Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-27

| tenant Colonel Roosevelt led the fornel
| detachment and tore through the brush
urging his men on.
| Captain Capron stood behind his men
revolver in hand. using 1t whenever g
| Spaniard exposed himself. His aim wal
sure and two Of the enemy were seen Il
| fall under his fire. Just as he was pre-
pairing to take another shot and shout
ing orders to his men at the same time
his revolver dropped from his grasp ant
| he fell to the ground with a ball through
his body. His troop was badly discon'
:erted for moment, but with all the
| strength he could muster he cneo
Don't mind me. boys: go on anc
light" He was carried from the helc
as soon as possible. but lived only fe"
hours. Lieutenant Thomas of the same
troop received a wound through the LEG
soon afterward and became delirious
with pain.
Rooseveics Narrow Escape.
The troops that were in the thicks'
were not long in getting into the midst
OF the fight. The Spaniards located
then. and pressed them hard, but they
sent deadly fire in return. even though
most OF the time they could not see the
enemy. After ten or fifteen minutes OF
hot work the firing fell off some and
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt ordered
his men back from the thicket into the
trail. narrowly escaping bullet himself
which struck tree alone-ide his head.
1t was evident that We Spaniards
were falling back and changing their
position, but their fire continued at in
tervals. Then the troops tore to the
front and into more open country than
where the enemy's fire was coming
from. About this time small squads
commenced to carry the wounded from
the thicket and lay them In a more pro-
tected spot on the trail until they could
be removed to the field hospital.
1t was just before the change Of po-
sition was made that Edward Marshall,
the correspondent of the New York
Journal, was dangerously wounded He
was back Of the troops. and ball
struck him in the small Of the back.
The surgeons were unable to tell this
afternoon whether or not he would re-
cover.
During the fight in the thicket sew
eral Of the troops did some wild shoot
ing into the troops ahead Of them, and
the part Of the American loss Is due to
this fact. AS soon as the position had
been changed the Americans poured q
more terrific fire than ever into the
Spaniards as they got them into more
open country and could see them bet
ter. 1t was not long before the enemy
gave way and ran down the steep hill
and up another hill to a blockhouse,
with the evident determination OF max
ing a final stand there.
End Of the Fight.
Colonel Wood was at the front d.
recting the movement, and it was here
that Major Brodie was shot. Colonel
Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Roose-
Welt both led the troops In pursuit Of
the fleeing Spaniards, and a hall of bull
let's was poured into the blockhouse.
By the time the American advance got
within 600 yards Of the blockhouse the
Spaniards abandoned 1t and scattered
among the brush up another hill in the
direction Of Santiago, and the battle
was al an end.
During all this time Just AZ hot
fight had been in progress at General
Young's station. The battle begun In
much the same manner as the other
one, and when the machine guns opened
fire the Spaniards sent volleys at the
gunners from the brush on the opposite
hillside. Two troops OF cavalry charged
up the hill and the other troops sent a
storm Of bullets at every point from
which the Spanish shots came. The
enemy was gradually forced back,
though firing all the time. until they,
as we'll as those confronting the Rough
Riders, ran for the blockhouse, only to
be dislodged by Colonel Woods men
General Young stated afterward that
the battle was one of the sharpest he
had ever experienced. 1t was only the
quick and constant fire OF the troopers,
not, that forced the Spanish to retreat
70 soon. General Young spoke in the
highest terms Of the conduct Of the
men In his command. And both ColoAsl
Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
were extremely gratified with the work
done by the Rough Riders on the first
occasion Of their being under fire.
Tending tho Wounded.
When 1t became evident that the
Spaniards were giving up the fight
searching parties went through the
thicket and tall grass picking up the
dead and wounded. The latter were
carried to field hospital. half a mile
to the rear, and all possible attention
was given them, while preparation was
also made to remove them to Juragua.
Twelve dead Spaniards were found
in the brush, but the Americans made no
special efforts to ascertain the enemy's
loss. 1t Is believed, however, that the
bodies found represented only a small
Of the dead, and a conserva-
tive estimate is that at least 50 Span
iards fell In the fight.
The sun was blazing down on the
field all the time the fight was In prog
ress, and many troopers were overcome
by the heat and lack of water. A spring
was found near by later on and the
soldiers canteens were filled from 1t.
Re-enforcements were ordered for
ward from Juragua, but the march was
a long one and they did not arrive
until the fight was over. 1t was neces-
sary to send large supply Of provi-
sions to the soldiers from the base of
supplies at Juragua. and the only means
Of doing this was by pack trains. which
are necessarily slow. It is believed that
the troops will be free from attack
where they ara and that the Spaniards
will not attempt to repeat the play they
adopted today Of blocking the onward
march Of the Americans in the direction
of Santiago. 1t is thought they will
make their last stand at the city It,
self, trusting that, with the assistance
Of the shore batteries and the guns on
the warships in the harbor. they will be
able to repel the American troops force
them back to the seacoast and either
capture them or drive them from the
Island.
The tidings Of the first land fight in
which American soldiers took part in
Cuba were quick to reach the camp at
1uragua and to travel thence to BAL.