New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-27
Two Great Soaps
CASHMERE BOUQUET
and WORKS


tho front were brought to the rear "h'e
strong scouting line was thrown out linen
cautiously and in silence the troops moved Io'-
ward until a bend in the road discloseu mn
where the Spaniards were located.
Tho guns were again brought 10 the 'front.' ana
nlaced In position. while the men croucheo u'""
~ tho road waiting impatienty to give koose
VOLTS men. who were toiling over the little Tram
a,one the crest Of the ridge. time TO get up
A, 40 a. m General Young gave the co'"-
rnand 10 the men at the Hotchkiss guns - ''
fire That command the signal FOR nsn'
that for stubbornness has seldom been e'u""eO
The instant the Hotchkisa guns were hreo' 'o'''
,,a hillside commanding the road came Voiiey
o,,or ,o,e,. from the Mauserr Of the spaniards.
.Don', shoot until you something TO shoo'
o,r. yelled General Young. And the men, with
set laws and cleaning eyes, obeyed the ordef'
Crawling along the edge Of the road and pro-
..o,ir, themselves as much as possible from the
,.arfu, fire Of the spanards. the troopers, some
q, them stripped to the waist, watched the pase
q, the hill and when any part OF span'aru
became visible they fired. Never for an instant
did they falter.
uo,-vDrD BIT KEPT ON FIGHTING
one dusky warrior Of the 10Th Cavalry Win
ragged wound in his thigh. cooy knelt behind a
rock loading and firing and when told by one
~ his comrades that he was wounded said:
ooh that's all right That's been there for
some time"
In the mean time. away off to the ler' cou'u
he heard the crack Of the rifles Of Wood ana
aoosevelts men, and TIE regular, deeper-toned
volIey- firing of the Spaniards
Over there the American losses were the
greatest Colonel Woods men. with an advance
suard well in front and two Cuban guides De
fore them. but apparently with no markers went
souarelv into the trap set for them ny the
Standards and only the unfaltering courage OF
the men in the face of a fire that would make
even veteran quail prevented what m's"'
easily have been disaster.
AS IT was Troop l.. the advance guard uhuer
the unfortunate Captain Capron, was almost
surrounded and but for the reinforcement hur-
rielly
have been killed or wounded
..rhare must have been nearly fifteen hundred
Standards in front and to the sides or u.s. sa'u
Northumberland Roosevelt to-day Ihey
hold the ridges with rifle pits and machine guns.
and hid a body of men in ambush in the thick
Jungle at the sides Of the road over which we
were advancing. Our advance guard struck the
men in ambush and drove them out But they
lost CAPTAIN Capron and about fifteen men killed
or wounded.
The Spanish firing was accurate. so accurate
indeed. that It surprised me- and their firing
was fearfuly heavy.
Il want to say word for our own men," con-
,,nued Northumberland Roosevelt. Every
officer and man did his duty up to the handle
Not man iinched."
STORY OF ONE OF THE FIGHTERS.
From another officer who took a prominent
part in the fighting more details were OBJ
tanned.
when the firing began" said he Colonel
Roosevelt took the right wing with Troops u
and X under Captains Llewelyn and Jenkins
and moved to the support Of Captain Capron'
who was getting It hard At the same time
Colonel Wood and Major Brode took the left
wing and advanced In open order on the Spanish
right wing.
"Na,or Brodie was wounded before the troops
had advanced one hundred yards. Colonel Wood
then took the right wing and shifted Colonel
Roosevelt to the left.
"In the mean time 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 forward. Colonel
Roosevelt in front Of his men. snatched rife
and ammunition belt from wounded soldier
and. cheering and yelling with his men led the
advance For a moment the bullets were sing
ing like a swarm OF bees all around them, and
every instant some pooA eelow went down.
ION the right VIM Captain McClntock had
his leg broken by bullet from a machine gun.
while four of his went down. At the same
time Captain Luna of Troop F, lost nine OF his
mon Then the reserves Troops K and f, were
ordered up.
There was no more hesitation Coionei WOOD
with the right wing charged straight at block
house eight hundred yards away. and Colonel
Roosevelt. on the left charged at the same time.
I'm the men went. yelling like fends and never
stopping TO return the fire OF the Spaniards' but
keeping on with grim determination TO capture
that blockhouse.
THAT charge was the end. When within five
hundred 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-
periencing all through the engagement of shoot
ing with the enemy in sight.