Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-16

this writing. Neither had the men
been mustered nor had the outpust> of
Lieut.. Neville and Shaw been relieved.
Lieut-Col. Huntington and Mai.
Cockrell gave high rails Ia the nerve
and stcadincs> Of officers and men, e.
pecially the Young ones. a. the en-
gagcmcnt was a baptism of fire for a
large majority. The men were in
darkness and in strange land. hut
they stood To their posts with courage
and fortitudc and there WAS no symp-
ton of panic
The marines, though very much cx-
hauSted, wc-e eager for more lighting,
promising to inilirt heavy puui>hm mt
They complimcutcd the daring of the
Spaniards with characteristics camp
profanity.
sunday the amplcst precautions were
taken aud as the nauniir>S II rein
forcemcnis were landing from the
Marhlchcad. \ stormy lime Was cN-
pcctcd.
Estimates vary rs 10 the attacking
force. some say 200 and the figures run
as high ~ l.ooa Col Jampina. the
Cuban guide. said the Spaniard~ wcr,
mostly irrcguiar>, hut the reports of
the discharge of Mauscr rifles would
indicate that they were regulars. a.
mos, of the gucrillas carry Ermiug-
tons. The Cuban gueriiia>. ~ a rule.
have more dash and courage than the
regulars.
The new campaign uniforms prove
satisfactory and are almost invisible
at a distance of 100 yards. The L,c
guns eau ed several accidents in draw
ing cartridges. Corporal Glass shat
tered his hand.
Despite the loss Of the men, which i
kccnly regretted, The marines rejoice
that they have been engaged in their
first fight on Cuban soil They sailed
from New York the day war was de-
clarcd and expected to land within "A
week at Havana. Since then. until
landed On the shore of Guantanamo
bay, they had been cooped up ON the
Panther and they had begun to fear
that the troops would beat them after
all.
In controlling the outer harbor Of
Guantanamo. where Lieut. Col. Hunt
ington's battalion Of marines landed
on Friday, Er. Adm. sampson secures
possession of the Cuban terminus of
the French cable to Ilayti The ar
paraius in the office at the harhor
mouth was wrecked by she'll but
the cable steamer Adria has instru-
mentS and operators aboard and di-
rect communication with Washing
ton will soon be established. The dis
lance overland To Santiago around the
bay j. about sixty miles and the roads
have been rendered impa>sabie hy the
Cubans under PEDRO Perez The first
division of the Cuban army claims To
have 400 men. hut these figures
are probably over estimated. The
Cubans believe that there are
about $500 soldiers in the vicin-
ity of Caimapera, which lies
at the entrance to the inner harbor
Guantanamo City is inland about II
miles. The two harbors are connected
by narrow channel. 1t is the outer
harbor which Adm. Sampson now
holds with the Marhlehead. the lose-
mite and the Vixen. and with hattal-
ion of marines on the crest of a blunt
topped eminence commanding the
entrance on the western side. In the
inner larbor are two small Spanish
gunboats and at Caimancra there is a
battery.
An expedition of three steam
launches. differed by Lieut. Norman,
Ensign Eustis, son of Mr.. James ID.
Eustis, former United States ambassa-
dor to France, and Cadet q. Van Or
den, under the general command of
Lieut. Anderson, of the cruiser Mar
blehead Saturday night, dragged for
mines, but found none. Lieut. Ander-
son, who distinguished hims II at
CienfeugoS- pulled a dingy within -
yards of the fort without being discov-
cred. lie found the fort to consist of
masonry, with three guns mounted
seawarl
Judging from the panic in which the
Spaniards fed from the village at
Fisherman's Point, they will scatter
at the first approach. They left at
Fisherman's Point three antiquated
Howitz,rs, several cases of ammuni-
ton, she'll and canister, some Mauscr
riff = and a regimental flag of the In
fantoria Del Principe No s.
Every precaution has been taken TO
guard the men from disease. All huts
in the locality have been RACED, large
casks of Spanish wine have been
smas he'd. two wells have been boarded
/ up and all the drinking water used is
supplied from the feet The marines
are well equipped for the campaign.
The camp will probably be named
Camp McCalla, after the commando r
of the Marblehead, who is indefatiga-
bic and has not removed his clothing
since the bombardment.
Sunday morning the British steam
er Newfoundland, of Montreal, with a
general cargo from Halifax, steamed
into the harbor. Her commander was
greatly surprised at the presence OF
the America rs, but he retained enough
composure TO dip his flag three
times and then started to put about.
A shot across the bows from the Mar
biehead stopped him and the vessel
was boarded, her papers showing that
she was bound for Jamaica The cap
tain explained that he had put in tc
see if he could get o return cargo o.
sugar. He was informed that be
could not and was then allowed I;
proceed.
FORTS BURNED.
They Are Destroyed by Order of Gen