The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-03

fitness. Col. WOOD, 0. the Rough Riders.
commanded his brigade. which consisted
a. the First regulars. the First volunteers
and the Ten1n regulars and ope battalion
O, ths Ninth regular cavalry all 6isnount-
ea with the exception % two troops On
the extreme right under Gems. LA"ton
and Chafee. fully five miles from the sea
II had been arranged that Gen Dufslesd
stoula make a fent OF attacking Aqua
aores. in order TO draw attention from the
main movement and at FIVE O'Clock Gen.
I,awtos,'s troops moved forward. Ted By e
s.arsery Of the First artillery under COM
rnand OF Capt Allyn Capron-
Every man In the army carried three
DAVIS rat!ons and ammunition 20 match,
and every ore knew that he was not ex-
pec.ed to return 10 camp until Santiago
had fallen
Capron Fires the First shot.
Gen. Lawton's division opened the fight
with a thirteen pound shot, quickly follow
eli by others, the infantry opening fire IN
meaiataiy afterwards AT $40 a. m Gen
Garcia advanced raridiy through the brush
:u the valley. meeting with no opposition.
and Cen I.awton advanced along the
north side, the infantry and artillery fir
ing heavily. Capt. Grimes guns had just
gaIlopei TO the plateau In grand style
and opened fire. The telegraph lines. La
br,irssiie experimenting. kept UP wIh the
advance In fine style. The observation
balloon was inflated for the first tiTue and
made three successful experimental ascen-
ssoss. the car holding SIX men.
The first shot vas fired from the bat
terry at $40 by Capt. capron. whose son.
Capt. Allyn * capron. OF tho Rough Rid
ers, was killed in the battle at Sevilia- The
shot was directed at Caney. where the
6panlards were In force, and IL fell in the
heart VI the town. The firing continued
twenty minutes without response.
Meantime The cavalry division had moved
forward on the main Santiago trail. head
ell by a light battery Of the Second artillery
under Capt. Grimes. The movement OF
This battery was a heart-breaking task. ow-
ing To the mud In the valley and steep
hill. Under the musketry FIRE Of the cav
alryrnen the Spaniards in the little town
OF Ea Paso retreated, aud Capt. Grimes
battery took a position there and began a
rapid firing into Caney. The guns OF the
two batteries made tho place so hot that
the enemy finally retired. having no arti-
iery The town was surrounded by earth
works and lines OF barbed wire.
After the enemy had been driven from
FL Paxo, twenty-one shots were fred by
Capt Grimes and Capt. Capron from that
position into the outer civilizations OF San
tiago before n response came When 1t did
come. however It same with unexceled
accuracy. shots and shells from three-inch
rifles, evidently taken from Admiral Ger
vera's warships and mounted behind the
Notifications.
The Spanish gunners raked the hill on
which FL Fsso stands. which meantime had
been made the headquarters of Gen Sum-
ner and the Cuban generals, Garcia. Cas-
tiio capote and Rabi. one she'll struck a
large sugar storehouse. on the red CORFU
gated roof OF which stood Cubans viewing
the fight The roof fe,l and all the Cubans
we're wounded. Three OF them VIII die
detachment of eli Cubans went for
ward from I'll paso. and then Col. Wood.
with the Rough Riders. the First and Tenth
cavalry started down the hillside straight
for the enemy's Notifications.
Gallant Charge by Rough Wider-.
Capt. Grimes' battery poured n steady
fire into the Spanlards to protect Col
Woods advance. The dtsmonnted cavalry
paused on their way through The tangled
grass ana uuderhrush. and hall way down
the hillside selected a good spn, 10 halt
and from there opened and maintained for
twenty minutes hot fire. The opposing
batteries banged away. Capt. Grimes send
ing storm OF lead down into the outer
fortihea'tons and the Spanlards pounding
away At the hilltop with persis,ency.
Most OF the Spanish shells went over the
hiil'ors and fell IN ravine beyond Here
several deiachmcnts az Cuban iroonS were
stationed as receives. ard before they could
be moved seven insurgents were seriously
wounded ANA several slightly hurt.
Al The same slime twc Americans were
Killed. and u.1c wounded. The spaniarls
used smohel~ss powder and shot with
much more accuracy thtn during the pre-
v!ous engagements. The wonder Is that
many mor" lives were no, lost. as the o7,-
posing batteries were less than tw9 miles
apart
''ol. WooGa command behaved Win
great bravery, nriug steadily and wnh
deadly effect with fha .,..,..-s .,.i,-