Evening star., 1898-06-14
ANOTHER SPANISH ATTACK
Col Huntington's Force of Marines is Again
Victorious.
Camp Moved to n Less Exposed POSI-
tiOn-Lieuts. Shaw and Ne
willie Are Safe,


Copyright 1898. by the Associated Press.)
GUANTANAMO BAY, June Il, via King
ston. Jamsica. June 13.-When the Asso-
ciated Press dispatch boat Dauntless left
Guantanamo Bay early this morning, after
the thirteen hours skirmish between the
United States marines, under Lieut.. Col R.
w. Huntington, and the Spanish guerrillas
and regulars it was expected that the fight
ing would be renewed The Marbiehead
was landing reinfercements and nothing
had been heard from the advance pickets,
under Lieut.. Wendell c. Neville and Lieut..
Melville ]. Shaw
At o'clock the firing was again renewed
by the Spaniards, who appeared off the
camp on the edge of a small island about d
mile to tie northeast. 1t was promptly re-
turned by thirteen rifles and 3-inch field
gun, and in short time all signs of the
enemy had disappeared. Col. Huntington
tnen sent to the landing for Il second 3-inch
gun, which was dragged UP the hill and
placed in position 1T he summit. The skir-
mlsh lines thrown around the camp kept
UP a popping all the morning, but with not
much result to show for it, Meanwhile the
Marblehead left the !harbor and threw few
shells into the woods
To the great delight of the marines in
camp Lieuts. Neville and Shaw, with thirty
men of Company ID, returned in good shape,
but much exhausted by eighteen hours CT
picket duty. One man, Sergt. Smith OF
Company *, had been shot through the alb
domen and instantly killed. For most of
the day and night Lieuts. Neville and Shaw
had been surrounded by mucn superior
force, but men and officers behaved splen-
dldly, and although the firing Of the Span
iards was constant and heavy, Lieut.. Nev-
lies detachment held its own, inflictirg
much more damage than it sustained. At
least five Spaniards are known to have been
killed, and as Lieut.. Neville's men kept up
a steady fire Throughout the night and the
enemy was not at a great distance it is
believed tLat the Spanish casualties We're
heavy.
The battle ship Texas arrived this morn
ing, aad sent ashore forty marines and two
automatic Colt guns reinforcements.
The Marblahea also sent an additional
small detachment Private Bartholomew
AcGoWan OF Company d will lose his hand,
which was shattered by bullet. Amputa-
ton will be necessary. The Marblehead' g
pilot, who was shot through the leg while
guiding the cruiser out of the harbor this
morning, holds the rank oil colonel in the
Cuban service.
Late this morning the Spaniards opened
fire from two guns placed on the wcsc side
of the harbor. The shots flew wild. The
Texas, Yankee and torpedo boat Porter,
which were lying in the narbor, opened fire,
and in short time silenced the Spanish
guns. The latter fired only once after the
ships opened on them. There were no cas-
uaities on the American side.
1t was decided by Col. Huntington this
morning TO abandon the position first occu-
pied as a camp, as there were no signs of
reinforcements of troops, and it was known
that "a force of Spaniards six times more
numerous than the marine battalion was in
the vicinity. Therefore the crest of the
hill, which the tro ops held last night, was
given up TO batteries and rifle pits and the
tents wero pitched on the side of the hill
ear the harbor. which is protected by the
warships.