The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-30

each other in rapid succession for sew
e:al minutes.
Et!i,d Two Before He Died.
Captain Capron stood behind his
men, revolver in hand. using IT when
ever Spaniard exposed hl.==eif. His
aim was sure and two OF the enemy
We're seen to fall under his fire. Just
as he was preparing to take another
shot end shouting orders to his men
at the same time, his revolver dropped
from his grasp and he fell to the
ground with a ball through his body.
His troop was badly disconnected for
moment, but with all the strength
he could muster he cried: Don't mind
me, boys, go on and fight"
He was carried from the field as soon
as possible and lived only a few hours.
Lieutenant Thomas or the same troop
received a wound through the leg soon
afterward and became delirious from
pain.
Roosevelt's Narrow Escape.
After ten or fifteen minutes of hot
work the firing fell off some, and Lieu
tenant Colonel Roosevelt ordered his
men back from the thicket into the
trail. narrowly escaping a bullet him
self, which struck tt ee at one side
of his head. 1t was evident that the
Spaniards were falling back and chang
ing their position, but the firing con-
tinued at Intervals. Then the troops
tore to the front and into more open
country than where the enemy's fire
was coming from.
1t was just before the change Of po-
sition was made that Edward Marshall,
the correspondent of the New York
Journal and Advertiser, was danger
ously wounded. He was back OF the
troops and a ball struck him in the
small of the back. The surgeons were
unable to tell whether or not he would
recover.
AS soon as the position had been
changed the American troops poured
more terrific fire than ever into the
Spaniards as they got them into more
open country and could see them bet
ter. 1t was not long before the enemy
gave way and ran down the steep hill
and up another hill to a blockhouse
with the evident purpose Of making a
final stand there.
Colonel Wood was at the front d.
rectlng the movement and it was here
that Major Brodie was shot. Colonel
Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Roose-
welt both led the troops in pursuit of
the fleeing Spaniards, ana hall of
bullets was poured into the block
house.
By the time the American advance
got within six hundred yards of the
blockhouse the Spaniards abandoned
1t and scattered among the brush up
another hill in the direction of Santa
go, and the battle was at an end.
During all this time just as hot q
fight had been in progress at General
Young's station. The battle began in
much the same manner as the other
one, and when the machine guns op-
ened fire the Spaniards sent volleys at
the gunners from the brush on the op-
posite hill side.
Charged Up the Hillside.
The troops of cavalry charged up the
hill and the other troops sent q storm
of bullets at every point from which
the Spanish shots came. The enemy
was gradually forced back. though fir
ing all the time, until they, as well as
those confronting the Rough Riders,
ran for the block house, only to be
dislodged by Colonel Woods men.
General Young stated afterward that
the battle was one of the sharpest he
had ever experienced. 1t was only the
quick and constant fire of the troopers
whether they could see the enemy or
not, that forced the Spaniards to re-
treat so soon.
1t is believed that the troops will be
free from attack and that the Span
iards will not attempt to repeat the
plan they adopted Friday of blocking
the onward march Of the Americans in
the direction of Santiago. 1t Is thought
that they will make their last stand
at the CITY itself, trusting that, with
the assistance of the shore batteries
and the guns on the warships in the
harbor they will be able to repel the
American troops. force them back to
the sea coast and either capture them
or drive them from the island.