The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-06-27
TWO FIERCE BATTLES.
Continued From First Pagel

sent sent another detachment into the
open space on the left Of the trail Lieut.
col Roosevelt led the former detachment
and tore through the brush urging his
men on. The shots came thicker and
thicker every moment and the air seem
ed nned with the singing and shreiKing
sound Of the Mauscr bullets. while the
short pop Of the Spanish rifles could be
distinguished easily from the heavier re-
ports of the American weapons Some
times hte FIRE would come in voneys, and
aeln shots would follow each other In
rapid succession for several minutes.
HEROIC CAPTAIN CAPRoN.
Captain Capron stood behind his men re
volver In hand. using It whenever Span
lad exposed himself. Ills aim was sure,
and two Of the enemy were seen to fan
under his fire. Just as he was preparing
TO tate another shot. and shouting or
ders to his men at the same time his re-
yolver dropped from his grasp and he
fen to the ground with BAN through his
lbodv His troop was badly Disconnected
for a moment bat w!th all the strength
he could muster he cried: Don't mind
me boys, go ON and fight"
lie was carried from the field as soon
as possible and lived only few hours.
Lieut.. Thomas, of the same trooop. re-
ceived wound though the leg soon after
ward and became deliriols from pain.
The troops that were in the hicket
were not long In getting into the midst Of
the fight. The spaniards located them and
pressed them In hard, but they sent a
deadly fire in return, even though most
Of the time they could not see the enemy.
After 10 or Is minutes Of hot work the
firing fel or some and Lieut.. Col Roose-
welt ordered his men back from the thick
let into the trail, narrowly escaping a bul-
let himself. which struck tree along
side his head.
II was evident that the spaniards were
falling back and changing their position
but the FIRE continued at intervals Ther
the troops tore to the front. and into more
omen country than where the enemy's hr'
was coming from. About this time smal
spuads commenced to carry the wounded
from she thickct and iay them In "A mor'
nrotectod spot on the trail until the!
could be removed TO the field hospital
Col. Wood also ordered his Hotchkis
guns into action but the trooper who ROD
the mule upon which part OF the gun wa
, hacked had been stampeded. Ills anima
direction from the Spanish fire, and tn
gun consequently could not be used.
It was just before the change of pos
. ton was made that Edward Marshall IN
; correspondent Of the New Yark Journ'
D land Advertiser, was dangerously woundc
\ He was back Of the troops and a ha
struck him in the small Of the back. II
}, surgeons we're unable 10 tell this afte
} noon whether or not he would recover.
+. During the nght in the thicket sever
Il Of the troops dld some wild shooting In
d the troops ahead OF them, ana a part
= the Americans loss ls due To this fact
j. soon as the position had been change
n the Americans poured more terrific Il
70 than over into the spaniards, as they g
70 them into more open country and cou
s. see them better
p It was not long before the enemy ga
ar way and ran down the steep hill and
the other hil to the block house, vi
N the evident intent Of making hnal sta
"a there
u ROUGH RIDERS GO FOR THEM.
"a Col Wood was at the front directing
In movements, and It was here that Ma
at Brodo was shot Col Woods and Lac
oo cob Roosevelt both led the troops in p
suit of the fleeing spaniards. nd
Of bullets was poured into the block no
Z BY the time the Americans advance
within six hundred yards of the bl'
house tao spaniards abandoned it 4
al scattered among the brush up another
d, in the direction Of Santiago, and the D.
IL ia ,,roa 4f an end