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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1898)
V rvt X assa rjB fc fe -- RILLED BY MARINES ONE HUNDRED SPANIARDSSLAIN IN A BATTLE Cnbans Co Operate with United States Forces and the Common Enemy la Completely Routcd Kightcen Fpan ieb Prisoners Captured Rout of the Dons A special cable from Mole St Nicholas describes Tuesdays battle at Camp Mc Calla Guanlanamo bay It says that more than 100 Spaniards lie dead as the result of the engagement Their fine equipment of Mauser rilles rifles that have picked off marines at long distances arc stacked in the American camp Two Cubans were killed in the fight and one American Private Walker of Company D -was slightly wounded in the ankle When the marines returned to camp af ter the battle they brought with them eighteen Spanish prisoners including a lieutenant something more than 100 rilles and about 10000 rounds of ammu nition fi The Americans weary of jungle war fare went into the enemys hiding place and inflicted disastrous punishment Capt Elliott Lieut Lucas and Lieut Bannou of Company C with ninety marines and fifteen Cubans composed one of the par ties Capt Spicer Lieut Neville and Lieut Shaw of Company D with ninety marines and fifteen Cubans made up the second party Lieut Mahoney and Lieut Magill of Company E with fifty marines and ten Cubans formed the third party while the fourth comprised Lieut Ingate of Company F and fifty marines and a Cuban gufile Thus it will be seen a scouting party of 300 officers and men weakened by subdi vision into four bands ventured to drive a much superior force of Spaniards from cover The primary object of the expedi tion was the destruction of the tank which supplied the Spanish with water This was successfully accomplished The Americans also captured a heliograph with which the Spaniards signaled infor mation to the main army The Ameri cans and Cubans charged the headquar ters of the Spaniards in a valley drove out the dons with bullet and bayonet hemmed them in and cut off their retreat and as they showed no intention of sur rendering the Dolphin dropped shells in their midst causing great havoc and kill ing scores A few stragglers managed to escape but the marines were too tired to pursue them The American victory was complete ALL IN SANTIAGO BAY Lieutenant Blue Sees Cerveras Whole qiiadron Admiral Sampson has again assured the Navy Department that the Spanish fleet is all in Santiago harbor He leaves no dpubt about the presence of all the ships Soli aseiinc d to account for the spook ships thuvKoye Ooon sighted in different piirtsbf the Indies The Spanish Government has sent out many false ad vices to the effect that only a part of the fleet is in Santiago harbor Sampson de nies these reports He is now certain that he has the whole fleetjsecureJy caged and that it cannot escape Lieut Blue has v Pf- -7--- -U putting ur ooons FOlt TnE ARMT made a detour of the harbor of Santiago said Admiral Sampson in his bulletin to the Navy Department he reports the Spanish fleet all there It is the first official information based on investigation by United States officers Sampson has seen one or two of the ships Some of his smaller boats had ventured into the mouth of the harbor and identified three of them But Lieut Blue went ashore made a complete detour of the harbor and posi tively identified all the Spanish ships SMASHED BY SHELLS Brick Fort and Earthworks at Cai manera Are Demolished The brick fort and earthworks at Cai manera at the end of the railroad leading to the city of Guantanamo were demol ished Wednesday by the bombardment of the battleship Texas the cruiser Mar blehead and the auxiliary gunboat Suwa nee The bombardment lasted one hour and thirty minutes The Texas steamed slowly up the channel leading to the for tifications followed closely by the Mar blehead The Texas fired two shots as range finders both falling short and to the right The Marblehead stood off to the west side of the channel and opened with her five inch guns on the f ortn knocking down part of the wall The Texas then threw in some 12 inch shells tearing down the wall of the fort and throwing the bricks and mortar thirty feet in the air After badly damaging the fort the Marblehead stood further jn to shell the earthworks and barracks at the west end of the harbor She knocked them into the air and when the Spaniards fled from the fort they were shelled by the St Paul and driven into the bushes The Span iards fired only five shots which did no damage Warahip Kuns Ashore in a Fojr In the dense fog that enveloped Cape Cod during the early hours of Monday morning the United States cruiser San Francisco commanded