The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26

first man to fall. He was shot through
the heart, and died instantly. The
Spaniards We're not more than 200 yards
off, but only occasional glimpseS OF
them could be seen.
The men continued to pour volley
after volley into the bush in the direc-
ton of the sound OF Spanish shots; but
the latter became more frequent, and
seemed to be getting nearer.
Colonel Wood walked along his lines,
displaying the utmost GOODNESS. He or
dered the troops to deploy into the
thicket, 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 filled
with the singing and shrieking sound
of the Mauser bullets, while the short
pop of the Spanish rifles could be dis
tinguished easily from the heavier re-
ports of the American weapons. Some
times the fire would come in Volleys,
and again shots would follow each
other in rapid succession for several
minutes
DEATH OF CAPRON.
Captain Capron stood behind his
men, revolver in hand, using 1t when
ever a Spaniard exposed himself. HIS
aim was sure, and two of the enemy
were seen to fall under his fire Just
as he was preparing to take another
shot, and shouting orders TO his men
at the same time, his revolver dropped
from his grasp, and he fell TO the
ground with a ball through his body.
His troop was badly disconnected for
moment, but with all the strength he
could muster, he cried: Don't mind
me, boys, go on and fight"
He was carried from the field as
soon as possible and lived only few
hours. Lieutenant Thomas of the same
troop received a wound through the
leg soon afterward, and became de-
lirious from pain.
The troops that were in the thicKet
were not long in getting into the
midst of the fight. The Spaniards To-
Gated them and pressed them in hard,
but they sent a deadly fire in return,
even though most of the time they
could not see the enemy. After ten or
fifteen minutes of hot work the firing
fell off some, and Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt ordered his men back from
the tflicket into the trail, narrowly es-
Gaping a bullet himself, which struck
a tree alongside his head,
1t was evident that the SpaniardS
were falling back, and changing their
position, but the fire continued at IN
teryals. Then the troops tore to the
front, and into more open country
than where the enemy's fire was COM
ing from. About this time small
squads commenced to carry the
wounded from the thicket and lay
them in a more protected spot on the
trail until they could be removed to the
field hospital.
Colonel Wood also ordered his Hotch-
kiss gun into action, but the trooper
who rode the mule upon which a part
of the gun was packed had been STAN
peded. His animal broke into the woods
in the opposite direction fl ON the Span
ish fire, and the gun consequently could
not be used.
CORRESPONDENT WOUNDED.
1t was just before the change in po-
sition was made that Edward Marshall,
the correspondent of the New York
Journal and Advertiser, was danger
ously wounded. He was back Of the
troops and a bail struck him in the
small of the back. The surgeons were
unable to tell this afternoon whether
or not he would recover.
During the fight in the thicket sew
eral of the troops did some wild shoot
ing into the troops ahead OF them, and
a part Of the American loss is due to
this fact.
AS soon as the position had been
changed the Americans poured more
terrific fire than ever into the Span
iards, as they got them into more open
country and could see them better.
ENEMY ON THE RUN.
1t was not long before the enemy
and UP another hill to the blockhouse,
with the evident intent of making a
final stand there. Colonel Wood was
at the front directing the movement,
and it was here that Major Brodie was
shot.
Colonel Wood and Lieutenant Roose-
welt both led the troops in pursuit of
the fleeing Spaniards, and a hail of
bullets was poured into the blockhouSe.
By the time the American advance got
within 600 yards of the blockhouse the
Spaniards abandoned it and scattered
among the brush and up another hill
in the direction of Santiago, and the
battle was at an end.
YOUNGS ENGAGEMENT.
During all this time Just as hot a
fire had been progressing at General
Young's station. The battle begun in
much the same manner as the other
one, and when the machine guns
opened fire. the Spaniards sent volleys
at the gunners from the brush on the
opposite hillside. Two troops of cav
airy charged up the hill and other
troops sent a storm of bullets at every
point from which the Spanish shots
came. The enemy was gradually
forced back, though firing all the time,
until they. as we'll as those confronting
the rough riders, ran for the block
house, only TO be dislodged by Colonel
Woods men.
General Young stated afterwards
that the battle was one of the sharpest
he had ever experienced. It was only
the quick and constant fire of the
troopers, whether they could see the
enemy or not, that caused the Span
iards to retreat so soon. General
Young spoke in the highest terms of
the conduct of the men in his com
mand, and both Colonel Wood and
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