The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-26

Inc dtad BODY OF CUBAN was f0uuu on
| the side OF the road. and at the same time
| Captain Capron's troops could see soyera.
| Spaniards In the bushes. IL was not uA;il
that that the men were permitted to iCad
their carbnes. When the orders to load
We're given. they acted on It With VIII,
and displayed tho greatest eaScrness 80
make an attack.
| AT this time the sound OF firing ives
| heard mile or two TO the right, apparent-
| ly coming from the hills beyond the
thcket. 1t was the regulars replying to the
| Spaniards who had opened on them from
| the thicket.
| In addison to the rapid rifle fire the
boom OF Hotchklss guns could be heard.
| Hardly two minutes elapsed before Mauser
rites started TO crack in the thicket and
| a hundred bullets whistled over the heads
of the Rough Riders, cutting the leaves
from the trees and sending chips flying
from the fence posts by the side of the
| men.
The Spaniards had opened and they
poured In heavy fire which soon had
most disastrous effect. The troops stcoi
| their ground with the bullets singing all
around. Private Colby caught sight Of the
SpaDiards and started fire against them.
Hamilton Fish was the first man TO fall.
| He was shot through the heart and del
| instantly.
| The Spaniards were about 200 yards of.
but only occasional glimpses Of them could
be seen. The men continued TO pour yollev
after volley into the brush in the direction
Of the sound Of the Spanish shots, but the
latter became more frequent and seemed
TO be getting closer.
Colonel Wood displayed the utmost cool
ness. He ordered the troops to deploy into
The thlcket and sent another detachment
into the open space on the left of the trail
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt! led the
former detachment and tore through the
brush urging his men on. The shots came
thicker and faster every moment and the
air seemed flled with the flying and
spreading sound OF the Mauser bullets
while the short pop Of the Spanish rifles
could be distinguished easily from the
heavy reports OF the Americans.
Some times the fire would come In vol
leys and again shots would follow each
other In rapid succession for several mo-
monts.
Captain Capron stood behind his men.
revolver in hand using it whenever
Spanard exposed himself His aim wac
sure and two OF the enemy were seen fto
fan under his IRE.
Just as he was preparing to take an
other shot and was shouting orders to his
men at the same time, his revolver dropped
IRON his grasp and he fell to tho ground
With a ball through his body His troop
was buA.y Disconnected for moment, but
WIN all the strength he could muster he
cried Don't mind me, hoys. 20 on and
night
He was carried from the field as soon nv
possible and lived only few hours
Lieutenant Thomas OF the samo troop re-
csyed wound through he lex soon after
ward and became dellriors Win Mi,
The troops that were in tho tbicket wore
rot long in getting into tho ,utdat . ia,
fight
The Spaniards located them and peppered
them hard but they sent deadly Are In
return, even though most of the lime thev
could not see Tho anp,nv Aftar ,a,, -, rg
teen minutes of hot work tho nr,ng ga
of come and Lieutenant Colonel uoose,cl,
ordered his men back from tho shio,,at,
into the lrah. narrowly esconinr Mil,
himself which strucl, n tree aInnps,dc HE
head. IL WINS evident that tho snontorda
were falling back and changed mar nosis
voIs wy" "'o ooHi'uuou AT inter-
Then the troops tore to fbe from, ana
into the moro opeu. About this time small
squads commenced to carry The wounded
from the thcket aud law them In a more
protected spot on the trail until thrv rn,id
be removed to the field hospital.
Colonel Wood also ordered his Hotch-
Mss guns into action, but The trooper who
rode the mule upon which A parr of Tho
animal broke into the woods In the oppo-
sue direction from the Spanish lre and
inc gun consequently could not be used
~ was lust before the change OF posi-
uon was made that Edward Marshall, ehe
correspondent OF the New York Journal
and Advertiser was dangerously wounded
i,u ~as mack OF the troops and ball
a ,,,al', nm IN the small of the back. Tho
anss'om , we're unable to tell this after
noon whether or not he would recover.
tranrs a., '',u nenI III the thlcket se-eral
,hoad NJ ~, au,o m,'u shooting IN the troops
lose ia a,n n' ~ an" .h part or the American
nosit,nn ha1 I onis lact. AS soon ia the
nonrsd =, n,,,. oot , Lnnhseu the Americans
| the snanianSi VA s'ttioc nre than ever into
omen cover and eo rnsS 'nen eot INTO moro
II VIVA NOT W io no"tu we mem better
way and ran , Snn,r 'p 40 ene enemy gavo
anothar ~, nm uoWh me steep hill and up
evident intention Of mai s%',ouse a. WIN inc
thure. ''' s'''n'
Colonel Wood was a,r,,.,,
at the front eol,,n,n a u'nquns Tue troops
yelt led tho troops in nnr i'reu,enahl hoose-
| into the hlockbon~a ''''ots was pourei
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