by Captltiehard P Leary the flagship of the North Atlantic patrol- squadron with Commodore John A Howell on board ran ashore- near High land light Claims She Ran the Blockade The steamer Miguel Pinillos has arrived at Corunna She claims that she ran the blockade of Cuba She was in San Juan Torto Bice during the bombardment of that place 4r 5 BAwwatrMnwii JSCIX BY SHELLS Vesuvius Fires Gun Cotton Missiles at a Santiago Fort Historical will become the work of de struction done by the United States dyna mite cruiser Vesuvius shortly before 12 oclock Saturday night Under orders from Admiral Sampson the Vesuvius let fly three shells each containing 200 pounds of gun cotton at a fort standing on a headland on the western side of the entrance to Santiago harbor and each of the projectiles did frightful execution There was no flash no smoke There was no noise at first The pneumatic guns on the little cruiser did their work silently It was only when they felt the shock that the men on the other warships knew the Vesuvius was in action A few seconds after the first gun was fired there was a frightful convulsion on the land On the hill where the Spanish guns had withstood the missile of the or dinary ships of war tons of rock and soil leaped high in the air The land was smitten as by an earthquake Terrible echoes rolled around and around through the shaken hills and mountains Samp sons ships far out to sea trembled with the awful shock Dust rose to the clouds and hid the scene of destruction Then came a long silence next another fright ful upheaval and followed by a third so quickly that the results of the two min gled in midair The Vesuvius had tested herself She was found perfect as a de stroyer She proved that no fortification can withstand her terrible missiles Just what damage she did could not be told from the sea Whatever was within hundreds of feet of the point of impact must have gone to destruction This was the first test of a dynamite cruiser in ac tual warfare and naval officers are highly gratified with the results DISORDER ATLQJfICKAM AUG A Alleged that Lawlessness df Every Description Is Prevalet Gov Atkinson of Georgia ijas been advised by the authorities 0f Walked County wherein is located the Chicka mauga nvi -reservation that they are powerless to cope with the terrible condi tion of lawlessness now existing there Gambling dens and blind tigers have their own way and it is impossible to bring the guilty parties to justice If a soldier is caught in wrong doing and an effort made to effect his arrest his com rades come to his assistance The report avers that the outrages perpetrated there are beyond description The Governor has commenced a thorough investigation and if the truth of his information is eon firmed he will communicate with Presi dent McKinley and the War Department and demand that officers be compelled to keep order It is said that Gen Brooke hns volunteered to detail a regiment for this duty if it can be consistently accom plished GONE TO MANILA Second Division of Army of Occupa tion Sails Away Between 8000 and 4000 more of Uncle Sams soldiers sailed out into the west Wednesday afternoon to swell the army of occupation in the land won from the dons by Dewey Four big transports the China Colon Zealandia and Senator weighed anchor at San Francisco shortly after 1 oclock and wafted by the cheers of 100000 people along the water front of thousands in escort craft that follow ed almost to the open sea with bands playing and flags waving steamed into the Pacific for the long voyage to Ma nila The last the boys in blue heard of California was the cheers of San Fran ciscos people the roar of their whistles and of bombs and rockets The last they saw of San Francisco was the farewell flutter of handkerchiefs and flags that bade them godspeed Raided the Strawberries Some of Uncle Sams regulars passing through Ohio the other day raided forty crates of strawberries which were on a station platform awaiting shipment They offered to pay the owner for them he was a man who wore the gray from 61 to 65 but he refused and said I only wish there had been 100 instead of forty crates for the bluecoats God bless em Enlisted Homesteaders Protected Congress passed a bill for the protection of homestead settlers who enter the mil itary or naval service of the United States in time of war The bill provides that the service in the war -with Spain shall be con sidered as residence and work upon the land and that by enlistment the claim shall not be forfeited JW BIRDSEYE VIEW OF QUANTANAIIO N Ci TWO AMERICAN MARINES J llfuaEHyM iMlv 111 HlwwV liB3sKlM I rt55wi LIEUT COL HUNTINGTON Commanding the 800 Marines on the Shores of