The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-29
CAVALRY DASHES INTO THE ENEMY.
i3 AMERICANS KILLED.
Superior Fcres OF spanisfds Routed BY Mounted sol
di,rs United States Troops scorn Ambush
Methods On the Threshold Of Santiago.

Dismounted American Cavalrymen
forced their way over the rough noun
tain trail Friday morning, encounter
ed the Spanish infantry In a dense
thicket on a high plateau almost over
looking the city of Santiago and rout-
ed them after a sharp battle lasting
one hour
American cavalry is now reported as
having moved into the lines of the enc
my. They scorned the methods of the
Spanards who were hidden i'm ambush
but rode openly to the attack. losing
more than a dozen men in the result
ing conflict. The American loss was 10
dead, at least 80 wounded, including
six officers. Several wounded will die.
Twelve Spaniards were found dead in
the bush. The loss, doubtless, is
greater The Spaniards had every ad-
vantage in numbers and positions.
Four troops of the First Cavalry,
four troops of the Tenth cavalry and
eight troops of Roosevelts Rough
Riders, less than 1000 men in all, dis
mounted and attacked 1000 Spanish
soldiers in the thickets within five
miles Of Santiago. The Americans
beat the enemy back into the city, but
they left the following dead upon the
field:
Rough Riders--Captain Allyn X.
Capron, of Troop L; Sergeant Ham
ilton Fish. Jr.; Privates Tilman and
Dawson, both of Troop l.; Private
Dougherty, of Troop a, and Private
w. T. Erwin, of Troop f. First cav
alry-Privates Dix. York, Bejork, Kol-
be, Berlin and Lenmock. Tenth Cav
alry-Corporal White.
General Young commanded the ex-
neditlon and was with the regulars,
while Colonel Wood directed the oper-
ations OF the rough riders, several
miles west. Both parties struck the
Spaniards about the same time, and
the fight lasted an hour
The Spanards opened fire from the
thick brush. but the troops drove
them back from the start, stormed the
blockhouse around which they made
the final stand, and sent them scatter
ing over the mountains.
The cavalrymen We're afterward re-
inforced by the Seventh, Twelfth and
Seventeenth infantry, part of the
Ninth Cavalry. the Second Mas
sachusetts and the seventy-ii New
York.
Practically two battles were fought
at the same time. one by the rough
riders, under the immediate command
of Colonel Wood, on the top of the
plateau, and the other on the hillsdes
several miles away. by the regulars,
with whom was General Young.
The Americans now hold the position
at the threshold Of Santiago. with
more troops going forward constantly,
and they are preparing final assault
upon the city.
Edward Marshall, correspondent of
the New York journal" was serious
ly wounded in the small of the back.
There must have been nearly 1.50O
Spaniards in front and to the sides of
us, said Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
SUNDAY ha Hul,
They held the ridges with rifle pits and
machine guns, and had body of men
In ambush in the thick jungle on the
sides of the road over which we were
advancing. our advance guard struck
the men in ambush and drove them
out. But they lost Captain Capron.
Lieutenant Thomas and about IL men
killed or wounded.
-e!ls spSnish firing was accurate, so
acctrite. indeed, that 1t surprised me.
and their firing was fearfully heavy.
II want to say a word for our own
men," continued Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt. Every officer and man did
his duty up to the handle. Not a man
finched." ..'' u
Already 3S Spaniards have been
found and buried and many others un-
doubtedly are lying in the thick under
brush and in the gulley where the main
body of the enemy was located.
WIN the tNttIllbH VI ,uBldli
Capron all the rough riders killed were
buried Saturday morning on the field
of action. Their bodies were laid in one
long trench. each wrapped in blan-
ket. Palm leaves lined the trench, and
were heaped in profusion over the dead
heroes. Chaplain Brown read the beau
tiful Episcopal burial service for the
dead, and, as he knelt In prayer every
trooper, with barred head. knelt around
the trench. When the Chaplain an
nounced the hymn, Nearer My God to
thee" the deep bass voices of the men
gave a most impressive rendering Of
the music.
Hamilton Fish, Jr., one of the killed.
was one of the young New Workers
of good position and family who went
to the front with Roosevelt's rough
riders. He was of distinguished ances-
try his family being one of the oldest
In this State. His father. Nicholas
Fish, is the son of the late Hamilton
Fish who was secretary of State in
Grants cabinet He is a banker and
lives in New York City. Hamilton
Fish was over six feet tall. of hercul-
can build and rowed as No. of the
Columbia College in its winning race
of 1894 over the Poughkeepsie course.