lt GHuCl
losses of the Spaniards could not be
determined, hut they beat hasty
retreat.
While the work of arming and feed
i8g the insurgents is pushed vigor-
ously. the Spaniards in Santiago are
reported to be suffering from an incipi-
ent famine, and Cuban officer assert
ed that the guerillas were deserving
In force to the insurgents. The Gu
bans are very active, expressing the
greatest confidence and promising to
maintain close blockade Of Santiago
on the land side Strict supervision
Is exercised in the landing of arms and
supplies, and nothing is given to an
insurgent camp beyond what it can
successfully defend against any prob
able Spanish force. The insurgents
represent that their numbers are rap
Idly increasing.
The insurgents say that they watch
cd last weeks bombardment from the
hills at the rear Of Santiago, that as
many as 300 Spaniards were killed and
several guns dismounted. Terrible
execution was wrought by the 70 inch
Shells OF the Texas. If their state
tnents can be relied upon, the Spanish
garrison at Santiago is on half ra-