Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-26
| GO AHEAD AND F|GH|'
Brave Words Of Captain Cap
ron When Wounded.
DYING, SAID, DON'T MIND NE.
Graphic Story of Fridays
Engagement.
AMERICANS INVINClBLE.
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and Co,o,.,
Wood Lead Their Rough H,,,.
victory, Notwithstanding the
Fact Esery Advantage
Was Against Them
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SPANISH INEa Nrpv ,,,

"ao3aSdlnAt The III.
SPANISH INFANTRY ROUTED
? copyright, 1888. by Associated ,,rAss
: FOUR MILES NORTHWEST or,
y fAGCA. CUBA. FRIDAY. JUNE
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pREss DISPATCH BOAT wAMn.
TO PORT ANTONIO. JanAIr,
June a5-9 y. M.-tvia Kipston H.
thaica' 1870 "A. M)-Dismounte,,
american cavalrymen forced their wa =
over the rough mountain trails This
morning and encountered the Sn,nisb
'.iai'erS IN a dense thicket on a high
plateau almost overlooking the city Of
santiago de Cuba> and routed them at
Ter sharp battle lasting one hour
rms afternoon. strongly reinforced
oy the arrival of additional forces fla
caVairymen held a position a little moro
than five miles from the sn,n,s,
stronghold in southeastern Cuba nro-
parlns for general movement on th,t
city.
Ioday's victory was not gained win.
out the shedding of American bl,olanf
one officer and twelve of tbs trans
lie under the ground on the field of
oattle While about fifty others, includ
ing SIX officers. areSin the field hospi-
tai suffering from yol,nd s:s-s,,.,-
x1e 81 these, eight or 10.
I,r,,, j. - - peIieved q q q
, l.l 81 81 ~ asad sssApron, Of troop l..
First vof frhi=;s s-t.avalry;; Sergeant
Hamilton Fish, Jr., troop L. Privates
Tilden, Dawson, troop -; George
Daugherty. troop A; w. T. irwin. troop
F: all four of the same regiment. more
Familiarity known as the Rough Rld-
ers.'' and Privates Dix. York, Bjork,
Colbe. Berlin and Lemonc!l, all of troop
X. First regular cavalry, and Corporal
White, troop L. Tenth cavalry.
The following officers We're woun-
led
Major Brodie. shot through the right
forearm.
Captain McClintock, troop u. shot
through the right leg.
Lieutenant ]. r. Thomas. troop L.
| shot through the right leg.
| All the foregoing officers are Rough
| Riders. a.
|. Other officers wounded are:
Captain Knox. Major Bell. Lieutenant
Byron.
These officers are of the First cav
airy.
The following are among the soldiers
wounded:
Rough Riders-Troop p: Privates +.
NJ. Hill, Shelley f. Ishler. Newcomb.
Fred B. Neale and Corporal j. ID.
Rhodes.
Troop E-Corporal James F. Boan
, r. 3. Bailey, H. Alvers. L. J. Ather-
ton, Clifford Reed and Sergeant G. w
Arlington.
Troop G-Sergeant Thomas T. a
, Cavanaugh. Corporal L. L. Stewart
Privates George Rowland, Fl. J. Haef'
' ner, Michael Coyle. r. NJ. Reid and NJ
3 Russell.
e Troop L-Prvates ). r. Kean, JONI
P. Dernat, Thomas F. Meagher, Ed
II ward Calborst and Nathaniel Poe.
e Tenth cavalry, troop B-Private
it Russell, Gaines Miller Gross. BraSto
e and Wheeler.
!; Troop I-Privates Ridd and Mayber
IT ry.
is the New York Journal and Advertise
- was seriously wounded in the small {
a the back.
&c Practically two battles were fougl
at the same time. one by the Itoug
Riders under the immediate comman
~ of Colonel Wood on the top of the pla
rs, eau, and the other on the hillside, se'
v eral miles away. by the regulars, vii
sr whom was General Young.
The expedition started from Juragl
marked on some Cuban maps as a
tares--a small town on the coast nil
! miles east of Moro Castle. which w
lat the first place occupied by the troo
In after their landing at Raiquiri Ia
IN Wednesday,.
,ou Information was brought to [
to American army headquarters by c
led bans on Thursday that forces of spa
ga ish soldiers had assembled at the p;
mt where the battle occurred. to block ,
60 march to Santiago. General You
lax went there to dislodge them, the I
IN derstanding being that the Cubans |
. der General Castillo would co-oper
= with him, but the latter failed to
pear until the fight was nearly finish
.e Then they asked permission to CHI
80 the fleeing Spaniards, but, as the y
RI tory was already won. General You
.,,li | refused to allow them to take part
re the fight.
o-eA General Young's plans contempla
the movement OF half of his comma
along the trail at the base Of the ia
lera Of hills leading back from the co
ave So that he could attack the Spania
urs, on the flank side while the Ro
Try Riders went off to follow the trail le
ing over the hill to attack them
front. This plan was carried out c