Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-27

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Private W 3. SHARP. First volunteer
cavalry,
Private j. r. steadman. First vol.
uutrer cavalry.
Private % c. Dcnlrs. First volunteer
cavalry.
captain Mccormick and Captain Lu.
ua of the First volunteer cavalry. who
were reported yesterday aa among the
dead or wounded were unhHrmcd. aH
was hlHn Col Wood. whom Adit Hall
ported ~ m1rtally wounded.
That IA, Sp1niarir were thoroughly
posted na 90 the route b. Boz taken hy
th7 Americans In their movements toe
ward Hevilln was evident as shown by
the careful preparations they had
made. The nam body 81 inc SpluluriH
WIS posted on u hill. on the heavily
wooded slopes ~ which had hoHn orrCt-
I'd tvu hiorkhourCs rankcd by iuvru-
lar irircnchmcuta of stone ana fallen
trees
Al the bottom NJ these hills run two
roads. along which Lloui.-Cnl. R11as-
vclta men and eight troops Of the First
and Tenth cavalry with "a battery ~
four howltzcr'. advanced. These r1uds
nrc but lftle more than giillloH ruugh
and narrow. aud ut places almost im-
pnHsahle. In these trails the hTht oc-
CURED.
Nearly half a mile separated Roore.
vclt'a men from the regulars. and be-
tween them md on both slides ~ the
road In tho thick undorbrnHh was cone
coaled force ri Spanlnfds that must
have been large Judging from the ter
rifle and constant IRE they poured IN
on the Americans.
The nrht was opened BY the First
and Tenth cavalry. under Gen. Young,
4 force ~ Spnninrds was known 90 b.
In the vicinity ~ Ia Qunrinn. and
early In the morning Lieut.. Col. RooHo-
vflt'H mon started OF w the urrCipl-
toua blum back " sihonoy 10 attack
the spnnInfda ON their right flank. Con
Young az the same time taking the
road az the foot NJ the Hill.
About two aud "a half miles out from
. glhoury, some Cuhnns. hrpnthlpHH and
excited. rushed into the camp with the
announcement that the spanlnrdH were
but a little way In front and strongly
ontrcnched.
quickly the Hotchhlsa guns out In
the front were brought 10 the rear.
while strong scouting line was thrown
out Thcn cautiously and in silence.
the troops moved forward until "a bend
In tho road disclosed h'll whore The
Snnninrda were located The guns were
again brought 90 the front and placed
In position. while the men Crnuehed ln
the road, waiting lmpaucntly 10 give
WnnFrV fif's men, who were tulllur uNnf
the little trail along the crest ~ the
ridge. time 10 get M.
Ac 1880 q. m. Cen. Young gave Tho
command 20 the mon nt the lfnirhklHs
guns 10 open nre. The command WINS
I the beginning OF n fight that for stub
I bornnoss has seldom been equnlcd. The
/ IN gtunt tho ilntchklaH guns were fired
the hillHldea commanding the road gave
I forth ypllry after vnilcy from the Maui
I sofH NJ tho Spanish,
Don't shoot until YOU see Homethlnn
| 10 shoot att yelled Gen, Young. and
/ the mon. with vet jaws and gioamlnp
eyes. obcyed the orders
Crawling along the edge ~ the road
I and protecting themselves aH much a.
possible from the fearful FIRE Of Tho
spanish. the troops, some ~ then
stripped 10 the waist. watched the base
I NJ the Hill. ana when any part OF 9
Standard became visible, they nred,nnd
never for an instant ala they falter.
one husky warrior ~ the Tenth cav
] airy, with ragged wound In his thigh
/ cooily knelt behind rock. loaded and
nrnr and when told by one of NJ
/ comrades that he was wounded
| laughed and said; "Oh. that's all right
I That's been there for some time"
In tho meantime, away on 10 M
\ HFuRL ~ The TINHI
NJ col Woods men and the regular
decper-t0ned volloy firing ~ the Snnn'
i'm. over there the American losses
were the greatest
col Woods men. with nm advance
guard wen out In front and two Cuhlf
guides before them. hut apparentlN
/ with no nnnkcrH. went FqunrlNNintt
the trap set Tor them by the Span
inrds. and only the unfalterlng courng'
Of the men IN the face of q hre thai
| would make even n veteran quHll pre-
vented what might easily have been O
| disaster. A II was, troop l.. the al
vance guard. under the unfortunate
/ cnpron. WINS an surrounded, and hui
for the endorsements hurrledly sent
forward every man would probably
have been KILLED or wounded
There must have been nearly 100
spaninrds I'm front ana IN the Sides al
. ! US NNNN AHI'MNH hNN' fhNHH ~
whom discussing the nrht "rhey he'll
the RIDGES with rife pits and mnchin'
guns and had body NJ men In am
bush IN tho thick Jungle AZ the SIDES o
tho rond over which We We're ndvhnc
lnr. our advance forward struck M
men IN ambush and drove them out
hut they lost capt. Cnpron, Lleui
Thomas aud about fifteen men KILLED
or wounded.
"rhe Spanish firing was accurate, -
accurate indeed. that u surprised me
and their nrlnF was fearfully heavy.
II want 10 say @ word for our owl
mon" continued Lieut. COL Roosevelt
"Every officer and man ala hlH dui,
M 10 the handle, Not a man nlnehed,
From another officer who took
prominent part IN Tho ilshtlng, NOR
details were obtained "Whon the mr.
lnr began" said he, "Llcut cnlRooHe
Welt took the rlght wing, with iroop
q nnd X, under Capig llowellyn am
Jenkins. and moved a. the Funpnri o
Cant. CaprOn vino was reiiine ~ hnlu
AZ the Same tlmn Col Wood ana Ma
Rrodle took the left wing and ndvanc.,l
In open order ON the spanish rlgh
wing. Mai Brodle was wounded be