The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-27
TROOPS WE'RE IN A TRAP
SpaniardS AmbuShed the
Rough Riders.
MEN AS BRAVE AS LIONS.
Not One FaItsred Under the Muir
derOuS Fire.

Sixteen Killed, Nine Missing and 30
wounded ON the American Side.
The Spanish Loss known to BE
Heavier and 81 of Their Soldiers
Already Found Dead-The Span
fards Hidden Behind Entrench-
ments of stone and Fallen Trees
in Dense Underbrush on the side
of "a HiII-HOtchIxiss Gun Used by
the Rough Riders.
Copyright 1898, by the Associated Press.
Juragua, Cuba, June %, p. M, per As
ociated Press Dispatch Boat Dandy via
Kingston, Jamaica, June 26, 10 a. m.-The
initial fight of Col. Woods Rough Rid
ers and the troopers of the First and
Tenth regular cavalry will be known in
history as the battle of La Quasina.
That it did not end in the complete
slaughter of the Americans was not due
to any miscalculation in the plan Of the
spaniards, for as perfect an ambuscade as
was ever formed In the brain of an Apache
Indian was prepared and Lieut. Col.
Roosevelt and his men walked squarely
into #.
For an hour and a half they held their
ground under a perfect storm of bullets
from the front and sides, and then Col
Wood at the right and Lieut.. Col Roose-
velt at the left led a charge which turned
the tide of battle and sent the enemy fly
ing over the hills toward Santiago.
1t is now definitely known that sixteen
men on the American side were killed,
while sixty were wounded or are reported
to be missing.
II is impossible to calculate the Spanish
losses but it is known that they were far
heavier than those of the Americans, at
least, as regards actual loss OF life.
Already thirty-seven dead Spanish SOL
diers have been found and buried, while
many others are undoubtedly lying in the
thick underbrush on The side of the gully,
and on the slope of the hill, where the
main body of the enemy was located.
The wounded We're all removed.
"a complete list of the killed, wounded
and missing on the American side, revised
to o'clock Saturday. is as follows:
KILLED
CAPT. ALLYN X CAPRON, First
United States Volunteer Cavalry.
sERGT, HAMILTON FISH, Jr., Troop
l., First United States Volunteer Cavalry.
sERGT. DoHERTY, Troop A, First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
sERGT. MARCUS D. RUSSELL,
Troop G. First United States Volunteer
Cavalry. sergt. Russell lived in Troy, ".
" and was formerly a colonel on Gov.
Hills staff
PRIVATE LEGGETT, Troop A, First
United States Volunteer Cavalry.
PRIVATE HARRY HEFFNER, Troop
G., First United States Volunteer Cavalry.
PRIVATE M1LDEN w. DANSON,
Troop L, First United States Cavalry.
PRIVATE w. 7. IRWIN, Troop f,
First United States Volunteer Cavalry.
PRIVATE sLENNOC, Troop B, First
Regular Cavalry.
PRIVATE B. WORK, Troop B, First
Regular Cavalry.
PRIVATE STARK. Troop A, First
Regular Cavalry
PRIVATE STARK, Troop A., First
Regular Cavalry.
PRIVATE -, Troop K, First Regu-
lar Cavalry.
PRIVATE KELBE. Troop K, First
Regular Cavalry.
PRIVATE BARIIN. Troop K, First
Regular Cavalry.
CORP. WHITE, Troop E, Tenth Regu-
lar Cavalry.
Wounded:
MAI JAMES BELL First Cavalry,
Shot in the leg.
CAPT. THOMAS T. KNOX First Cav
airy, shot in the stomach, serious.
LIEUT.. BRYAN, First Cavalry.
PRIVATE FRANK BOOTH, Troop f,
First Volunteer Cavalry.
PRIVATE GEORGE BRIXTON, Troop
B, Tenth Cavalry.
PRIVATE S. F. IsHLER, Troop c,
First Volunteer Cavalry.
PRIVATE JOSEPH DOLE, Troop E,
FIRST Volunteer Cavalry.
PRIVATE JOHN r. KEENE, Troop
L. First Volunteer Cavalry.
PRIVATE NJ. L. NEWCOMBE, Troop
-. First Volunteer Cavalry.
7PRIVATE MARTIN PRELL, Troop C,
Frst Cavalry.
PRIVATE SAM REDD, Troop G. First
PRIVATE ARTHUR WHEELER. Troop
% Tenth Cavalry
PRIVATE THEODORE GRYcE Troor
-. Tenth Cavalry.
PRIVATE KELLY NrAyprpr,x-
Troop I, Tenth Cavalry.
~ fRlN NATE JAMES RUSSELL. Troon y
Tenth Cavalry. -'oop D.
EDW ARD MARSHALL, corresnondan.
ol me New York Journal and Advertisar
serious. A"Nei user,
PRIVATE, oC,rr-r ,,r,r,
Frst Volunteer Cavalry
81, PRIVATE NATHANIEL, NJ por,
1Ioop L. First Volunteer Cavalry.