The Lamar register., 1898-08-10


clearing mile away. and Troops X.
aud A AFTER piunging through the
bushes. hlaxed away a, them with good
will.
There was at first some danger that
the Tenth cavalry. which came up
quickly as soon as the hring began.
would mistake the deplaying Rough
Riders on the right for spaniards. and
ono OF the officers OF the Tenth after
wards said tina; he was greatly relieved
when the guIdon ot k appeared on
slight elevation In the valley aheza u
is doubtful whether Troops G. X and
A. which were in thar order on the
right OF Company L. could have driven
the spanish on the hln without sup
port. The Tenth. on getting the word,
swarmed up the hill. nrins with great
deliberation volley after Voiiey. Their
alignment and GOODNESS we're remark
able. Whenever man was hit the
cry OF "Hosphal' went up calmly. and
the troopers pressed on as II ens7Sed
in practice manoeuyerE Although
many OF them had never been under
FIRE, there was not The least iaiierlng or
confusion.
ON The left Of the Rough Riders.
Troops d ard p did the heayiss; work.
E and b being further back and IN the
rear OF I. Capt capron was shot
early In The Eight, aud the firing bod
not gone on long before Hamilton FISH
fell mortaiiy wounded lie bad tesn IN
the frout rank pressing on and 6ring
as fas, as he could load. Every one
who witnessed his behavior under
CALLING fre speaks OF Il with enthR-
slasm Fish died the death OF brave
soldier,
u can Be said OF the Rough Riders
that almost 10 a man they faced with
the coolness ot veterans The ordeal og
are. which was The more iryiag be-
cause the Zoe. attacking from eorsr
could not be seen FIVE times dprins
the engagement the order was giyea 20
step nTing aad it was obeyed ins;lHt'y,
There could be no better evidence ihat
the men kept ihsir heads. and army
officers speak ct the circumstance A. an
unusrai Que Oae man. however. seems
10 have lost his head He rode hack to
sibouey when the hshtins was iercesi
With a story tha, the Rough Riders
were being cut 10 pieces and vers
falling back. Nothing eauid have been
further from the truth Ten men killed
and perhaps three times that number
wounded was not heavy loss ia a
command o; 800 men. and far frcm be.
Ing driven back. She Rough Riders no
izhea their part in the battle with a
charge up the bill on the Ieft Sith
rush that allied the spaniaras ~ith
panic
Troops d. r and E were concerned ir
this fnai movement, ard Lieu,.-col
Roosevelt led them In person. Nal
Brodis havirg been wounded and taken
TO the rear. On the top OF the slope
was block house from which the
Spaniards were hring With apparently
little risk 10 themselves The boys
yelled like comanches as they pressed
up The hill on the run. aud Cot Roose-
welt. forgetting in bis arior that he
was Ia command. snstched up a KFRz-
1orseusen and pumped shot amer sho,
into the biocl: house.
Iae Spanish are was steady enough.
bu; in iis sweep the charge Of the three
troops was cyelOngc and the Spanisrds
burs, FROM the block house and took
TO iheir heels in the brush Seventeen
bodies were counted in and around the
house Meanwhile the ether troops,
the Tenth cavalry and the FIFst. the
last OF which was not heavily engaged.
finished the rout OF the spaniarts on
the right and In front The battle
seems 10 have been deliberately plan
ed. for they took their wounded away
in wagons. and there was long line
of them The Spanish loss in Killed
was then known TO be al least ifty.
Some fruit piekers Who came out from
the following day reported
that the spsnlaFds returned With the
story that they had been lighting the
whole American army, and they COM
planned that the more they hred on
Americans the faster they came on.
The Spaniards were plainly heart
broken and dlsmayed by the resni, OF
the battle. SO sure were they OF vic
tory that they brought some OF their
women with them 10 witness the de-
feat OF the Americans The fact is.
the unfalterlng advance OF our men
after volleys had been poured into
them from the front and tanks was IN
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