The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26
Thrilling Description of the Short and Sanguinary
Battle Near Juragua.
PERFECT STORM OF DEADLY BULLETS
CAME FROM THICKET AND ANlBUSCADE
HerOs Of Wood and Roosevelt Death Of Captain CaprOn
and Incidents of the Fight.

Copyright, 1885, by the Associated Press.)
Four Miles Northwest of Juragua,
Cuba. Thursday, June %, p. m.-Pe,
Dispatch Boat Wanda, to Port Antonio
Jamaica, June %, a. M (Via Kingston
Jamaica, 1870 p. m.)-Dismounted
American cavalrynen forced their way
over mountain trails this morning and
encountered the Spanish infantry in a
dense thicket on a high plateau, al
most overlooking the city of Santiago
de Cuba, and routed them, after a
sharp battle, lasting one hour.
This afternoon, strongly reinforced
by the arrival Of additional forces, the
cavalrymen held a position little more
than five miles from the Spanish
stronghold in southeastern Cuba, pre-
pairing for a general movement on that
city
Today's victory was not gained with
out the shedding of American blood
and one officer and II of the troops lie
under the ground on the field of battle,
while about 50 others, including six
officers, are in the field hospital. suffer
ing from wounds. OF these, eight or
ten probably viii die. 1t is believed
that the enemy's loss was at least 90
dead, besides many wounded.
The American dead are:
Captain Allyn K Capron of Troop
L, First volunteer cavalry; Sergeant
Hamilton Fish, jr., Troop L; Privates
Tilden Dawson, Troop L; George DaW-
son Daugherty, Troop A; w. It. Irwin,
Troop F, all four of the same regiment,
more Familiarity known as the rough
riders, and Privates Dix, York, Biork,
Colba, Berlin and Lemonck, all of
Troop K. First regular cavalry, and
Corporal White, Troop E, Tenth cav
airy.
The following officers We're wounded:
Major Brodie. shot through the arm:
Captain McClintock, Troop B. shot
through the right leg; Lieutenant j. r.
Thomas. Troop NJ, shot through right
leg. All the foregoing officers were
rough riders.
Other officers wounded: Captain
Knox Major Bell. Lieutenant Byram.
These officers are of the First cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
wounded:
Rough Riders: Troop R-Privates
z. NJ. Fill, Shelly Ishler, II. S. New
comb, Fred n. Beale and Corporal j.
D. Rhodes.
Troop F-Corporal James T. Boan;
Privates Frank B. Booth, Albert Hart
ley. r. g. Bailey, H. Alvers. e. J. Ath-
erton, Clifford Reed and Sergeant c.
w. Arringo.
Troop G-sergeant Thomas F. Cav
anaugh. Corporal L. L. Stewart, Pri-
Yates George Rowland, II. J. Haefner,
Michael Coyle. r. NJ. Reid and NJ Rus
SCI!
Troop I.-Privates ]. r. Keane, John
H. Dernal Thomas F. Meagher, Ed
ward Cablecost and Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth Cavalry: Troop B-Privates
Russell Gaines. Miller, Gross, Braxton
al Wheeler.
berry.
r.award Marshall. correspondent of
the New York Journal and Advertiser,
vas seriously wounded in the small Of
the back.
TWO BATTLES FOUGHT.
Practically two battles were fought
at the same time. one by the rough
riders. under the immediate command
OF Colonel Wood, on the top Of the
plateau. and the other on the hillside,
several miles away, by the regulars,
with whom was General Young. The
expedition started from Juragua-
marked on some Cuban maps as AL
tares-a small town on the coast nine
miles east of Moro Castle, which was
the first place occupied by the troops
s,fter tfeir landing at BaiGuiri last
Wednesday.
Information was brought to the
American army headquarters by Gu
bans on Thursday that forces Of Span
ish soldiers had assembled at the
place where the battle occurred to
block the march on Santiago. General
Young went there to diSlodge them,
the understanding being that the Gu
bans under General Castillo would CO.
operate with him, but the latter failed
to appear until the fight was nearly