Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
THE INITIAL FIGHT.
Will be Known in History as the
Battle of La Quasina.
LATE DETAILS OF The ENGAGEMENT.
A List of the Fallen Heroes and of Those
who Suffered Wounds-Graphic Do
scriptIon of the Surprise, the
Rattle and the Rout.

who Suffered Woands-Graphic De-
scriptIon of the Surprise, the
Battle and the Rout.
Copyright, 1893, by the Associated Pressl
JURAaUA, Cuba, June IS, 4 p. M, per
Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dandy,
via Kingston, Jamaica, June 27.-The
initial fight of Col. Woods rough riders
and the troopers of the first and tenth
regular cavalry will be known In his
tory as the battle of La Quasina. That
1t did o end in the
Complete Slaughter of the Americans
was not due to any m~iscalculation in
the plan of the Spaniards, for as per-
feet III embuscade as was ever formed
in the brain of an Apache Indian was
prepared, and Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt and
his men walked squarely into it. For
an hour and a half they held their
ground under a perfect storm of bull
let's from the front and sides, and then
Col. Wood at the right and Lieut.
Col. Roosevelt at the left, led a charge
which turned the tide of battle and
sent the enemy flying over the hills to-
ward Santiago.
Impossible to Calculate the Spanish Losses.
1t is now definitely known that 10
men on the American side were killed,
while go were wounded or are reported
to be missing. 1t is impossible to calcu-
late the Spanish losses, but it Ia known
that they were far heavier than those
of the Americans, at least as regards
actual oss of life. Already 81 dead
Spanish soldiers have been found and
hf1ria1 whila tnanu nt harS nn6nrhf-
eddy are 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 were all removed.
Acomplete list of the killed, wounded
and missing or the American side, re-
vised to four o'clock Saturday, Ia as
| follows:
The Heroes Who Died at La Quasina.
Capt. Allyn X. Capron, first United
| States volunteer cavalry.
Sergeant Hamilton Fish, Jr., Troop
| l., first United States volunteer cav
| airy.
Sergeant Doherty, Troop A, first
United States volunteer cavalry.
Sergeant Marcus ID. Russell, Troop
g, first United States volunteer cav
airy. Sergeant Russell lived in Troy,
N. Y, and was formerly a colonel on
Gov. Hills staff.
Private Leggett, Troop =. first
United States volunteer cavalry.
Private Harry Heffner, Troop G.
first United States volunteer cavalry.
Private Milden w. Danson, Troop L,
first United States cavalry.
Private w. 7. Irving, Troop F, first
United States volunteer cavalry.
Private Slennoc, Troop X, first regu-
lar cavalry.
Private b. Work, Troop B, first reg
ular cavalry.
Private Krupp, Troop b, first regu-
lar cavalry.
Private Stark, Troop A, first regular
cavalry.
Private -, Troop X, first regular
cavalry.
Private Kelbe, Troop X, first regular
cavalry.
Private Barlin, troop X, first regu-
lar cavalry.
OCorporal White, Troop E, tenth reg
ular cavalry.
Thespaniards were Thoroughly Posted.
That the Spaniards were thoroughly
posted as to the route to be taken by
the Americans in their movements to-
wards Sevilla was shown by the care
full Preparations they had made. The
main body of Spaniards were posted
on a hill, on the heavily wooded slopes
of which had been erected two block
houses, fianked by irregular intrench-
ments of stone and fallen trees. At
the bottom of these hills run two roads
along which Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt's
men and eight troops of the first and
tenth cavalry, with a battery of four
howitzers, advanced.
Il Large Force of ~spaniards in ambush
These roads are but little more than
gullies, rough and narrow, and al
places almost impossible. In these
trails the fight occurred. Nearly hall
a mile separated Roosevelt's men from
the regulars, and between them and
on both sides of the road in the thick
underbrush was concealed a force OF
Spaniards that must nave been large,
Judging from the terrific and constant
fire they poured in on the Americans.
Started on Up the Precipitste BLUM.
The fight was opened by the first
!, and tenth cavalry, under Gen. Young,
ii A force of Spaniards vas known to
be in the vicinity of La Qu%asina, and
early in the morning Lieut.-Col. Roose-
velt's men started off up the precip
itous bluff back of Siboney, to attack
, the Spaniards on their right flank, Gen
l Young at the same time taking tbs
= road at the foot of the hill.
;. Breathless Cubans Bring q Warning.
About two and a half miles out from
/, siboney some Cubans, breathless ani
excited, rushed into camp with the an
nouncement that the S~paniards were
but a little way in front, and were
strongly entrenched.
i Quickly the Hotchkiss guns out il
front were brought to the rear, while
strong scouting line was thrown out
Then cautiously and in silence tn,
troops moved forward until a bend il
I the road disclosed a hill where thu
= Epaniards were located. The gum
were again brought to the front ant
, placed in position, while the mer
crouched down in the road, waiting
impatiently to give Roosevelt's men
who were toiling over the little trail
! along the crest of the ridge, time *
get up.
Gave the amman to Open Fire.
At 7:30 a. m. Gen. Young ave tht
command to the men at h Hotchkiss
guns to open fire. The command wa,
, the signal for a fight. that for stub
bornness has seldom been equalled.
The instant the Hotchkiss guns were
fired the hillside commanding the road
gave forth volley after volley from the
Mausers Of the Spaniards.
"Dsn't Shoot Until You See Something %
Shoot At"
Yelled Gen. Young, and the men, with
set jaws and cleaning eyes, obeyed the
, order. Crawling along the road, and
|. protecting themselves as much Al pos
sible from the fearful fire of the
/, Spaniards, the troopers, some of them
stripped to the waist, watched the
1 base of the hill, and when any part Of
b Spaniard became visible they fired.
Never for an Instant Did They Fsitey.
One husky warrior of the tenth cav
airy, with a ragged hole in his thigh
cOolly knelt behind a rork LOADING anf