The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
WITH THE MARINES.
Much Needed Rest After Forty-Eight
Hours Of Continuous Fighting.

Much Needed Rest After Forty-Eight
Hours Of Continuous Fighting.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
On board the associated press boat
Dauntless, off Guantanamo bay, Tues
day. June IA, noon, via Kingston. ia
maica, Wednesday. June Is, a. m.-
There was a renewal Of the attack on
the marines last night They slept in
the trenches, with their rifles beside
them, protected by a heavy picket line
of insurgents and marines under the
command Of Lieutenants Lenore and
Smith. The pickets had strict orders
not to fire unless commanded to do So
firing during the night. In consequence
the men awoke much refreshed after
four days and nights of continuous
work and fighting. 1t was supposed
the enemy had retired to the windmill
on the south coast, the only remaining
source of water supply. The windmill
was shelled at intervals all day yes
terday by the Dolphin. but the Span
iards were still there this morning.
At o'clock the enemy made an un-
expected sharp attack on the American
rear and left flank When. the pickets
came in for relief the Spanish guerillas
crept along behind them. and got with
in 100 yards. when the accidental dis
charge of a rifle in the trenches led
them to believe they were discovered
and they opened fire with a volley,
which whistled harmlessly overhead.
They had shot too high as usual. The
marines then scrambled up from their
steaming coffee and hard tack back to
the trenches and met the guerillas with
stragglinp but well directed rifle fire.
In addition, five field pieces mounted
at angles in the trenches and the ma
chine guns poured hail of bullets into
the chapparel, scattering the main bat
terry of the Spaniards i'm all directions
Shells were dropped in their midst as
they ran.
A few OF the enemy stood their ground
desperately on the left flank, and the
crack of the Mauser rifles and the
pings" of the bullets were heard rather
than seen for an hour, as the smokeless
powder used by the Spaniards make
their location in the dense underbrush
almost impossible to discover. The
Panther fired six-pounders into the
Spaniards while the marines were en-
gagged in beating off the attack.
Only one man was wounded, and he
sustained only a slight injury In his
hand. The Cubans. who acted well last
night, were with difficulty forced out
OF the skirmish line this morning. Some
Of them refused to be driven even when
struck by their officers with the fiat of
their machetes. but they were not CEN
sured. They try to work out their
knowledge of the methods of the Span
ish guerillas in warfare, and in land
service as guides they are invaluable.
Our men are at a great disadvantage
with the guerillas, who are past grand
masters of their peculiar plan of cam
paign OF savage rather than of civilized
warfare. The men stink through the
tropical underground as noiselessly as
shadows. some with their naked bodies
concealed with palm leaves. so that they
are neither seen nor heard. Our men
are not familiar with these tactics and
awkwardly crash through the brush
Captain Elliott says the enemy could
not stand minute in the open. but he
admits they are dangerous antagonists
at this sort OF work
The marines are seasoning rapidly
The hospital ship Solace Is in Guam
tanamo bay with the wounded on board.
As the Dauntless left the bay the smoke
of two Spanish gunboats in the inner
harbor could be seen, and the Dolphin
stood up the channel to meet them IL the
Spaniards had the temerity to come out.
When 10 miles on shore the booming
Of guns could be heard and the harbor
was veiled In smoke.