Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-25
BRAVE MEN co DOWN
In the First Battle Between Shat.
ter's Troops and the DORIS
Near Santiago
THIRTEEN OF OUR MEN SHOT DEAD,
Among Them Captain Capror and Scr
geart Hsm.l,on Fish, j.:

Force Bo,e the Brunt of the Fight
Spaniards Number Two to Oae, but Are
Driven from the Field with a Known
Number Fifty, Ten of Whom May Die
Shafter Close to Santiago Now and Pre-
pairing for the Final Struggle.
Associated Press Dispatch Beat, off
Santiago de Cuba. June 25.--[Ccpyrlght,
1898, by Associated Press l-Ysstersay
morning four troops of the First cav
mry, four troops of the Tenth cavalry,
and eight troops Of Reosevelt's Rough
IGders-less than a thousand men in all
-dismounted ard attacked ECO Span
ish soldiers in the thiokets within five
miles of Santiago de Cuba. The Amer
but they left the following dead upon
the field: Rough RiGers-Captain Allyn
K. Capron, of Troop L; Sergeant Ham,
ilton Fish, Jr.; Privates Tilman and
Dawson, Troop L: Private Dasgherty.
Troop A; Private w. T. Erwin. Troop
f. First cavalry-Privates Dix, York,
Bejor,S, kobe, Berlin ard LeEmock.
Tenth avalry-Corpcral White. At
least fifty Americans were wounded, in
Guiding six officers. Several ef the
wounded viii die.
Dons Known 10 Have Lost Twelve.
Twelve dead Spaniards were found IN
the bush after the fight, but their loss
was doubtless far in excess of that.
Gen. Young commanded the expedition
| and was with the regulars, while Col
onel Wood directed the operations of
the Rough Riders several miles west.
Both parties struck the Spaniards about
:. the same time and the fight lasted an
hour. The SpaniarGs opened fire from
the thick brush. and had every advan-
tage Of numbers and position. but the
troops drove them back from the start,
stormed the blockhouse around which
they made the final stand and sent
them scattering over the mountains.
| The cavalrymen were aftsrward rein
forced by the Seventh. Twelfth and
Seventeenth infantry, part of the Ninth
cavalry. tho Second MASSACHUSETTS and
! the Seventy-first New York
Preparing for Final Assault.
| The Americans ROW hold position at
| the threshold Of Santiago de Cuba,
with more troops gcing D,rward CEN
stantly, and they are preparing for q
final ASSAULT upon the city.
List Of the Wounded.
| The following officers were wounded:
| Rough Kiders-Major Brsdis. shot
| through the right forearm: CAPTAIN
sdcClintsck, Troop r. shot through the
| right leg; Lieutenant ]. r. Thomas
Troop l., shot through right leg. csndi-
ton serious. Regulars-Captain Knox
condition serious; Major Bell and Lieu
tenant Bryan. all of First cavalry.
| The following are among the soldiers
| wounded: Rough Riders-Troap B.
Privates F.. NJ. Hill. Shelley, f. Ishfer
| NJ. S. Newcomb, Fred n. Beale ant
| Corporal ]. d. Rhodes. Troop E-Cor.
peral James F. Bean. Privates Frank d
Booth, Albert c. Hartle. r. G. Bailey
H. Alvers. f. ]. Anterior. Clifford Reec
and Sergeant G. W. Arriage. Troop c
Sergeant Thomas F. Cavanaugh
Rowland, H. J. Haefner, Michael Coyle
r. NJ. Reid and NJ. Russell Troop L
Priyatss ]. +. Kean, John p. Dernap
Thomas F. Mcagher. Edward Calbors
ard Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth cavalry-Troop B-Private
Russell. Gaines. Miller Cross. Braxtol
and Wheeler. Troop I-Privates Rid,
and Mayberry. Edward Marshall cor
respondent of the New York Journa
and Advertiser, was seriously WOUNDED
In the small of the kaek. 1T is preba hi
that at least ten in the list of wounde,
will Gle.
| Grandson q? an Ex-Cabinet Minister.
| New York, June 26.-Hamilton Fish
Jr.. one of the killed in the fight at San
tiago, was enc Of the young New York
ers Of coed position and family VIII
went to the front with Roosevelt
Rough Riders. He was OF distinguishe,
ancestry. his family being one Of tn
oldest in this state. His father. Michel
as Fish. is the son of the late Hamilton
Fish. who was the secretary of state +
Grants cabinet. HAMILTON Fish wa
| over six feet tall, sf herculean build an
| rowed az No. of the Columbia colleg
crew in its winning race Of 1894 over tn
Poughkeersie course.
OFFICIAL NEWS Is VERY SLOW.
Nothing Sent to the President rs Late rs
n m. Today.
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