Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-30
DROVE THEM BACK.
Fight In Which sixteen Americans We're
Killed and Fifty Wnunded-Span-
i-h It>s Was Larger.

Friday morning four troops of the
list cavalry, four troops of the 10th
cavalry and eight troops of Eoosevclts
rough riders, less than Il thousand men
in al. dismountrd and attacked 1000
Spanish soldiers in the thickcts within
five miles of Santiago d. Cuba.
The Americans beat the enemy back
into the city. hut they left the follow.
ing dead upon the field:
Rough Riders Can't. Allyn X. Cap
ron, of Troor l.. Scr-t Hamilton Fish.
ir.; rrivatcs TIlmau and pav son. both
of Troop l.; Private nnu@hrrty. eft
Troop \; Private ". +. Erw, IN, of
Troop T.
First Cavalry rr.vatrN Din, Work.,
Ecjj"rk Kolhc, Berlin and Lrnmnck.
Tenth Cavalry Corporal White; rri-
Yates James Crews and Edward GU.
yer.
Capt Luna. of the Cuban army.
Forty Cuhans y~.rc killed in al other
engagement.
At least fifty American, were wound
ed including six officers. Several of
the wounded vii, die.
Twelve dead >pauiard> were found
in the hush after the fight, hut their
los MAS duubtlc ,> far IN rNcr>s of
that.
zen Young commanded the cNpcli-
tinn. ana WAS with the regulars, while
Col. Wood directed the operations of
the rough riders several miles west.
both parties strucl the Spauiards
about the same time ana the fight last.
eli an hour.
The Spaniards opened fire from the
thick brush ami had every advantage
of numbers and position. but the
troops drove them back from the
start. stormei the blocilhous, around
which they made the final stan and
sent them scattering over the mount
aims.
The cavalrymcn were aftcrward re-
inforccd 10y the 9Th, 18th and 18th in
fantry. part of the 9th cavalry, the I'll
Mas ,achu>etts and the list New York.
The Americans now hold the posi-
tinns at the threshholi of Santiago de
Cuba with more troops going forward
constantly and they arc preparing for
a final assault upon the city.
The following officers were wounded:
Maj Brodir, shot through the right
| forearm: Cant McClintork. Trouu Il.
shot through the right leg; Lieut.. j.
Il. Thomas, Troop l., shot through
right leg. His condition il serious.
All the foregoing officers are rough
riders
Other officers wounded are: Capt.
Knox. whose condition il serious; Mai.
of the lst cavalry.
The following are among the sol.
diers wounded:
Rough Eidcr>-Troop Il: rrivatcs Z.
NJ. Hill. shelley f. I>hlcr. Ms New
comb, Fred y. Eca}e AMI Corporal j.
d. Rhodes. Troop T.: Corporal James
+. Bean, rrivatcs Frank l.. Booth, Al
bert { llartic. Il. &. Bailey. II. AlverS.
! T. j. Athrrton. Clifford Reed and Ser
| -eant &. ". Arringn. Troop G.: Ser
gcant Thomas +. Cavanaugh. Corpc-q Il
l.. l.. Stewart. Privatcs George Rou-
land. II. J. lIaefncr, Michael Coyle
NJ. Reid and NJ. Russell Troop l.:
Yates j. Il. Keau, John p. Dern
Thomas f. Mcaghcr, Edward Calborss
and Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth Cavalry-Troop Il: Priva'r
Russell, Gaines, Miller, Cross, BraXto4
and Wheeler. Troop L: Privatcs Ridd
and Mayberry.
Edward Marshall, correspondent of
the New York Journal and Advertiser,
was seriously wounded in the small of
the back. Ii is pro bable that at least
ten in the list of wounded will die.
NEW YORK, June 25.-IIamilton Fish.
| jr., one of the killed, was one of the
young New Workers of good position
and family who went to the front
with Roosevelt's rough riders. lie
was of distinguished ancestry. his
family being one of the oldest in
this state. His father Nicholas
Fish is the son of the late hamilton
Fish, who was secretary of state in
Grants cabinet lie is a banker and
lives in this city. Hamilton Fish was
over six feet tall. of herculean build and
rowed as No. : of the Columbia college
crew in its winning race of 1894, over
the Poughkeepsie course.
Engineer Killed, Fireman Fatally Scalded.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, June 25.-As the
second section of the Burlington train,
carrying the Torrey cowboy regiment
of cavalry from Fort ID. a. Russell to