Guantanamo Bay COLOB SERGEANT SILVEY First to Raise Our Flag Over a Captured Fortifi cation in Cuba BLANCOS RUSE AGAIN FAILS Spanish Boats Try to Lure Our War Ships Within Range Capt Gen Blanco has apparently not yet abandoned the hope of luring the American warships within range of the Havana batteries He tried itragain on Friday morning last but with no better success than in his previous attempts Ad- lBPKv1 jj S n m n TK T Ttim i n mi i i t - - ULA f T s r v - Tr 5ua - - - n -- - - - - MMMM pMmn ffT 1T wiBf r iTOCTMMMMM I FAYS BLANCO HAS 50000 MEN Whigham Says Havana Is Not Starv ing at Present Mr Whigham the English newspapei correspondent who was recently arrested in Havana and later expelled from Cuba by Captain General Blanco says the gar rison of Havana numbers 50000 men in eluding volunteers Recruits are coming into the city daily There is no prospect of starvation he thinks for some time Meat sells for only 30 conto per pound Flour is scarce but there is plenty ol corn meal and rice The supply of coal may fail within a month which would leave the city in darkness There are now 15000 tons in sight nnd it is reported that 60000 tons may be available The temper of the troops is excellent and their health is good Large numbers of Cubans are already veering to the support of Spain The former insurgent leader has raised 1000 men to help the Spanish The defenses of the town have been greatly strengthened since the war began Two hundred guns have been mounted in shore batteries including six 12 inch rifles According to Mr Whig ham Havana is now practically impreg nable provided the Spaniards make a good fight Two lines of defense have been completed inland within the last two months It is believed that the capture of the city will demand 75000 American troops BUSHWHACKING WAR DREADED Fighting at Guantanamo Results in an Unpleasant Discovery The action at Guantanamo shows that the Spanish are not afraid to charge bold ly upon the United States troops and the prospects of a bushwhacking warfare dis closed by the Spanish movements are any thing but agreeable to the persons who have been hoping for a short campaign A good deal of surprise is expressed at the failure of the report to mention any sub stantial aid received from the insurgents by the United States marines camped on Crest hill Re enforcements were sent from our own ships but it does not ap pear in the reports that the marines had help from the men best calculated from their experience in jungle fighting to be of service in an encounter with- Spanish guerrilas Hobson Will Be Exchanged Governor General Blanco has been au thorized by the Spanish Government to entertain proposals from the American Government for an exchange of Lieut Hobson and theother Merrimac prisoners for Spaniards now confined in American prisons Montejo Passed Em Along A dispatch from Hongkong says that a large number of dispatches congratu lating Admiral Dewey upon his victory -1 CJ m ti r v m WRITING HOME TO MOTHER A familiar scene at Chickamauga vices received at Key West are to the effect thnt five Spanish ships ran out to the mouth of Havana harbor on the day mentioned and headed in an easterly di rection The vessels of the blockading squadron were lying well off shore the nearest not being closer than 2000 yards Upon sighting the Spaniards they ran in a short distance and opened fire on them The volley of shot and shell brought no response from the enemy but the quintet of ships speedily turned tail and hugging the shore under the batteries ran back into the harbor The American ships however did not accept the bait and made no further attempt to molest them CAIMANERA PRINCIPAL SPANISH CAMP ON GUANTANAMO BAY Jf 1- miscarried and came into the possession of Admiral Montejo the Spanish com mander whom Dewey defeated The lat ter courteously transmitted them to the American admiral Schleys Tribute In speaking of the heroes of the Merri mac Commodore Schley said Hobson led a forlorn hope without the power to cut his way out But fortune once more favored the brave and I hope he will re ceive the recognition and promotion he deserves His name will live as long as the heroes of the world are remembered To Eeize Guahan A San Francisco dispatch says that the destination of the United States cruiser Charleston is the island of Guahan In the Ladrone group which are controlled by Spain The group it is stated will be seized and a coaling station established on the Guahan Reports Victories Blanco cables Madrid that American ships attempted to approach near to the coast but In every instance they have been compelled to withdraw by the fire from the forts 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