The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-25
SPANISH TROOPS FLEE
BEFORE THE CHARGE
OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Desperate Engagement Within Five Miles of Santiago
Two Thousand Spaniards Driven Into the City by Less
Than a Thousand Unmounted Cavalrymen.

Copyright 1895 by Associated Press
On board the associated press dis
patch boat Wanda, off Juragua. June
"a, via Playa del Este, Guantanamo
Bay, June "a, s p. m.-This morning
(Friday) four troops of the 1st cavalry,
four troops of the 10th cavalry and
eight troops of Roosevelt's rough riders,
less than 1000 men in all, dismounted.
attacked 1000 Spanish soldiers in the
thickets within five miles of Santiago
de Cuba. The Americans beat the enc
my back into the city, but left the fol-
lowing dead upon the field:
Rough riders: Captain Allyn X.
Capron. troop L.
Sergeant Hamilton Fish. jr.
Private Tilman of troop L.
Private Dawson of troop L.
Private Dougherty of troop A.
Private w. T. Erwin of troop F.
First cavalry: Private Dix.
Private York.
Private Bejork
Private Kolbe.
Private Berlin.
Private Lenmarck
Tenth cavalry: Corporal White.
At least so Americans were wounded
including six officers. Several of the
wounded will die.
Twelve dead Spaniards were found in
the bush after the fight, but their loss
was doubtless far in excess of that.
General Young commanded the expe-
dition, and was with the regulars. while
Colonel Wood directed the operations
of the rough riders several miles west.
Both parties struck the Spanish about
the same time. and the fight lasted an
hour. The Spaniards opened fire from
the thickets. and had every advantage
Of numbers and position, but the troops
drove them back from their station,
stormed the block house around which
they made a final stand. and sent them
scattering over the mountains.
The cavalrymen were afterwards re-
inforced by the 7th. 18th and 18th in
fantry. part of the 9th cavalry and the
End Massachusetts and the list New
York. The Americans now hold the po-
stion at the threshold of Santiago de
Cuba, with more troops going forward
constantly. and they are preparing for a
final assault upon the city.
The officers wounded were: Major
Brodie shot through the right forearm;
Captain McClintock, Troop b. shot
through the right leg; Lieutenant ]. f.
Thomas, Troop L, shot through the
right leg. His condition is serious. All
the foregoing officers are rough riders
Other officers who were wounded are:
Captain Knox, whose condition is seri-
Gus: Major Bell. Lieutenant Bryan.
These officers are of the 1st cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
who were wounded: Rough riders
Troop b, Privates Z. NJ. Hill, Shelley.
FISHER, NJ. S. Newcomb, Fred n. Beale
and Corporal Rhodes. Troop f. Cor
poral James F. Bean, Privates Frank
Booth. w. Bert Charley, Daley. Hal
vers, T.. ]. Atherton, Clifford Beed and
G. w. Arringo. Troop c, Ser
geant Joseph F. Cavanaugh, Corporal
l.. l.. Stewart, Privates George Row
land, II. ]. Haefner. Michael Coyle. r.
NJ Reid and NJ. Russell. Troop L, Pri-
Yates ]. r. Kean, John p. Dernap.
Thomas F. Meagher, Edward Calvers
and Nathaniel p Poe
Tenth cavalry-Troop B. Privates
Russell Gaines, Miller. Cross, Braxton
and Wheeler. Troop l. Privates Ridd
and Mayberry. Edward Marshall. cor
for the New York Journal
and Advertiser, was seriously wounded
in the small of the back. II is probable
that at least 10 in the list Of the wound
ed will die.