Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-06-30

IfneSSg mas SelQOm EDeen equaIled. Inc
instant the Hotchkiss guns were fred,
the hillsides commanding the road gave
forth volley after volley from the
Mausers Of the Spaniards. Crawling
along the edge Of the road and protect
| ing themselves as much as possible
from the fearful fire of the Spaniards,
the troopers, some Of them stripped to
the waist, watched the base of the hill
and when any part of a spaniard be-
came visible, they fired. Never for an
instant did they falter.
Col. Woods Battle.
In the meantime, away off to the left
could be heard the crack of the rifles of
Col. Woods men and the regular, deep
er-toned volley firing from the Spanish.
Over there the American losses were
the greatest. COL Woods men, with
an advance guard well out in front, and
two Cuban guide. before them, but APP
parently with no hankers, went square,
ly into the trap set for them by the
Spaniards and only the unfaltering
courage of the men in the face of
fire that would even make veteran
quail prevented what might easily have
been disaster. AS it was, Troop Z, the
advance guard under the unfortunate
Capt Capron, was almost surrounded
and but for the reinforcement hurriedly
sent forward every man would probab-
ly have been, killed or wounded. Dis
cussing the fight. Lieut.. COL. Roosevelt
said:
There must have been nearly 1900 Span
iards in front and to the sides Of us. They
held the ridges with rifle pits and machine
guns, and had a body Of men in ambush
IN the thick jungle at the sides, Of the road,
over which we were advancing. Our adj
vance guard struck the men in ambush and
drove them out. But they lost Capt. Cap
ron. Lieut.. Thomas and about Is men Killed
or wounded The Spanish firing was ac-s
curate, 80 accurate, indeed, that 1t sur
prised me, and their firing was fearfully
heavy l want to say word for our own
men," continued Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt.
Every officer and man did his duty up to
the handle. Not man finched.
A Graphic Account.
From another officer who took promi-
nent part in the fighting more details were
obtained. when the firing began" said
he, Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt took the right
wing with troops G and K, under Capts.
Llewelyn and jenkins, and moved to the
support Of Capt. Capron, who was getting
it hard. At the same time Col. Wood and
Maj. Brodie took the left wing AID adj
vanced in open order on the Spanish right
wing. Maj. Brodie was wounded before
the troops had advanced 100 yards. Col.
Wood then took the right wing and shift
ed Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt to the left. In
the meantime the fire of the Spaniards had
increased in volume, but, Notwithstanding
this. an order for a general charge was
given, and with yell the men sprang for
ward Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt. in front Of
his men, snatched a rifle and ammunition
belt from a wounded soldier and cheering
and yelling with his men, led the advance.
For moment the bullets were singing
like swarm of bees all around them, and
every instant some poor fellow went down.
On the right wing Capt. McClintock had
his leg broken by a bullet from machine
gun, while four Of his men went down.
At the same time. Capt. Luna, Of troop F.
lost nine of his men. Then the reserves,
troops K and e. were ordered up. Col.
Wood. with the right wing, charged
straight at blockhouse, 500 yards away,
and Lieut. Col. Roosevelt. on the left,
charged at the same time. Up the men
went. yelling like .fiends and never stop
ping to return the fire of the Spaniards, but
keeping on with a. grim determination to
capture :hat blockhouse. That charge was
the end. When. within 500 yards of the
coveted point, the Spaniards broke and
ran, and for the first time we had the
pleasure which the Spaniards had been ex-
shooting with the enemy in sight. ~.
Fish's Death. %stst
"Sergt. Hamilton Fish, Jr was tile first
man killed by the Spanish fire. He was
near the head Of the column as it turned
from the wood road into range Of the Span
ish ambuscade. He shot one Spaniard who
was firing from the cover Of dense
patch of underbrush when bullet struck
his breast He, sank at. the. foot OLA tree
with his back against it. Capt. Capron
stood yer him shooting, and others raj
lied around him, covering the wounded
man. The ground this afternoon was thick
with empty shells where Fish lay. He
lived 20 minutes. He gave a small ladys
hunting-case watch from his belt to mess
mate as last souvenir
Capt. CaprOn's Death.
''Sergt. Bell stood by the side Of Capt.
Capron when the latter was mortailyil1it
He had seen that he was fighting against
terrible odds. but he never fiinched. Give
me your gun minute he said to the SER
gent, and, kneeling down, he deliberately
aimed and fired two shots in quick sue
cessiop. At each Spaniard was seen to
fall. Bell in the meantime had seized
dead comrades gun, and knelt beside his
captain and fired steadily. When Capt
Capron fell he gave the sergeant part
ing message to his wife md father and
babe the sergeant good-by in cheerful
voice, and was then borne away dying
Within Four Miles Of Santiago.
Headquarters Of Gen. Chaffee, Two
Miles Beyond sevilla, by Dispatch Boat,
Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 27.--The
/ American troops are now within four,
miles of Santiago de Cuba. Two brig
AIDES of Brig. Gen. Lawton's division,
in command of Gen. Cha ffee, and COL
r.. H. Hall, of the Second Massach usetts
volunteers, Saturday night and Sunday
moved forward past the village Of Sc
villa, where the Spaniards were expect