Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-06-30
AN ENGAGEMENT
Spaniards Had Twice
as Many Men as
Americans.
ENEMY WAS DRIVEN BACK
Twelve spaniards Known 10 Rave Been
KiiIed-Rooseyeirs Rough Riders
in the Thick Of tho Fight-Spaniards
Opened Fire From Thickets.

OY6neQ hiEe FROM AHACh0tbs
on Juragna. via Playa del Este,.
Guatsnamo Bay, June 81. This morn
Ing four troops Of the first cavalry, four
troops Of the Tenth cavalry, and eight
troops Of Roosevelt's rough riders.
less than ! 900 men In all, dismounted
and attacked 1000 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 X.
Capron, of troop l.; sergeant Hamilton
Fish. jr.; Privates Tilman and Daw-
son, Of troop l.; Private Dougherty. Of
troop A; PrEate w. T. Erwin, Of
troop F. Firs cavalry-Privates Dix,
York, Bejork, Kolbe, Berlin, Lennock.
Tenth cavalry-Corporal White.
At least 80 Americans were wounded,
including six officers. Several OF the
WOUNDED wall ole.
Twelve Spauiards, dead. 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
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 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-frst New York.
The Americans now hold position
at the threshold of Santiago de Cuba,
with more troops going forward con.
stantIy, and they are preparing for q
final assault upon the city.
The officers wounded we're:
Major Brodie. shot through the right
forearm.
Captain McClintock. troop B. sho,
through the right leg.
Lieutenant J. 7. 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 ID
serious. MStor Bell. Lieutenant George
L. Bryan. These officers are of the
First cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
who were wounded;
Rough riders-Troop NJ, Prlvates g.
NJ. Hill, Shelly, Fisher. NJ. S New,
comb, Fred Beale and Corporal Rhodes
Troop E, Corporal James +. Bean,
Privatee Frank Booth, W. Bert Chart
ley, Daley, Halvers, E. @. Atherton
Clifford Beed and Sergeant @. W. AR
ringo. Troop @. Sergeant Joseph r
Cavanaugh, Corporal L. L. Stewart
Privates George Rowland. Fl. F. Haei
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, Private;
Russell, Gaines, Miller, Cross, Brax
ton, Wheeler. Troop l, Privates Ridd
Mayberry.
Edward Marshal, correspondent o.
the New York Journal and Adver
tiser, was seriously wounded in the
small Of the back.
II is probable that at least 10 in the
list OF wounded will die.