The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-14
BODIES OF AMERICANS
BADLY MUTILATED.
Spanish Troops Attack the Marines
That Landed From the Fleet
of Admiral Sampson.

Copyrighted iss,. by the Associated Press
On Board the Associated Press DIS.
patch Boat Dauntlcss, on Guantanamo
Sunday, June ~, via Mole ST. Nicholas,
Hayti, June l2.-Lieutenant Colonel H.
W. Huntington's battalion Of ma.
rines, which was landed from the
transport Panther ON Friday and en-.
camped on the hill guarding the aban.
doned cable station at the entrance to
the outer harbor Of Guantanamo, has
been engaged in beating Off bush At.
tack by Spanish guerrillas and Spanish
regulars since O'Clock Saturday after.
noon. The fighting was almost contin.
uous for 10 hours until 8 o'clock Sunday
morning, when reinforcements were
landed from the Mnrblehead
Among the killed is Assistant
Surgeon John Blair Gibbs, son
Of Major Gibbs Of the regular army,
and who fell in the Custer massa.
ere. His nome was at Richmond, Va
but he has been practicing in New York
and he entered the service since the wal
begun. lie was very popular officer
The others killed are Sergeant Charlie.
II. Smith Of Smallwood, Private VIM
Dunphy OF Gloucester, Mass, and Pri
vate James McColgan Of Stoneham
Mass.
Corporal Glass was accidentally
wounded in the head
The Spanish loss is unknown, but il
was probably considerable. The splash
es Of blood found at daylight. at the po
sitions the Spaniards occupied indica,,
fatalities, but their comrades carried OF
the killed and wounded.
The engagement begun with desul
tory firing at the pickets, 1000 yards in
land from the camp. Captain Spicer
company was doing guard duty and wal
driven in, finally rallying in the CAM
and repulsing the enemy at 8 o'clock.
The bodies Of Private McColgan an,
Dunphy were found, both were shot ii
the head. The large cavities caused hl
the bullets, which inside a range OF 90
yards, have n rotary motion, indicat
that the victims were killed at clos,
range.
The bodies were stripped Of shoes
hats and cartridges, and horribly mutt
lated with machotes. When they wen
brought in the whole battalion forme,
three sides OF hollow square about tn
camp on the hill top. Below in the ba.
were warships at anchor Inland iron
the hill camp is deep Ovine, and be
yond this are high hills, The adjaoen
country is heavy with a thicket growth
The sky was blanketod with cloud,
and when the sun set gale was blow
ing seward Night fell thick and i'm
pcnctnble. The Spanish squads con
cealcd in the chapparel cover had III
advantage, the Americans on the ridg
furnishing fine targets against the sk
and the white tents The Spaniari
fought from cover until midnight, di
covenble only by flashes with whic
the marines fred volley,. The repeal
ers sounded like crackers In barrel.
The Marblehead launch, the Colt ms
chine gun in her bow, pushed up N
bay ondllading the Spaniards, and It
thought that some were killed III
marines tniled much blood TO III
waters edge and there lost It. Sharl
are numerous in the vicinity.
The ships throw their soarchlighl
ashore, the powerful electric eyes swoel
ing the deep tropic foliage and disclo
ing occasional skulking parties of Spar
iards. 1t all rcsembled a transforms
ton scene AZ the harbor.
Each discovery OF the enemy wa
greeted by the cracks Of carbine fl
along the edge Of the camp ridge or :
the long roll Of the launch machir
guns, searching the thickets with lea,
en- stream.
Shortly after midnight came the mai
attack. The Spaniards made gallai
charge in the southwest slope, but wei
met by repeated yolleys from the mai
body and broke before they were on
third the way up the hill, but they can
50 close that at points there was almo
hand TO hand struggle. The oiiicel