Evening star., 1898-06-15
MARINES ATTACKED AGAIN
Two Men Killed and Several Wounded in q
Night Attack.
win Aid of Gunbnnts the nrn,.
Troops Say They Niu Hold
Their Position.

N'Psfisht, lSss. by the Associated Pr.ssA
camp of the United States Marir'
outer Harbor of Guantanamo Mond.
June 13. by the Associated Press Dismal
noat wanda, Via Kingston. Jamaica Jun.
l4.-After two nights of hard fighting IN.
American flag still floats on Cuban soil
over the encampment of the marine bat
TALON, and our boys say they will keen ft
there until the belated troops arrive IL Il
takes till winter
Thus far the marines have had the hes.
OF the fighting. but the situation is grave
and they are exhausted with repellinC AL
most incessant attacks They have little
chance to rest sleep and the time of
me arrival of the relieving troops is un-
certain Were it not for the protecting
guns of the fleet the gallant little band
would be annihilated by the Spanish troops.
IN oNerpowering numbers from Santiago de
CUBA. As IL is they probably can hold
their position. but they cannot move for
ward until reinforced by troops
Breastworks Of Tents
What first. with the white tents on a
bold eminence against the tropic back
ground. looked like a holiday camp is now
grim reality. The tents have been struck
and rolled into breastworks. supplemented
by trenches around the crest of the hill.
The spot is lamentably exposed on bare
ground. while surrounding it on all sides
Is ntdNl DruSn- lne least movement IN the
camp is the signal for instant target prac-
uce upon the part of the Spanish sharp
shooters. whose rifles carry much further
than ours. though their owners rarely hit
anything they aim at
1t is impossible to accurately estimate
the Spanish attacking force, but II is nu-
merouS enough. About two-thirds of this
force surrounds the camp nightly with a
deadly ring. and the spatting of the Maui
sers make things quite lively. for the Span
iards are daring enough to crawl up and
take pop shot at the marines from the
bushes about thirty yards from the camp.
AT night the besiegers fight like Indians.
and our old Apache fighters will feel I'm
their element. Every yard of chapparal is
an ambuscade, and picket duty is fiippng
coins with death.
After the first attack on Saturday night
Colonel Huntington decided that another
attempt 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
last night waited for the attack that the
colonel was certain would come. 1t arrived
within short time after darkness, and
from that time until daybreak the firing
was incessant and at times very heavy.
List Of the hiIied.
On the American side two men were
killed and four were injured. The dead
are:
Sergeant Major Henry Good Of the
marines. shot through the right breast
Private Taunan. wounded and fell off
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: Private Burke. shot through the
arm. The above are all privates belong
ing to Company ID.
The first attack of the Spaniards was
made at O'Clock and the last shot was
fired by them at about 3 o'clock in the
NOR .l.aN af,yhs h..
attacked 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 de-
tachment OF the marines in camp without
trouble. The shells of the Marblehead
struck among the marines
Cubnns Fire on Our Men.
The fight the first of the war in
which the Cubans co-operated with the
American forces and their cooperation
was not a elitsering success. At one time,
during the afternoon. when the marines
We're firing a small detachment os
Spaniards that made their appearance a
short distance from the camp. the Cubans
began firing without orders and sent a VOL
ley right among the Americans There
were several very narrow escapes hut no
Cne was injured.
Lieut.. Neville of Company d was sent
out on scout duty and, as on the day Dre-
Nious. he attacked a small stone fort A
hot tight followed ard the Spaniards were
driven off with loss 1t was during this
cliff