The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-01
BATTLE NEAR SANTIAGO
.Cayalrymen Fought the
Spaniards.
ENEMY WAS DRIVEN BACK
ENEMY WAS DRIVEN BACK
Twelve Spaniards Known to Have Been
Killed-Roosevelrs Rough Riders
- in the Thick of the Fixht-Spaniards
Opened Fire From Thfckets.

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Ki1led-Roosevelrs Rough Riders
- in the Thick of the Fixht-Spaniardt
| Opened Fire From Thickets.
Off Juragua. via Playa del Este
Guatanamo Bay, June 27.-This morn.
ing four troops Of the first cavalry, foul
troops of the Tenth cavalry, and eight
troops of Roosevelt's rough riders,
less than 1000 men in all, dismounted
and attacked 1900 Spanish soldiers in
the thickets within five miles of San.
tiago de Cuba.
The Americans beat the enemy back
into the city, but left the following
dead upon the field:
Rough riders-Captain Allyn K.
Capron, of troop L; sergeant Hamilton
Fish. jr.; Privates Tilman and Daw-
son, of troop L; Private Dougherty, OF
troop A; Private w. T. Erwin, OF
troop F. First cavalry-Privates Dix,
Ysrk, Bejork,' Kolbe, Berlin, Lennock
Tenth cavalry-Corporal White.
At least so Americans were wounded,
including six officers. Several of the
wounded will die.
Twelve Spaniards, dead, were found
in the bush after the fight, but their
| loss was doubtless far in excess of that.
General Young commanded the ex-
| pedition and was with the regulars,
while Colonel Wood directed the opera
tions of the rough riders, several miles
west.
Both parties struck the Spaniards
about the same time, and the fight
lasted an hour.
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 blockhouses around which
they made a 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 hold 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.
The officers wound ID were:
Major Brodie, shot through the right
forearm.
Captain McClinto:k, troop B. shot
through the right leg
Lieutenant J. T. Thomas, troops L,
shot through the right leg. His condi-
tion is serious.
All the foregoing officers are rough
riders.
Other officers who were wounded are:
Captain Knox, whose condition is
serious. Major Bell, Lieutenant George
l.. Bryan. These officers are of the
First cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
who were wounded:
Rough riders-Troop M, Privates e.
M. Hill, Shelly, Fisher, M. S. New.
comb, Fred Beale and Cor poral Rhodes.
Troop E, Corporal James F. Bean,
Privates Frank Booth, w. Bert Chart
ley, Daley, Halvers, E. q. Atherton,
Clifford Beed and Sergeant g. W. Ar
ringo. Troop G, Sergeant Joseph F.
Cavanaugh, Corporal L. L. Stewart,
Privates George Rowland. II. F. Haef-
ner, Michael Coyle, R. NJ. Reed. NJ.
Russell. Troop L, Privates J. R. Heen,
Thomas F. Meagher, Edward Calvers,
Nathan P. Poe.
Tenth cavalry-Troop B, Privates
Russell, Gaines, Miller, Cross. Brax-
ton, Wheeler. Troop I, Privates Ridd,
Mayberry.
Edward Marshal, correspondent of
the New York Journal and Adver-
tiser, was seriously wounded in the
small of the back.
1t is probable that at least 10 in the
LIST of wOun1lad will die