Show SITUATION AT SANTIAGO 1 Guantanamo Held as a Base of Op X erationsCubans Cooperate I Copyright 1S9S by the Associated Press On Board the Associated Press Dispatch Dis-patch Boat Dauntless off Santiago de Cuba Wednesday Night June S via Kingston Jamaica Thursday June 9 730 a Communication between the island of Cuba and the outer world was severad yesterday The Kingston Santiago cable was cut on Monday and the Marblehead Yankee and St Louis cut the Haytien cable running into Guantanamo bay yesterday The ends were buoyed and Rear Admiral Sampson can reestablish communication communica-tion with Washington direct The Marblehead also engaged and drove a Spanish gunboat into Guantanamo Guan-tanamo harbor and shelled and reduced the antiquated fortifications The insurgents in-surgents cooperated on The land side The place is being held until troops arrive ar-rive It is contemplated to establish a general base there Communication between the insurgents insur-gents and the fleet is constant The Cubans are active and arms ammunition ammu-nition and supplies for them were landed by the Suanee yesterday in great quantities The insurgents and Spaniards fight daily The Marblehead on Monday when the insurgents had pressed forward avt st of Santiago shelled the Spaniards who fled to the mountains checkering the path jollowed in their retreat witn dead and wounded Santiago is on the 3 rge of starvation starva-tion All the food has been seized for the army and navy and the roops and sailors are on half rations Rear Admiral Sampson has officially declared that the purpose of the bombardment bom-bardment of Santiago was to clear the way for the troops The object has bun attained He personally commended Ensign Palmer for approaching within 150 yards of the Spanish batteries at night and learning that the Spaniards were remounting guns The American naval commander is anxious to bring about the exchange of i Li utenant Hobson and his gallant companions from the Merrimac The admiral sent the Vixen with a flag of truce to the entrance of the harbor yesterday yes-terday offering to exchange for the lieutenant and his party some prisoners prison-ers taken from a prize of the Marble heed off Cienfuegos Admiral Cervera considered the matter all night and sent word today that he is powerless to act He referred the matter to the I military governor and the latter in turn referred it to Captain General Blanco A long delay is probable |