Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-06-30
Bravery Of Rough Riders and Cav.
alrymen Under. Fire.
'urther Details Of Fridays Battle
win a Hidden Foe-Latest Inror.
nation Places the Americans
Killed at Tventy-Two.

cans was not due to any miscalculation
IN the plan of the Spaniards, for as per-
rect an ambuscade as was ever formed
III the brain of an Apache Indian was
prepared and Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt and
MS men walked squarely into it. For
an hour and half they held their
ground under perfect storm of bullets
from the front and sides, and then Col.
Wood at the right and Lieut.. Col. Roose-
welt at the left led a charge which
turned the tide of battle and sent the
enemy flying over the hills toward San
tiago.
Says 22 Were Killed. "a
Gen. Wheeler, in his official report,
places the number of dead in tie en-;
gagement, at Sevilla as % and the
wounded as between 70 and 80. No at
tempt has yet been made to prepare an
official list with the names Of the dead
and wounded. The high grass and
bushes of the battle-ground make it diff
ficult to find the bodies:.
The bodies of 80 Spaniards have been
found and the Spanish loss in killed
and wounded was doubtless much
heavier than the American.
The Killed.
A complete list of the Killed, revised
to four o'clock Saturday, is as follows:
Capt Allyn K. Capron. First United
States volunteer cavalry.
Sergt. Hamilton Fish, Jr troop L. First
United States volunteer cavalry.
Sergt. Doherty, troop A. First United
States volunteer cavalry
Sergt. Marcus D. Russell. troop G, First
Init Stof ~
Russell lived in Troy, NJ Y. and was for
merly colonel on Gov Hills staff.
Private Leggett, troop A, First United
States volunteer cavalry.
Private Henry Heffner. troop G, First
United States volunteer cavalry
Private Milden w. Danson, troop L, First
United States cavalry
PRIVATE w. T. Irwin troop r, First United
States volunteer cavalry
Private Slennoc, troop K First regular
cavalry. -
Private B. Work, troop B, First regular
cavalry.
Private Krupp, Troop B. First regular
cavalry.
Private Stark, troop A. First regular cav
airy. Il
ular cavalry.
Private kelbe, troop K, First regular cav
airy.
Private Barlin troop X. First regular
=
Z Corporal White. troop X, Tenth regular
cavalry.
Capt. Mccormick and Capt. Luna, of
the First volunteer cavalry, who were
reported as among the dead or wound
ed, were unframed, as was also Col.
Wood, whom Adjt. Hall reported as
mortally wounded.
spnniards Well Prepared.
That the Spaniards were thoroughly
posted as to the route to be taken BY
the Americans in their movements
towards sevilla was evident, as shown
by the careful preparations they had
made. The main body Of the Spaniards
was posted on hill, on the heavily
wooded slopes of which had been
erected two blockhouses, fanked by
Irregular intrenchments of stone and
fallen trees. At the bottom of these
hills run two roads, along which Lieut..
Col. Roosevelt's men and eight troops
OF the First and Tenth cavalry, with
battery of four howitzers, advanced.
These, roads are but little more than
gullies, rough and narrow, and at places
almost impossible. In these trails the
fight occurred. Nearly half mile sepa-
rated Roosevelt's men from the regu-
lars, and between them and on both
sides of the road in the thick under
brush was concealed a force of Span
iards that must have been large ,sjudg-
ing from the terrific and constant fire
they poured in on the Americans. e I
The fight was opened by the First and
Tenth cavalry, under Gen. Young. "A
force of Spaniards was known to be in
the vicinity Of La Quasina and early in
the morning Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt len
started off up the precipitous bluff back
Of Siboney to attack the Spaniards on
their right flank, Gen. Y Dung at the
same time taking the road at the foot of
the hill. About two and a half miles out
from siboney, some Cubans, breathless
and excited, rushed into camp with the
announcement that the Spaniards were
but a little way in front and were
strongly entrenched. Quickly the
Hotchkiss guns out in the front were
brought to the rear, while strong
scouting line was thrown out. Then
cautiously and in silence the troops
moved forward until a bend in the road
disclosed hill where the Spaniards
were located. The guns were again
brought to the front and placed in posi-
zion, while the men crouched down in
the road, waiting impatiently to give
Roosevelt's men, who were toiling over
the little trail along the crest of the,
ridge, time to get up.
The Fight Begins.
At 7:3o d. M, Gen. Young gave the
com mand to the men at the Ho tchkss
guns to open fire. The command eal md vas