The San Francisco call., 1898-06-14
STORY TOLD BY INSURGENTS
VIEWED THE BoMBARDMENT
 FROM A HILL.
Two Spanish Officers Killed and Sev- eral Wounded by Shell From the Gunboat
 Marblehead.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WITH THE FLEET OFF SAN TIAGO, Wednesday, June 8 (via Kingston, Jamaica, June g. Delayed in transmission.)-A s2oo, ,OoC worth of ammunition was expended on Mondays bombardment, but apparent ly it has not checked Spanish activity on the earthworks.
 On Monday afternoon the lookout men on the Brooklyn saw boat approach ing from point about four miles west of Fl Morro. The Vixen went out to meet it and brought to the flagship three insurgents, who asked for a ves- sel to shell a Spanish fort with which the insurgents were then engaged near the shore.
 The Marblehead, which had been do- ing target practice, was sent on this mission and soon scattered the Span iards, with the result that the insur- gents captured the Spanish camp, the tents and a quantity of ammunition. One of the Marblehead's shells killed Spanish captain and lieutenant, fatally wounded a surgeon and in- jured several soldiers.
 While the work of arming and feed ing the insurgents is pushed vigorously the Spaniards in Santiago are reported suffering from an incipient famine, and Cuban officer off shore yesterday as- serted that the guerrillas were deserting in force to the insurgents. Yesterday Lieutenant Commander Delehanty, with the gunboat Suwanee, armed 5000 Cubans with rifles, ammunition and macheteS. To-day he landed 5000 rifles. 30.000 rounds of ammunition,s a large consignment of machetes, a quantity of medicine and several tons of bread and bacon.
 The Cubans are very active, express ing the greatest confidence and prom ising to maintain a close blockade of Santiago on the land side. The in- surgents represent their number as shown their ability in the neighborhood of Guantanamo, where they have got possession of the railway and telegraph terminus.
 The insurgents say they watched Mondays bombardment from the hills at the rear of Santiago and that as many as 300 Spaniards were killed and several guns dismounted. Terrible ex- ecution was wrought by the 12-inch shells of the Texas. If their statement can be relied on the Spanish garrison at Santiago is on half rations and the town itself is even much worse off. the military authorities refusing to sell cit iZens provisions at any price
 On Sunday night, June D. Ensign Palmer took the New York's launch on harbor picket duty and another launch was sent from the Oregon. Ensign Palmer was obliged to go within 15O yards of the batteries. The Spaniards opened a heavy fire, but Palmer kept his position, regardless of the shells His orders were not to go nearer than a mile from shore. Ensign Palmer and the crew got back safely. When Ad- miral Sampson heard of the shooting he said to Palmer:
 You were ordered not to go nearer shore than a mile.''
 'Those were my orders" replied Ensign Palmer, but sir, I was also told to see that no torpedo boats came out. With only two boats I could not be sure that none came out unless went right under the batteries"
 The admiral replied: "You were per- fectly right, MT. Palmer. That's the kind of stuff of which officers of the United States are made"