The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-26
The Enemy Driven from Strong In
trenched' Position ON a Hill After
an Hour and a Half of Fighting.
LIST OF DEAD AND WOUNDED
BRIEF SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE
MEN WHO FELL IN BATTLE.
The Trough Riders" Praised by Gen.
MiIes-Hov the Troops Were Land
ed Through the Surf.

WASHINGTON. June 25.-Interest shifted
sharply to-day from the Navy Department
to the War Department. The newspaper re-
ports. brief and graphic, telling of the short,
bloody little engagement between the Span
iards defending Santiago and the Rough
Riders the romantic figures in the Amer
ican army, had aroused popular interest to
high pitch. Consequently, the War De-
partment scarcely opened for business be-
fore crowd of newspaper men and other
interested persons filed the hall and vicin-
ity of the bulletin boards seeking for some
official information that would supply data
| missing from the press accounts. It was
not until nearly noon that the first cable
gram came from General Shafter, and then,
to the disappointment of the department,
it was even more meager than the press re-
ports. During the course of the day several
other dispatches were received, but they all
left something TO be desired, for, being un-
anxiety as to what happened yesterday
evening and to-day with the two armies
separated by the short space of mile and
half. An explanation of this state Of af-
Shafter failed to take with him from Tam
pa the splendid field telegraph service that
had been prepared with much care by Gen
eral Greely for just such a campaign as is
NOV haip t. t.
has already seen his error and will avail
himself of the instruments just as soon as
they can be sent to him. General Skaters
| dispatches were dated Baiquiri, June "a, by
way of Playa del Este, June %, and ad-
dressed to the adjutant general. The first
dispatch filed by the general read
I'm pushing out to occupy a good posi-
tion near Sevilla to wait and entrench un-
til supplies and artillery could be landed.
the Fourteenth and Tenth Cavalry (Four-
teenth apparently is a mistake) and Woodss
regiment had a skirmlsh The enemy was
driven from its position, and General
Wheeler reports he now occupies its ground.
The wounded are Major Bell, Captain Knox,
Captain Wainwright, Lieutenant Byram,
First Cavalry and a number of men.
Lighters and steam tugs asked for this
morning should be sent at once"
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Another dispatch which reached the War
Department at noon read:
Further news from General Wheeler
IN, -
about ten killed and forty wounded. Capt.
Capron, First United States Volunteer Cav
airy, was killed. Among the wounded are:
Major Brodie, Captain McCnntock, Lieut..
Thomas (received here Thomas E., and sup
posed to be an abbreviation), First United
States Volunteer Cavalry; Major Bell, Capt.
Knox and Lieutenant Byram, First United
States Cavalry, Captain Knox seriously.
Captain Wainwright, formerly reported
wounded, is uninjured. The names of the
others killed and wounded are not yet
known. The Spaniards occupied very
strong and entrenched position on high
hill. The firing lasted about an hour and
the enemy was driven from this position,
which is now occupied by our troops, about
mile and half from Sevilla. The enemy
has retired towards Santiago de Cuba
General Skaters dispatch throws con-
siderable new light on the general situation
of the advance forces. 1t makes evident
that Major General Wheeler, commander
of the cavalry division. is with the advance
force, the rough riders and the cavalry
forces which participated yesterday being
part of General Wheeler's command 1t is
felt to be characteristic of the dash and
impetuosity of Wheeler that he should be
leading the advance, and it is taken as
answering some of the comments made
upon the age of some of the volunteer
leaders
GREAT BATTLE PROBABLE.
General Shafter reports that our troops
are now about a mile and a half from
Sevilla, which shows how rapidly the Amer
lean soldiers have pushed forward They
have already passed Juragua, leaving it
three miles in the rear. sevilla is the point
where the Spaniards claim they will make
desperate stand. and with our forces only
a mile and a half off it is apparent that a
decisive fight is near at hand. 1t is five
miles from Sevilla to Aquedores (the in
terror town. not the porD, and two miles
further to Santiago. This shows our troons
to be about seven and a half miles from
Santiago. according to General Skaters re-
port
The impression gained from one of Gem
eral Skaters dispatches is that he is now
about to delay his advance on Santiago