The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-06-17
OUR FLAG Is THERE.
Marines Harassed by Spanish
PersiStency.

Death-Two More Lives Taken by the
Enemy's Bullets-The Insurgents of No
Value as Allies of the Party-Arrival
of the soldiery Anxiously Awaited by
the Fleets Crews.
Kinqston. June 15.-Fifteen dead
epaniards are out in one little stone
house in the brush. But two more
American marines have been killed and
seven more wounded. That makes six
dead and seven wounded on our side. and
the fight is still on.
The Spaniards fight like Sioux. They
steal up in the night They skulk in the
brush. They never charge or stand ex-
cept when they think they can cut Off
or annihilate a small party of American
scouts. They give the marines no rest.
Bv day they fire at long range, just often
enough and Just we'll enough to keep the
devoted band of heroes stirred up. rest
less, alert. ta,
After the first attack on Saturday night
Colonel Huntington decided another at
tempt would be made Sunday night, and
he caused entertainments to be thrown
up on all sides of the camp, and in the
trenches the main part of the battalion
waited for the attack 1t arrived within
a short time after dark, and from that
time until daybreak the firing was inces-
SAINT and at times very heavy. On the
American side two men were killed and
four wounded. The dead are: Sergeant
Major Henry Goode of the marines, shot
through the right breast; Private Tau
man, wounded, fell off 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; Private Burke, shot
through the arm.
The fight was the first Of the war in
which the Cubans co-operated with the
American forces, and their cooperation
was not a glittering success. At one
time, during the afternoon, when the
marines were firing on a small detach-
ment Of Spaniards that made their ap-
pearance a short distance from the camp,
the Cubans began firing without orders
and sent a voiley right among the Ameri-
cans. There We're several very narrow
escapes, but no one was injured.
Lieutenant Neville was sent out on
scout duty, and, as on the day previous,
he attacked a stone fort. hot fight
followed, and the Spaniards were driven
off with loss. 1t was during this fight
that Wallace and Tauman fell or the
cliff. Fifteen dead Spaniards, including
one lieutenant, were found in the fort.
During the tack several shots struck
the ships in the haFbor, one penetrating
the pilot house of the Associated Press
dispatch boat Dandy. No one was in
jured on board of her.
The night attack was a picturesque
and striking spectacle--the crack of the
Mausers; tongues of IRE from every bush
encirefing the camp the twitter OF the
long, steel bullets overhead while the
machine guns down on the water were
ripping open the pickets; the crash of the
field guns as they were driving in can
mister where the fire OF the Spaniards
was the thickest; the screech of the
Marblehead's shells as she took hand
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of the Colt guns from the effectively
placed ship launches.
The Vesuvius, which Joined Admiral
SIMPSONS fleet off Santiago Monday
morning, is to be followed by the Er1cs
son, the Foote and other torpedo boats
The arrival Of the torpedo fleet will con
firm the opinion that Admiral Samp-
son intends to force the harbor on the
coming of the troops. Every man in the
feet is anxiously awaiting the soldiers
for it is recognized that no decisive
movement is possible until the troops
effect a landing. Everybody is desper
ately tired of the present disheartenint
conditions. The tedious maneuvers, the
ceaseless watching and the exasperat
ing inactivity are telling on officers ant
men.
At no place are the troopships more
anxiously VIZ tched for than on the sun
blistered hill top where Lieutenant Col
onel Huntington's marines lie in rift
pits under an almost continuous hail o
Spanish bullets. Forty eight hours o
practically ceaseless fighting have well
nigh wrecked the men, who arrived here
incapacitated for active field duty b!
the long wait on the Panther With few
exceptions, however, the marines SHOW
spirit under the persistent fire of ~
Spanish bushwhackers, the officers par
ticularly exhibiting the GOODNESS ant
nerve of seasoned campaigners.
A grim touch of realism was added t
the warhke scenes when the flags OIL
land and on the ships were placed a
half-mast at noon Monday and Sergean
Major Goode was buried on the ston.
hillside, scarcely 20 PAGES from the spO
where he fell The service was impress
sive. as the men felt that their situation
was desperate and openly said that the.
expected to be gradually slaughtere
until the arrival of the troops. The me
freely criticise a policy which compel
them to hold a position that could be re
taken. they say, by half an hours shell
ing. but not the faintest disposition
manifested to do otherwise than to figh
it out.
What first, with the white tents on
hold eminence against the tropic back
Ground. looked like holiday campaign
&c now grim reality. The tents have bee
struck and rolled into breastworks, SUI
n1emented by trenches around the ores
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