Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25
FOUGHT IN THE TICKETS
Americans Attack Double Their Number o
Spaniards, and Drive Them Back,
wllwDtAD, HfYwoUSOtO, OUR LOSS


ON board the Associated Prcss Dis
ult WANDA, OF jurnguh.
Jrn. e. VIA Playa del Este. Guatnna-
nj, rly. June 2i-1Copyughtcd. isgs.
| b. the Associated Prcss) This MORN
| Irr urdiyl four TROOPS Of TN First
cavalry. four troops N the Tenth cave
| airy and eight troops Of Iooaevcirs
r,u-h rders itri than 1000 mon in ail,
| di-nourfsd and attacked 1000 Spanish
s,filsu In abe thickcta within hvc
miles " Santiago de- Cuba. Tho
Americans baat the enemy back into
ha r.y. hut icft the following dead
utlu the neid.
i,aueh Rldeu Capt Allyn X. Cap
ron. tfolp l.. sorgt. Hamilton Fish Jr.
pr.lf.s rWman ami Dawson, troop l..
prt4t. p1ughofty % troop \. Private
". r. Erwin u troop 4.
FlHsf cavalry .-i'uvatca Dix. York,
urJUfk. ko.be. Berlin and tenm0de.
Tenth CaNdlfl Corp. White.
AZ Ialai nuy Americans wcfs wound
81. Including HlX oniccrs. Several %
Lh. wounded Will die.
twelve dead spanlarda wcrc found
iu ihH brush after the ught. but their
lH.. was doubtless Tar in excess ~ that
tHu iuuug commanded .he exp DE
zion luu WIa with thf ruruHfa while
col Wopi directed che operations ~
U r,uEh riders several miles west.
..h parties struck thu spaniarA
about che same time. and The hght
aI..i an hour.
Tr spinhfdH opened Ore from the
hIck'a and had every advantage nt
numbers and positions, buf she troops
drHNa them back from their station,
rf1rmyd the hluckhuua.a, around which
fh made "a nuAi stand. Hud ssut them
scattering over the mountains.
The UANairymvu were afiUrwnrd re-
infurccd hy che seventh Twelfth and
seventeenth Infantry Ilft NJ No Ninth
olvairy AMI tha Second Massachusetts
and Seycnty-hfHt New York.
The Americans now hold the position
nt the threshold ~ Santiago de cuba
with moro troops going forward CON
utnntiy and they are preparing for a
nnal assault upon the city.
These officers u The rough riders
were woundodi
woundcdi
Mai Hrodic. shot through the right
forearm. Captain McClntuck. troop 70.
tho, through the right leg. Lieut. j.
H. Thomas. troop l.. shot through the
riEht lrr Ills condition ~ serious.
Other officers wounded. Capt Knox.
whose condition n acrioua. Mai BELL.
Lieut. liyrnm. All these officers are
uf the First cavalry,
The following are among the soldiers
who were woundcdi
Rough Riders Troop n. PrivatcH y.
49, iilil shelley. Fisher. ". = New
comb. Fred y. noale and Corporal
Rhodes. Troop EaCorp. james y.
Bean, rrivutrH Frank Booth. w.
nUu Charley. Daley. IlnlvcrH y. J.
Anterior. CLIFFORD Uccd and scrgt q.
vs., AfnFo. Troop C-scrgt Joseph
ITItAtrH 0corEv Rowland, n. ]. Iinef-
nrr Michael Coylc. a. NJ, Reid and ~.
llufHIll. Troop t.-puvntoa J, n,
hrln. John T.. bcrnup, Thomas y.
Mrnghor Edward Calvcra and Ma
thaulel y. Poe,
Tenth Cnvalry-Troop B-PrlvateH
nussell Gaines. Miller. Cross BmSton
and WHEELER. Troop t-prlyutrs tlidd
and Mnyhrrry.
Edward Marahnii. correspondent for
'hn Now York Journal nud Advertiser.
was seriously wounded In the small
of the back
IL h probable that at least ten In The
llst " the wounded viii die.
SO NEWS AT WAR BUREAU.
Washington. June 2b-Up 20 2 O'Clock
this morning neither tho President nor
SECRETARY Alg,r had received news cOn-
corning the land engagement near san
flEp which occurred yesterday morn
iHg When the nrat Associated Press
bulletin relative tn the engagement
was shown 10 Secretary Algcr az /
o'clock b. expressed tho deppest con.
corn and requested that he be given
further particulars ~ soon ~ thcy
N"u received. shortly before o'clock
fhH story NJ the engagement was rad
iI ihr secretary through the telephone.
As NE names ~ the killed and wounded
were read tho secretary counted the
numbers aloud. apparently making note
az them ns they reached him.
While The secretary expressed tho
deepest reFrrt fur The loss ~ the officers
ani men, he was greatly grntined to
l"!rn that the American force had
hDvcd what appears tn bee ~ decisive
victory and had gained 30 excellent
% position fnr the navy engagement
which was confidently expected 90 take
place IN u day or two. 80 great was the
interest Secretary Algcr manifested In
o.. battle that he requested. notwlth-
ilndlnE the lateness NJ the hour, that
Do. he g.ven any further particulars
which might be- received.
cant 4, w. Capron ~ np1Fevelta
lNlFh riders, who was among the
tllad, Is son NJ Allyn Cnpron N the
llHl artillery and was well known In
Wellington, lie was second llcu-
tenant NJ the seventh cavalry ana was
| recently promoted a. b. captain IN
| 'hr volunteer service ana was given
| command nf troop u or the rough
| riders Tie was young ana dashng
nnlcor ana was regarded by his super
Tors aH one ~ the most promising oih-
| t'IH Boo the Hcrylca.
Major A. ~ Bmdle, who wns injured
IN tDilys htitle near Santiago Is n
graduate ~ West Point ana "a noted In
dian nghirr
Lieut.. }. II. Thomas Of Indian TORT
tory a. son ~ Federal Judge Thomas
| capt J, McClntlrk OF Phoenix
AllAt IL q newHplpDg man. formerly
ffp'rcr or ths Associated Press for
several western states.
corporal Rhodes IH "a noted scout and
'uni'rr" M Arizona,
LIEUT. BRYAN FROM DENVER
Denver, June 2it-Flrst Lieut. George
j. Bryan of the First clvnlry. who
was wounded al me hatilH nf Fnntlnsh.
W about y years NJ axe and until
about wear agl was military adviser
on ihe stun OF the governor OF Colo
~ wife ana little son arr now resld-
ing ln this city
FROM NEW MEXICO,
Albuquerque, N.M., June 2i.-PriyAte