Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-29
DROVE THEM BACK.
right ." which sis'e~" American. w.r.
KILLED sud fifty wea.a.a span
ish Loss Wa. Larger.

| lat cavalry, four troops OF the 10Th
cavalry and eight troops OF Rooscvelt's
rough riders. less than a thousand men
In all. dismountcd and attacked .. oOo
spanish soldiers Ina the tickets within
five miles of Santiago dc Cuba.
The Americans beat the enemy back
into the city. but they left the follow.
Ing dead upon the fields
Rough Riders Capt Allyn h Can.
ron, OF Troop l.; Scrgt Hamilton Fish.
tr.. irivatcs 1ilmar aud Dawson, both
of Troop l.. Private Duurhcrtv, of
Troop A, Private w H. Erwin, OF
Troop H.
First Cavalry -Privatc~ Dix. York.
Bcjork' kobe, Berlin aud Lcnmocls.
Tenth Cavalry Corporal White: Fri.
Yates James Crews aud Edward Cul.
yer.
Capt Luna. OF the Cuban army.
Forty Cubans were killed In another
engagement
At least fifty Americans were wound.
eel, including six officers Several of
the wounded will die
Twelve dead Spaniards were found
In the bush after the fight, but their
loss was Doubt ss far In excess of
that
Cen. Young commanded the cNpcdi.
tion. and was with the regulars, while
Col. Wood directed the operations Of
the rough riders several miles west
Both parties struck the spaniards
about the same time and the light last.
ed au hour.
Tho Spnniards opened Ere from tho
thick brush and had every advantage
OF numbers and position. but the
troops drove them back from the
start, atormcd the bloclshouse around
which they made the dual stand and
sent them scattering over the mount.
aims
The cavalrymcn were aftcrward re-
inforcod by the 1th, 18th aud i7th in.
fantry. part OF the 9th cavnlry. tho "a
Massachusetts and tho 7ist New York.
The Americans now hold tho posi-.
lions nt the Threshold Of Santiago dc
Cuba with more troops going forward
constantly and they arc preparing for
"a final assault upon the city.
The following officers were wounded.
MAJ BrDdie, shot through the right
forearm; Capt McClintock. Troop u.
shot through the right leg; Licut. j.
X Thomas, Troop l., shot through
right leg. His condition s. serions
All the foregoing officers are rough
riders
Other officers wounded are, Can't
Knox, whose condition Is serious; Mai
Boil, Lieut. Byram. These officers arc
Of the ist cavalry
The following are among the sol.
dicrs wounded:
Rough Rider Troop u, Privatcs T.
NJ. hin. Shelley r. Ishlor. ". s. New
comb, Fred ~ Bcalo and Corporal J.
j.. Rhodes. Troop T.: Corporal james
T. Bean. Privates Frank u Booth. Al
bert C. iIartle. T. g. Bailey, II. Alvers.
T. j. Atherton. Clifford Reed and Ser.
geant g. w. Arringo. Troop q. ser.
geant Thomas r. Cavanaugh, Corporal
l. l. stewart, PriVates George Row
land, II. J. Ilaefuer, Michael Covie. T..
". Reid and w. Russell Troop l.. Pri-
Yates J. Il. Kean. John T.. Dsrnap.
Ihomus T. Meagher. Edward Calborst
aud Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth Cavalry Troop u: Privates
Russell Gaines, Miller. Cross. Braxton
aud Wheeler Troop /: Privates Rldd
aud Mayborry
Edward Marshall. correspondent Of
the New York Journal and Advertiser,
was seriously wounded In the small Of
the back 10 IS pro bable that az lcast
ten in the list Of wounded wlll die
NV fOEK. June - Hamilton Fish.
jr.. one Of the killed was one o. the
young New Workers Of good position
and family who went 80 the front
with Eoosovclts rough riders lie
was x distinguished ancestry. his
family being one a. the Oldest IN
this state Ills father Nicholas
Fish Is the son 81 the late Hamilton
Fish. who was secretary Of state in
Grants cabinet lie is q banker and
lives in this city. Hamilton Fish was
over six feet tail. o. hcrculeau build and
rowed as No 81 the Columbia college
crew ira is winning race o. 1924. over
the Poughkeepsie course.