The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-20
STORIES FROM THE FRONT.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE BAT
TIE OF JULY 1.

Amazed and Delighted at the Work
of the AmericanS-Murdero Work
of the GuerriIIas-What Wounded
Men Say of the Fighting.
The New York Suns special correspond
ence from the. front. dated Siboney, July
,, gives this account of The final charge
OF The Rough Riders under the lead of
Theodore Roosevelt:
At $3.50 occurred the second thrilling cpl
sode of the day. Under the brow of the
main hin council of war had been held
a further advance being the subject of it.
The majority opinion seemed to be that
it would cause too great a loss Of life.
and was not to be thought Of Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt of the First Volunteer Cav
airy Trough Riders argued that the only
way TO take the top of the hill which
was marked by the two houses previously
mentioned, was TO rush it. 81 will lead the
way if you viii let me-" he said There
was no answer, and, judging that silence
gave consent. Roosevelt sprang to the
front and shouted to those Immediately
near to follow him. There is some conflict
of opinion as to who fell in behind in that
reckless charge up the hill. Col Roose-.
welt believes that his command alone an
swered his call, but others say that two
companies of the Seventy-tirst and a com
pany of the Twenty fourth (colored) also
ran for the summit. On the way Col.
| Roosevelt shot down a Spaniard in his
path. There is no disposition 10 detract
from the achievement of the Rough Rid
Sc
them in the charge. Capt Paget of the
British navy, who saw it through his
glasses from El Pozo hil, was amazed
and delighted, and his tribute to the in
trepidity of the American soldier scould
not have been warmer than is was. lie
voiced the opinion Of every English cor
| respondent on the field. Phil Robinson
We'd with Paget in his admiration. Before
the mad rush of Roosevelt ana his men the
Spaniards fell back to the next hill There
they hung. Roosevelt, delrious with the
excitement of battle, called for another
charge. Five men responded, and three
of them were at once shot down. He
ran back and said in his nervous way: 81
didn't think you would refuse to follow
where I led 'We1 follow you" was
/ the shout they swarmed along after him
and the hill was taken.
In what was afterward christened the
Bloody Angle, a piece OF CRASHES ground
/
made an ideal stalking ground for sharp
shooters. even cool-headed Lieut. John D.
Niley, Gen. Shafter's aide lay down under
a shetcring BUSH calling out to Col
Roosevelt: Colonel, better get down. or
they'll pot you" To which the acting
colonel of the Rough Riders, cigar in
mouth, replied:
I'm not going to lie down for any con-
| founded Spaniards," and walked about
! with his eyes dancing.
| In one place where the fire was very hot
rode little Gen. Joseph Wheeler, who had
| come Up TO the field a sick man in an
! ambulance and had climbed on his horse
| to see the fun. "Old Joe" as his men
call him, forgot In the excitement of the
| moment where he was.
Give it to The Yankees. boysr he shout
ed, and then with blush corrected him
self. Il mean Spaniards. you know" he
said, and his men roared
The correspondence of the New York
! Press under date of Siboaev, July 2 says:
/ The fighting OF the last three days has
/ been done, not by divisions and brigades
and regiments and battalions, but by COM
panies ard squads. There is no open
| ground, no clear space where man can
see what is ahead of him and around
! him 1t is all Undcrbrush and thiclSet and
wooded hill and thickly grown gully.
The Spaniards know every inch of
]
| and every hollow. They knew where our
men would advance from and where they
| would appear, and they sunk their rifle
| pits and raised their earthworks and plant
| ed their batteries in the most advantage
! Gus positions with their pieces sighted at
! The most favorable range. So the Amerl-
| can army marched and crawled and clam
! bered out 10 a fighting line that was a real
| line as marked out and laid down by the
| Spaniards-a line of pits and trenches,
/ breastworks and fortified places, block
| houses and earthworlIs When the got to
! this line they faced rapid-fire field guns
| Cuttings and Mauser rifles handled by
| men strongly fortified and intrenched
| They reached this line under a dripping
J shower of bullets fired by Spanish sharp
! shooters in the trees in front, behind at
| the right and at the left The sharpshoOt-
| ers were everywhere. They picked out
officers with their deadly air as far as pos
! sible They used cartridges with smoke
| less powder
line of men are crawling cautiously
along blind trail through a Jungle They
| hear firing ahead, and they hone. some
time, to reach an open piece of ground
where they can see something to shoot at
Ping" A snappy report come from
| some direction close by. Whether the
| marksman is north, south east or west
| they cannot tell. No curl of smoke betrays
| him. One of the line Of creeping men
rolls over and blocks the path.
i've got It, boys" he says with gasp.
The line moves on. No man knows how
soon the sharpshooter's bullet viii lodge
/ in his body. Push ahead, That is the
only thing 70 do. Perhaps somewhere up
! in the front a living target will show.
! Then is the time to avenge the wounded
| comrades left behind on the narrow trail.
One battalion Of the Seventy-frst New
| York was decimated IN this way before il
reached the firing line. Col Hamilton Of
| the Ninth Cavalry was shot and killed
| by a sharpshooter in tree. Friday night
| shots were fired within 100 yards OF Gen.
| Skaters tent and Maj Woods division
| hospital, on The south side OF the road,
! was a target for the marksmen In The
| trees for forty-eight hours. The sharp
| shooters made a specially Of the wounded,
| the ambulance attendants, hospital stew
| ards and the officers. Many captains and
| Heulcnants of volunteer regiments took off
| their shoulder bars, laid aside their swords
! and marched with their men, shoulderins