The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-29
BATTLE NEAR SANTIAGO,
CAVALRYATTACKA A SUPE-
alOR FORCE OF sPANIARDs.

Tho spaniaEds Wsre Driven Back-Our
Loss 7htEteen Knled and over Fifty
Wounded-The Spapiard's Loss Doubtless
Gveater-A Hot Fight.
Last Friday morning four troops of
he First cavalry, four troops of the
Tenth cavalry and eight troops of
Rooseyelts Rough Riders, less than a
thousand men IN al dismounted and
attacked E, 600 Spanish soldiers in the
thickets within FIVE miles of Santiago
de GUS. TIE Americans beat the
eremy back into the city, but they
LETT the following dead upon the field:
Rough Riders: Capt. Allen <. Cap
ron, OF Troop L; Sergeant Hamilton
Fish, Jr. Private Tillman and Daw.
son, both Of Troop /, Private Dough
erty, OF Troop 4; Private W. T. Er-
wiD, CT Troop T.
First cavalry: PriYstea Dix, York,
2ejork, Kobe, Berlin snd Lenmock.
Tenth cavalry: Corporal White.
At least ftty Americans were
wounded, including six officers. Sew
eral OF the wounded will die.
Twelve dead Spani&rds were found
n the bush after the fight, but their
loss was doubtless farin excess of that.
General Gang commanded the ex.
petition and YVES with the regulars,
while Gel. Wood directed the opers-
tons OF the Rough Riders several
miles west.
Both parties struck the Spaniards
about the same time, and the fight
lasted sn hour. The Spaniards opened
fire from the thick brush, and had
every advantage ofnUmbers and posi-
ton, but the troops drove them back
from the start, stormed the blockhouse
around which they made the 1inal
stand and sent them scattering over
the mountains.
The cavatryme1 were afterWard
reinforced By the Seventh, Twelfth
and Seventeenth Infantry, part OF the
Ninth cavalry, the Second Massa-
chusetts and the Sevanty.frst New
York.
The Americans now hold the posi-
ton at the threshold of Santiago de
Cuba, with more troops going forward
constantly, and they are preparing for
final assault upon the city
The following officers were wound.
ed: Major Brodie, shot through the
right forearm.
Captain McClintock, Troop B. shot
through the right leo.
Lieut.. J. B. Thomas, Troop L, shot
through right leg. His condition is
serious.
All the foregoing officers are Rough
! Riders.
Other o1iicors wounded are:
Captsin Knox, whose condition is
serious.
Major Bell. Liuet. Bryan.
These officers are of the First caVal-
ry- The following are among the so.-
dlers wounded:
Rough Riders: TroopB-Privates E.
N. Hill, Shelley T. Ishler, n. 8.
Newcomb, Fred n. Beale and Corpo.
raj J. D. Rhodes.
Troop E-Corporal James T. Bean,
Private Frank 3. Booth, Albert G.
GartIe, R. G. Bailey, &. Alvers, E. J.
Atherton, Clifford Reed and Sergeant
G. ". Arringo.
Troop G-Sergeant Thomas +. Cav
anaugh, Corporal L. L. Stewart, Pri-
| Yates George Rowland, z. J. Haetner,
| Michael Coyle, R. u. Reid and II.
Russell.
Troop L-Pri7ates J. R. Kean, John
P. D.dnap, Thomas f. Meagher, Ed
ward Calborat and Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth cavalry:
Troop B-Privates Russell, Gaines,
Miller, Cross, Braxton and Wheeler.
Troop I-PriYates Ridd and May
berry.
Edward Marshall, correspondent OF
the New York Journal and Ad7ertis-
er, was seriously wounded in the
small Of the back.
It is probable that at least ten in the
list Of wounded will die.