The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-25
A Thousand Gallant Troopers Drive 1000 Spanish
Soldiers Into Santiago
WOODS ROUGH RIDERS In THE VAN,
CAPTAIN CAPRON AMONG THE SLAIN
Hamilton Fish, r. Was KiledAmerican Forces Within
Five Miles of Santiago.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
On Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Wanda, of Juragua, june
"a (via Playa del Este, Guantanamo
Bay, June a, p. m.).-This morning
(Friday) four troops of the First cav
airy, four troops of the Tenth cavalry
and eight troops of Roosevelt's rough
riders, less than LOCO men in all, dis
mounted, attacked 1000 Spanish sol
diers in the thickets within five miles
of Santiago de Cuba.
The Americans beat the enemy back
into the city. but left the following
dead upon the field:
Rough riders-Captain Allyn K. Cap
ron, troop L; Sergeant Hamilton Fish
jr., Privates Tilman and Dawson OF
troop L, Private Dougherty of troop
A, Private w. T. Erwin of troop F.
First cavalry-Private Dix, York, Be
jork. Kobe, Berlin and Lenmock
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 ex-
petition, and was with the regulars,
while Colonel Wood directed the opera
lions of the rough riders several miles
west Both parties struck the Span
iards about the same time, and the
fight lasted an hour.
ENEMY DEFEATED.
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 final stand and sent them
scattering over the mountains.
The caValrymen were afterwards re-
inforced by the Seventh Twelfth and
Seventeenth infantry, part of the Ninth
cavalry and the Second Massachusetts
and the Seventy-first New York.
The Americans now mold the position
at the Threshold of Santiago de Cuba,
with more troops going forward con
stantly. and they are preparing for a
final assault upon the city.
WOUNDED OFFICERS.
The officers wounded were:
Major Brodie, shot through the right
forearm.
Captain McClintock, troop B, shot
through the right leg.
Lieutenant j. r. Thomas, troop L,
shot through the right leg. His condi-
ton 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 First cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
who were wounded:
Rough Riders, Troop B-Privates Z.
NJ Hill, Shelley, FISHER, NJ. S. New
comb. Fred n. Beaie and Corporal
Rhodes.
Troop E-Corporal James F. Bea2,
PriVates Frank Booth, w. Bert Chart
ley, Daley, Halvers, z. J. Anterior,
Clifford Beed and Sergeant G. w. Ar
ringo.
Troop C-Sergeant Joseph F. Cava-
naugh. Corporal /. L. Stewart. PriVateS
George Rowland, H. ]. Haefner, Mich
ael Coyle, r. NJ. Reid and NJ. Russell.
Troop L-Privates J. r. Kean. John
P Dernap, Thomas f. Meagher, Ed
ward Calvers and Nathanial P. Poe.
Tenth Cavalry, Troop B-Privates
Russell Gaines, Miller, Cross, BraXton
ard Wheeler.
Troop I-Privates Ridd and May
berry.
Edward Marshall, correspondent for
the New York Journal and Advertiser,
was seriously wounded in the small of
the back.
1t is probable that at least ten in the
list of the wounded will die.
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
Hamilton Fish, jr., one of the killed,
was young New Yorker of good po-
sition and family. who went to the
front with Woods rough riders. He
was Of distinguished ancestry, his fam
lily being one Of the oldest in this state.
His father, Nicholas Fish, is the son /
OF the late Hamilton Fish, who was
secretary Of state in Grants cabinet.
He is a banker and lives in this city. !
Hamilton Fish was over six feet tan, !
of herculean build and rOwed as No. Z /
of the Columbia college crew in its |
winning race OF 1894, over the Pough- /
keepsie course.
Washington, June 24.-Captain A. w. |
Capron of Woods rough riders, who |
was among the killed. is a son of Allyn /
Capron Of the First artillery, and |
was we'll known in Washington. He /
was a second lieutenant of the Seventh |
cavalry and was recently promoted to
be a captain in the volunteer service /
and was given command Of troop l. of
the rough riders. He was a young and
dashing officer and was regarded by
his superiors as one of the most prom
Using cavalry officers in the service.
Denver, June 24.-First Lieutenant
George I. Byram of the First cavalry,
who was wounded at the battle of San
tiago, is ABOUT A years of age and
until about a year ago was military
adviser on the staff OF the governor
Of Colorado. His wife and little son
are now residing in this city.
Albuquerque, N. NJ, June 24.-Private
Frank Booth, one OF the men wounded
1t the battle of Santiago, is a son of
w A. Booth, wholesale liquor dealer.
When ne enlisted he was assistant
for a. ]. Post & Co. High
AlDers. another Of the wounded, is a
son of q well-known dairyman Of this
,ity. W T. Erwin, reported killed, is
believed here to be l. r. Erwin, who
enlisted here in troop f. Sergeant G.
". Armingo. wounded, is thought to
De Armijo, son of an influential Mex
can Of this city.
San Antonio, Tex, June 24.-Major
\. A. Brodie, who was injured in to-