The herald., 1898-05-15

the cable had been cut when the Spaniard
opened fire.
| The marines in the boats replied at one,
and machine gun from the forward launcl
sent in stream Of bullets while heav.
shells from the warships drove the Span
iards from the rifle pit at the shore, man!
of them seeking refuge in the Lighthouse
| fort, which was afterward torn to piece:
| by a shell from the Window.
With desperate courage the American
sailors stuck to their posts and succeeded
in dragging up the second relay of tht
cable and severing 1t. Seven men badly
wounded was the result and one of them
Reagan. died while on the way back to the
ship. Lieutenant Winslow was shot in thu
hand and number of others were more
or less injured. On the Nashville, Captain
ensign when a Spanish bullet passed
through the Ensign's shoulder and struck
Maynard on the chest, wounding him only
slightly. The Marblehead was struck
scores of times by bullets from machine
guns and the Nashville suffered to about
the same extent. The Window also had
many marks of the fray. Her shell blew up
the lighthouse and scattered the spaniards
in all directions, ending the battle.
Bolts and Hendricks, with four others of
the wounded are at the naval hospital here,
are expected to die. The remains of Rea-
gan were buried at sea.
Remey's Report
WASHINGTON, Nay 1.-THE following
telegram came to the Navy Department
this afternoon from Commodore Remey at
Key West:
KEY WEST, May 14-Secretary Navy:
The Window arrived this morning with
the following named men dead or wounded:
Patrick Reagan, private marine, dead; Her
man w. Kuchneister, private marine, shot
through the jaw, probably fatal; Henry
Hendrickson, seaman, shot through the
liver, probably fatal; Ernest sunteni, APP
prentice, first class, fracture of right leg;
John J. Doran, boatswain's mate, second
class, gunshot wound in right bullock; John
Davis, gunner's mate, third class, wound in
right leg; VIM. Levoy, apprentice, first
class, wounded severely in the right leg;
Robert Voltz, seaman on Nashville, Sc
verely wounded; Lieutenant-Co
Winslow, slight wounds in hand.
The casualties occurred in cutting the
cable at Cienfuegos. Commander Mccall S
report says the officers and men performed
their work with the utmost calmness and
iritrepidity under trying circumstances.
The Spanish Loss
NEW YORK, May IA special dis
patch from Key West reports that in the
fight at Cienfuegos Commander Washburn
Maynard and Lieutenant Cameron A.
Winslow. both of the gunboat Nashville,
were slightly wounded.
The dispatch adds that the Spanish loss
is estimated at four hundred, and that of
this fleet four killed and four wounded.
The light house was demolished, it is re-
ported, the arsenal destroyed and the bat
teries on shore silenced. The town was
set on fire by shells from the American
fleet.
The Spanish Report
MADRID, May IA, 10 a. MAN official dis
patch received here from Havana dated
yesterday says:
Since daybreak today five of the enemy's
ships have been attempting to cover land
ings at several points, but the Americans
were repulsed and re-embarked their
troops. AS there were no Spanish ships
available, the troops followed along the
shore the movements of the Americans
and prevented their attempts to land.
Two Americans were captured a Spanish
officer was killed and few soldiers were
wounded.
The conduct OF the Spaniards is worthy
Of the highest praise. They fought the
enemy while the latter was backed with
big guns.
ut is probable that one Of these alleged
repulses of attempted landings Of Ameri-
cans on the coast of Cuba refers to the
gallant manner in which parties from the
Marblehead and Nashville cut the cable
under fire of Cienfuegos on Wednesday
last, as related In a cable dispatch to the
Associated Press from Key West today.)
More Cutting N eeded
KEY WEST. May 1.-THE cable which
was cut at Cienfuegos extended from that
city to Santiago de Cuba. 1t does not
sever connection with Cuba. as there Is
another line in operation between Santiago
de Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica.
The severed cable is owned by the new
submarine company. The one operating to
Kingston is owned by the West Indies Pa
mama Company. The latter is the only
line in control of the United States govern
ment. The cable from Havana to Key
West Is controlled by the United States
officials.
The Cable Was Cut
KEY WEST, Fla, May A.-Amid per.
feet storm of shot from Spanish rifles and
batteries, the American forces cut the
cable at Cienfuegos Wednesday morning.
Four determined boat crews under COM
mand of Lieutenant Winslow and Ensign
Magruder from the cruiser Marblehead,
and the gunboat Nashville put out from
the ships, the coast having previously
been shelled. The work Of the volunteers
was perilous. The cruiser Marblehead
and the gunboat Nashville and the aux
iliary cruiser Window drew up thousand
yards from shore with their guns manned
ready for desperate duty.
One cable had already been cut, and the
work was in progress on the other when
the Spaniards, in rifle pits and battery in
an old lighthouse standing out in the bay.
opened fire. The warships poured in a
thunderous volley, their guns belching
forth massive shells into the swarms of
the enemy. The crews of the boats calm
Iy proceeded with their desperate work,
notwithstanding the fact that a number
had fallen, and finished it, returning to the
ships through a binding smoke and a
heavy fire. One man in q Marblehead
boat was killed, and six were seriously
wounded, one of whom, Robert Volz, Is
now at Key West, and is expected to die
before morning. a bullet having passed