Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-07-02
BLOODY BATTLE At SANTIAGO
MANY DEAD AND WOUNDED
ROOseveIt's Rough Riders and Raa
ular Cavalry Charge Into the
Brush-Put Spaniards to Flight
Ten Wounded Will Die-Societv
Men Killed.

On Board the Associated Press Boat
Wanda, off Jungua, June "a, via PLAYA
del Este, Cuba, June 25.-This MORNING
friday four troops of the First cavalry
four troops of the Tenth cavalry and
eight troops of Roosevelt's Rough Riders
less than 1000 men in all, dismounted
and attacked 200O Spanish soldiers in the
thickets within five miles of Santiago do
Cuba. The Americans beat the enemy
back into the city but left Is dead upon
the field. OF the 80 wounded 10 will die
The dead are: Rough Riders-Captain
Allyn X. Capron, Troop L; Sergeant
Hamilton Fish, Jr.; Private Tilman
Troop /; Private Dawson, Troop L; Phi
vate Dougherty, Troop A; Private W. +.
Erwin, Troop f. First cavalry-Private
Dix, Private York, Private Reiork, Pri.
vate Kobe, Private Berlin, Private Len.
mock. Tenth cavalry-Corporal White.
At least so Americans were wounded
including six officers. The officers wound.
ed were: Maj Brodie, shot through the
right forearm; Captain McClintock, Troop
b, shot through the right leg; Lieutenant
j. r. Thomas, Troop L, shot through the
right leg. His condition is serious. All
the foregoing officers are Rough Riders.
| Other officers who were wounded are:
Captain Knox, whose condition is seri-
Gus; Major Bell Lieutenant George L.
| Byram. These officers are of the First
cavalry.
The following are among tine soldiers
who were wounded: Rough Riders:
Troop B-Privates NJ. Hill, Shelly,
FISHER, NJ. S. Newcomb, Fred
n. Beale, Corporal Rhodes; Troop
E Corporal Bean, Privates Frank
Booth, W. Bert, Charley, Daley, Hal
vers, +. G.. Atherton, Clifford Beed, Ser
geant G. w. Arringo; Troop C-Sergeaut
Joseph f. Cavanaugh, Corporal L. L.
Stewart, Privates George Rowland, H. j.
Haefner, Michael Coyle, r. NJ. Reid, NJ.
Russell; Troop L-Privates j. r. Kean,
John p. Dernap, Thomas f. Meagher, Ed
ward Calvers, Nathaniel p. Poe. Tenth
cavalry: Troop B Privates Russell,
Gaines, Miller, Cross, Braton, Wheeler;
Troop I-Privates Rid, Mayberry.
Edward Marshall, correspondent for
the New York Journal and Advertiser,
was seriously wounded in the small of the
back.
1t is probable that at least 10 in the list
! Of the wounded in dte
| Twelve dead Spaniards were found in
the brush after the fight, but their loss
was doubtless far in excess of thac
An Hour of Fierce Fighting.
General Young commanded the expedi'
ton, and was with the regulars, while
Colonel Wood directed the operations 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 thick
cts and had every advantage of numbers
and position, but the troops drove them
back from their station, stormed the
blockhouse around which they made
final stand and sent them scattering over
the mountains. The cavalrymen were
afterwards reinforced by the Seventh
Twelfth and Seventeenth infantry, part oil
the Ninth cavalry and the Second Massa'
chusetts and the Seventy-first New York
The Americans now hold the position at
the threshold of Santiago de Cuba, with
more troops going forward constantly,
and they are preparing for final assault