The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-07-02
ere the American losses were the great
Woods Men in the Trap.


1nlrd Wen our III 'front.' ana Two ,una .h
stIies Del"re lutil' put apparently WIN
no uahhtfS' went S'!udreit lhl1 'nc 'Idp
SCI Il! the SlahiaFaS, ana only the IN
1+Hetibs courage 81 the men Ill the face
OF nrt that Wouia even MAKE Veteran
guam prevented what might easl! nave
been disaster
AS II was lroop l.. the advance guard,
under the unfortunate Capt. capron. was
almost surrounded, anu OUT Tor the rem
1ofceihehtS hurrledIy sent forward every
man Wuuiu pIppablF nave beeh killed. OF
wounded.
There must have been nearly 1900
SpanlardS IN front and Ia the sides of
Us. said Lleut.-tol- Roosevelt today
when discussing the night hey held
the ridges with rlfleplts and machine
guns. ana had a body Of men IN ambush
IN the thick jungle at the sides Of th2
road over which We were advancing.
our advance guard struck the men in
ambush ami drove them out. RHt they
io>t apt. 'apr0n ana about nttc"n men
Killed or wounded.
/ he Spanish firing was accurate, 80
accurate. indeed. that It surprised me;
and their firing was fearfulIy heavy
"Not Man Flipched."
Il want To say = word for our own
mon Every ofir. and ,,,a,, ia ~. al
III 10 the handle Nnt = man tIiu,.hrJ -
From another officer who took = rrn,n-
iueut part i'll the fighting more details
were obtained. "When the firing began"
said ne. ''Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt took the
right wing with Troous I; and II under
CaptS. LlewcIyn and Jenkins and moved
to the suuport of Cant. Caprnu who was
getting it hard. At The same Time Col
Wood and Mai. Brndia took rho left wing
and advanced in upru order on thu Snan-
sh right wing. Mai. Brndie was wound
ed before the troops advanced TOO wards.
Col Young then took the right wing and
shifted Lieut-Col Roosevelt L. the left.
In the meantime the FIRE If rho Span
ards had increased in volume. hut. not
withstanding this. an order for > general
charge was given and with \ y.ll IN.
men >uraug forward. Col. Roosevelt i'm
front Of his men. >natcbed = rifle and am
mupitiuu belt from q yynnnlrI lnI5inr
ara. cheering and ycIIin. with his mon
led the advance.
For a moment rhe bullets were singing
like a swarm Of bees all around them
and every Instant some, poor frI1nX went
down. On tn. right VIM Can't MrCliu-
took had his leg broken hv a hulIrt from
a machine gun while four Of his men
went down. At the same time Cant. Luna
Of Troop lost nine of his men.
Then the reserves, Troops X and T..
were ordered IN
Capture of the Blockhouse.
col Wopd with tho RIGHT u-i,-
charged straight at a LI,,l,h7r,... So
wards AWAY ana t,I Rn..ey,1t an ,b,
lett. charged nj the same lfme In m.
men went yelling like TENDS and nev.r
stopping t. return the fire of fh,. Su3n-
iardS but keeping on with grim defer
minarion to capture that hIonkhonsn
That charge, was the md. When with
in 800 wards Of the coveted n,,inr ,hr
Spaniard> broke ana ran, ana for the tIr>i
time W" had the pleasure which the Spau
iards had been cypericuciur nh through
the enforcement. of = ,ntiuc with the enc
my III sight.
In the two hours fighting durinr
which the volunteers hattIcd against th.ir
concealed enemies. enough deeds Of hero
ism were done 10 fiji a volume. one If
the men Of Trnpp + de>r4rYtrIy wounded
was living SauarnIy bct;yenn Tho lines If
fire Surgeon Church hurried to his side
and with bullets peltinc an around him
calmly dressed the mans wound han
dascd it and walked unronccrDp,Ik back
soon returning with two mon and = ljrtrr
The v0ur,lri man was rlarai on fh.. lii
ter and brought into our lines.
"Apotler soldier Of Troop l. conc.aIiug
Ii,,,.,'Y a.. lost a., ,...,,i4 L. I;,,l - ,,...