Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-01

Killed-Roosevelt's Rough Rider.
in the Thick of the Fisht-Spaniard.
Opened Fire From Thickets.
Off J%uragua. via Playa del Este,
Guatanamo Bay, June 27.-This morn.
ing four troops of the first cavalry, four
troops of the Tenth cavalry, and eight
troops Of Roosevelt'e rough rideys.
less than 1000 men in all, dismoupted
and attacked 1000 Spanish soldiers in
the thickets within five miles of San.
tiago de Cuba.
The Americans beat the enemy back
into the city, but left the following
dead upon the field:
Rough riders-Captain Allyn K.
Capron, of troop L; sergeant Hamilton
Fish. jr.; Privates Tilman and Daw.
son, of troop l.; Private Dougherty, Of
troop A; Private W. r. Erwin, Of
troop f. First cavalry-Privates Dix,
York, Bejork, Kobe, Berlin, LennOck.
Tenth cavalry-Corporal White.
At least so Americans were wounded,
including six officers. Several of the
wounded will die.
Twelve Spaniards, dead, were found
in the bush after the fight, but their
loss was doubtless far in excess of that.
General Young commanded the ex.
petition and was with the regulars,
while Colonel Wood directed the opera.
tions of the rough riders, several miles
west.
Both parties struck the Spaniards
about the same time, and the fight
lasted an hour.
The Spaniards opened fire from the
thickets and had every advantage Of
numbers and position, but the troops
drove them back from their station,
stormed the b~lockhouses around which
they made a final stand, and sent them
scattering owe the mountains.
The cavalrymen were afterwards re.
%inforced by the Seventh, Twelfth and
Seventeenth infantry, part of the Ninth
cavalry and the Second Massachusetts
and the Seventy-first New York. T.
The Americans now hold a position
at the threshold of Santiago de Cuba,
with more troops going forward con-
stantly, and they are preparing for a
final assault upon the city.
The officers wounds ed were:
Major Brodie, shot through the right
forearm.
Captain McClintock, troop B, shot
through the right leg.
Lieutenant j.. 4. Thomas, troops L,
shot through the right leg. His condi.
ton is serious.
All the foregoing officers are rough
riders.
Other officers who were wounded are:
Captain Knox, whose condition is
serious. Major Bell, Lieutenant George
l.. Bryan. These officers are OF the
First cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
who were wounded:
Rough riders-Troop NJ, Privates E.
NJ. Hill, Shelly, Fisher, NJ. S. New
comb, Fred Beale and Corporal Rhodes.
Troop E, Corporal James F. Bean,
Privates Frank Booth, W. Bert Chart
ley, Daley, Halvers, E. G. Anterior,
Clifford Beed and Sergeant G. W. Ar
ringo. Troop G, Sergeant Joseph f.
~Cavanaugh, Corporal L. L. Stewart,
Privates George Rowland. H. +. Haef-
ner, Michael Coyle, r. NJ. Reed. NJ.
Russell. Troop L, Privates ]. L. Heen,
Thomas F. Meagher, Edward Calvers,
Nathan P. Poe.
Tenth cavalry-Troop b, Privates
Russell, Gaines, Miller, Cross, Brax-
ton, Wheeler. Troop l, Privates Rid,
Mayberry.
Edward Marshal, correspondent OF
the New York Journal and Adver-
tiser, was seriously wounded in the
small OF the back.
1t is probable hat at least 10 in the
list OF wounded will die.