The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
DROVE THEM BACK.
iiSht In Which Sixteen Americans Were
Killed and Fifty Wounded-Span-
ish Loss Was Larger.

OFF JURAGUA, June "a, via Playa De
Este, Guantanamo Bay, June "a
Friday morning four troops of tn,
ist cavalry, four troops of the 10th
cavalry and eight troops of Roosevelt.
rough riders, less than d thousand mer
in ali, dismountcd and attacked 3.OOC
Spanish soldiers in the thickets within
five miles OF Santiago de Cuba.
The Americans beat the enemy back
into the city. but they left the follow.
ing dead upon the field:
Rough Riders-Capt. Allyn X. Cap.
ron, OF Troop /; Sergt Hamilton Fish,
jr.; PrivatcS Tilman and Dawson, both
of Troop l.; Private Dougherty, OF
Troop a; Private W. T. Erwin, OF
Troop I.
First Cavalry-Privates Dix, York
Bcjork. Kobe, Berlin and Lcnmoc<.
Tenth Cavalry-Corporal White; PR
Yates James Crews and Edward Cul.
YER
Capt Luna, of the Cuban army.
Forty Cubans were killed in another
engagement.
At least fifty Americans were wound.
cd, including six officers Several of
the wounded will die.
Twelve dead Spaniards were found
N the bush after the fight, but their
loss was doubtless far in excess OF
that.
Gcn. Young commanded the cxpcdi.
ton, and was with the regulars, while
Col. Wood directed the operations OF
the rough riders several miles west.
Both parties struck the Spaniards
about the same time and the fight last.
cd an hour.
The Spaniards opened fire from the
thick brush and had every advantage
OF numbers and position, but the
troops drove them back from the
start, stormcd the blockhousc around
which they made the final stand and |
sent them scattering over the mount.
aims.
The cavalrymen were aftcrward re-
inforced by the 9TH, l2th and 18th in.
fantry, part OF the 9th cavalry, the 9d
Massachusetts, and the list New York.
The Americans now hold the posi-
tions at the Threshold of Santiago dc
Cuba with more troops going forward
constantly and they are preparing Tor
a final assault upon the city.
The following officers were wounded:
Maj. Brodic, shot through the right
forearm; Capt. McClintock, Troop Il,
shot through the right leg; Lieut. j.
Il. Thomas, Troop l., shot through
right leg. His condition is serious.
All the foregoing officers are rough
riders.
Other officers wounded are: Capt.
Knox, whose condition is serious; Mai.
Bell, Lieut. Byram. These officers are
# the lst cavalry.
The following are among the sol.
liers wounded:
Rough Riders-Troop +: Privatcs f.
". Hill, Shelley +. Ishler, VI. 5. New.
omb, Fred y. Bcale and Corporal J.
J. Rhodes. Troop +: Corporal James
:. Bean, Privatcs Frank t. Booth, Al.
,crt c. lIartle, Il. e. Bailey, H. Alvers,
: j. Atherton, Clifford Reed and Ser.
cant q. W. Arringo. Troop G.: Ser.
cant Thomas +. Cavanaugh Corporal
d. L. Stewart, Privatcs George Row.
lnd H. j. IIaefncr, Michael Coylc, L
!. Reid and NJ. Russell Troop l.: Pri. ,
atcs j. Z. kean, John =. Dcrnap, +
homas +. Meacher, Edward Calborsi
nd Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth Cavalry-Troop L: Private ,
ussell Gaines, Miller. Cross, BraXton d
nd Wheeler. Troop /: Privatcs Ridd
nd May6erry. +
Edward Marshall, correspondent OF ,
le New York Journal and Advertiser,
as seriously wounded in the small OF :
&c back. 1t is pro babIc that at least .
n in the list OF wounded will die. =
NEW lORR, June -. Hamilton Fish. q,
:, one of the killed, was one OF the
Jung New Workers of good position :
I'd family who went TO the front ,
it'll Roosevclt's rough riders. He n
as OF distinguished ancestry his
mily being one of the oldest in \
is stat. His father Nicholas
sh is the son of the late Hamilton ;,
sh, who was secretary Of state in :.
rants cabinet He is banker and
res in this city. Hamilton Fish was :.
-cr six feet tall, of herculean build and -.
wed as No. of the Columbia college a
ew in its winning race OF 1894, over J.,
c Poughkeepsie course. :
gineer Killed, Fireman Fatally sclldcd. OF
ct. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 25.-As the /
cond section of the Burlington train, al
rrying the Torrey cowboy regiment ri
cavalry from Fort ID. a. Russell tc di
cksonville, Fla, was pulling ir TO st.
seph union station Thursday, the
CINE jumped the track, and after
owing through the earth for so feet, pa
Dpled over on its side. Engineer IN
In w. Fuller, of this city, who
avely remained at his post, was fla
lpht beneath the tender and killed. III