Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-16
MARINES REFRESHED
THEY GET A NIGHTS REST, AFTER
FOUR DAYS OF FIGHTING.
THEY ARE SEASONING RAPIDLY.
They are mt n Disadvantage, How
ever, With the Spanish Guerillas,
wbose Methods are Those of the
Savage-ProbabIe Fight.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DIsPATCH-BOAT DAUNTLESS, OFF
GUANTANAMO BAY. Tuesday, June IA,
neon, via KINGSTON, JAMAICA, June
u. 8 A. NJ There was no renewal or the
attack on the marines last night. They
slept in the trenches with their rifles be-
side them, protected by a heavy picket
line of insurgents and marines, under the
command of L~ieutenants Lenore ana
Smith. The pickets had strict orders no.
10 fire. unless commanded to do so. There
were ceveral 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 in the night to a windmill on the
south coast, their only remaining source
of water-supply. The windmill was
| shelled at intervals all day yesterday by
the Dolphin, but the Spaniards were sim
there this morning.
At s o'clock the enemy made an unex-
| pected, sharp attack on the American
rear III ltAN AGiAh -
came I'm for relief the Spanish guerillas
crept along behind them, and got within
q hundred yards, when the accidental
discharge of a rife in the trenches led
them TO believe they were discovered
and they opened fire with a yolley whlch
| vhistled harmlessly overhead. Ihey hao
| shot too high, as usual. The marines
then scrambled from their steanlhg
| coffee and 'hard-tack' back 10 the
! trenches. and met the guerillas with a
| ragged. but well-directed rifle IRE. IN
addition, five field-pieces, mounted a'
angles in the trenches, and the machlhe-
guns poured a hail of bullets INTO the
~chapparal. scattering the main Dody OF
the ~Spaniarls in all directions SnelIs
were also dropped into their m'uS' 10
they ran. r,d
5osneratelv on the left flank, and the
| crack of the Mauser rifles the
..rinosn of the bullets were heard Tor an
hour The smokeless powder used by the
Snaniards made their location in the
darsa underbrush almost Impossible 10
detect The Panther fired siX-pouhoers
INTO the spaniards, while the MARINES
wera engaged in beating off the attack
OnIv one man was wounded, and ne sus-
FAMED a slight injury on the hand
CrrRANS DOING BETTER.
The Cubans. who acted we'll last night
were with difficulty forced out OF the
eI,irmish- line this morning. Some OF them
refused TO be driven, even when slIueh
NV their officers with the fiat OF ths,r
machetes but they were not censuteu.
Tbev try TO work out their knowledge Q,
tba methods of the Spanish guerillas ana
ae eIides they are invaluable. -.
our men are at a disadvantage WIN
the q1erillas. who are past grandmas-
ters i'm this peculiar methoo OF 1aV
e1htine They creep through the tropi-
cal underground as noiseiessiy az
sbadows. some with their naked DouieI
cnrceaied with palm leaves, so that tney
ora neither seen nor heard. Our men are
not familiar with these tactics n a"h'
-, rdIv crash through the brush.
The marines are seasoning raploly.
The hospitai-ship solace is in Guanta-
ramo Bay. with the DUN on poaru,
as the Dauntless left the bay the smoke
tyo SPANISH gunboats In the inner
- could be seen, n the Dolphin
r.nod nm the channel to meet the attack
- the Standards should nave the auoa-
49, 70 make one. When ten miles on
sbore the booming OF guns could pe
heard. and the harbor was 'eiieu !"
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