The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-28

"ihS'o'. LIuHS uS VIC uuNlC0 SOUNDS
at home, it is almost impossible TO
follow it hero.
Several Of tho American officers
who arc familiar with ArizJua, say
they have never seen soldiers on the
PLAINS present such pictures Of dis
trPss from the heat. and they add
shat tho only wonder is that thcro
are SO few proStrntions at present
Tho Amrricnn stature aud appur-
ent stamina arc remarkable in com
parison with tho Cubans and Span
iurds. Tho co!orcd soldiers Of tho
Twenty fifth and Tenth regiments
arc uniformly large, and they seem
like black giants in tho Jungle be-
sdo the tiny Negro Cuban guides.
TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
On Board tho Associated Press
Dispatch Boat Wanda, OFF Jnragna.
Friday, juno 81, via Playa del Este,
Guantanamo Buy, Juno If, S p. m.
This morning (Friday) four troops
Of tho Tenth cavalry and eight
troops Of Roosovcl,'s Rough Riders,
less than II thousand men in all,
dismounted and attacked 2,O0OSpun.
lsh soltli"rs in the thirkets within
five miles Of Santiago do Cnla
Tho Americans beat the enemy
back into the city, but left tho fol-
lowing dead upon tho field:
Rough Ridrrs: Capt. Allyn X.
Capron, Of troop l.; Sergeant Ham.
ll'oa Fish, Jr.; Prvutes Tillman and
Dawson, both Of troop l.; Private
Doughcrty, Of troop A; Private w.
7. Erwin, Of troop l..
First Cavalry: Privates Dix, York,
Beinlk, Kolbo, Berlin and Lon
mock.
Tonth Cavalry: Corporal White.
At least fifty Americans were
wounded, including six officers. Sew
eral Of the wounGicd will die.
Twelve dead Spaniards we're found
in the bushes after tho fight, but
their loss wos doubtless far in OK.
cess of that
General Young commanded the
expedition and was with the regu.
lars, while Colonel Wood directed
tho operations Of the Rough Riders
several miles west.
Both parties struck tho Spaniards
about the same timo and the fight
lasted an hour. Tho Spaniards
opened fire from the thick brush and |
had every advantage Of numbers
and position, but the troops drove
them back from the start, stormed |
the block house around which they |
made tho tiual stand and sent them
scattering over the mountains.
Tho cavalrymcn were afterward
reinforced by the Seventh, Seven
tcenth and Twelfth Infantry, part
of The Ninth cavalry, the Second |
Massachu1etts aud tho Seventy. first |
New York.
The Americans now hold the posi-
ton at tha threshold of Santiago dc |
Cuba, with moro troops going for
ward constantly, and they are pre-.
pairing for final assault upon tho
city.
Tho following officers we're wound,
cd: Major Brodic, shot through the
right forearm; Captain McClintock,
troop b, shot through the right leg;
Lieut.. J. r. Thomas, troop L, shot
through right leg. HIS condition is
serious. All the foregoing officers
are Rnnsh Riders.
Other officers wounded are: Cap.
tain kDoX, whose condition is snri-
Gus; Major Boil, Lieutenant Bryan;
these officers are Of tho First Cav
airy.
Tho following are among tho sol
dies woundol:
Rough Riders Troop b. privatos
E. NJ. Hill, Shelly Il. Ishl,,, Nj. S.
Newcomb, Fred N. BcaI and Cor
poral j. d. Rhodes.
Troop E-Corporal Jamos E.
B'"nr, Privates Frank b. Booth,
Abort G. Hartlc, II. G. Bailey, II.
Alvers, E. j. Atherton, Clifford Reed
and Serst G. w. Arrngo.