The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-03
FIRST ARTILLERY FIGHT.
II Ended in siIencing a Spanish Bat
tery-Men Worked Like Mad.


tery-NIen Worked Like Mad.
NEW YORK, July "a special dispatch
10 tho Evening World dated I'll Paso
Cuba. near Santiago, noon, by way o.
Playa del Este. July lst says:
Tho first artillery fight ~ the campaign
has lust been ended by the silencing OF
a Spanish battery
The wounded are stlll being picked up
as this dispatch e. hurried away.
General Lawtons division bivouacked
near III Caney last night without fires
At o'clock this morning there Was a
sullen boom n was the first shot
from CaprOu's battery, fired 70 aVehse
the killing OF his son.
THE CHALLENGE ANSWERED.
Promptly the Spanish began 20 answer
the Challenge from their forts and
trenches.
At 7:l5 Crimes battery opened on tho
Spanish troops tC the right or the san
Juan block house.
The common powder used by our
troops smoked. and was O fine target Tor
the Spanish field battery. which prooaoly
was served by Admiral Cevera's ma
riroz Judging by the accuracy OK the
aim.
While our smoke gave the enemy our
range. Grimes coIid not locate tne enc
mys guns. which used smokeless powder
except approximately. But satisfied as
10 the Spanish position, our men worked
like mad
THE sPANIARDs sILENCED.
The Spanish fire gradually slackened,
and IN less than an hour 10 ceased alto-
gether
Battery 4. OF the Second Artillery, de-
series great credit for Tho Victory, for
lt was a case Of blindness against sight
The battcrys loss The Officers state
was as follows.
Killed.
UNDERWOOD.
HELAlN doth priyate0.
Wounded.
HERAY. GEORGE c.. first sergeant
VEITE. sergeant
Comfort. sergeant
<EENE. corporal.
ROUGH RIDERS rs 1T.
The battery was supported hy the
Rough Riders about one hundred Cuhans
with q Hotchkiss gun. detachment OF
the Tenth Cavalry. and a squad from
Company c. of the Second Cavalry
Most N th9 Spanish shells few low
over the crest OF the bsttery's position
and exploded. Through them the Rough
Riders had about ten wounded. among
them r.. Champlain. whose lcft elbow was
smashed.
Tho Cuban leader. Gonzales, reports
thai The Ct5ans lost twenty killed and
wounded
The details Of General Lawton's losses
have nor arrived.
Heavy volley firing has been heard for
three hours. 10 seems 10 indicate a
strong American advance.
There is no artillery firing IRON El Ca
ney. and only scattering shots come from
San Juan. which has a slope Of 6iteen
feet IN The hundred. Both divisions real.
ly are in battle.
TROOPS IN GOOD CONDITION.
The day is clear and a moderate breeze
T. blowing. but there is strong heat
The troops are IN GOOD condition
Captain Crimes and Corporal Mclean,
who were overcome by the heat. are re-
covering
The battery shot one hundred rounds.
two-thicds shell and the balance shrap-
mel
BALLOONS EFFECTIVE.
The military balloons used by the sig
nal corps for the purpose Of obtaining
accifrate information Of the location or
the enemy and the character of their de-
lenses. proved of ines,imable service IN
Yesterdays engagement The balloon
sent Yesterday foate1 just over the tree
tons ana was easily guided along three
mites OF tho road toward the lines OF
the enemy.
Whenever IT halted for the purpose
OF taking a photograph OF the fortlhca-
tfcus below. the Spaniards- seized the oe-
castor FOR taking port shots al the mid
air monster. At one time the big balloon
hung over San Juan not over 500 Yards
from Inc enemy and FOR FIVE minutes the
euaniards below tried la vain TO pune
turs it. in the lighting at San Juan
Spanish shell. two and half Inches IN
diameter. burst IN the midst OF Captain
Purifiers Battery I'm the First Artillery
vounding several. Among those injured
was Private Samuel Barr
RoosevclCs Rough Riders were also Ia
,bis aght. aud they bore themselves with
as much credit az In the last Fridays
baltic en- the bush.
WOUNDED ROUGH RIDERS.
Several q the Rough Riders were
e,ounded. among them the following
b Devore. 5. c.. Sergeant Troop Is
Armstrong, W. A., Corporal Troop J.
Mcspalron. Corporal Troop q.
Ash, Alvin e.. private. Troop q.
Freeman. W. private, Troop +.
I.onr. BENJAMIN A.. private. Troop h.
Mitchell. Mason. private, Troop K.
Horton. V. D.. Corporal Troop l. Third
II s. cavalry, was also wounded