Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-30
THE INITIAL FIGHT.
Rough Riders and Regulars Run
Into Spanish Ambuscade.
MANY MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
ATtora Desperate attic Lasting Nearly
Two Hours the spanish Troops
Are Put to Flight The Dead
and Wounded.

Juragua, Cuba, June rs (per Asso-
ciated Press Dispatch Boat Dandy,
via Kingston, Jamaica, June 26)-
The initial fight of Colonel Woods
rough riders and the troopers OF the
First and Tenth regular cavalry will
be known in history as the battle OF
La Quasina.
That II did not end In the complete
slaughter OF the Americans was not
due TO any miscalculatlon In the plan
OF the Spanlards, for as perfect an
ambuscade as was ever formed In the
brain of an Apache Indian was pre-
pared, and Lieutenant Colonel Roose-
welt and his men walked squarely
into 1t.
For an hour and half they held
their ground under perfect storm
of bullets from the front and sides,
and then Colonel Wood at the right
and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt at
the left led a charge which turned
the tide of battle and sent the enemy
flying over the hills toward Santiago,
1t is now definitely known that six
teen men on the American side were
killed, while sixty were wounded or
reported to be missing. 1t is impos-
sible to calculate the Spanish losses,
but ii Is known that they were far
heavier than those Of the Americans
at least as regards actual loss Of
life. Already thlrty-seyen dead Span
ish soldiers have been found and
buried, while many others are un-
doubtedly lying in the thick under
brush on the side Of the gully and
on the slope of the hill, where the
main body OF the enemy was located.
The wounded were all removed. A
complete list Of the killed, wounded
and missing on the American side,
revised to 4 o'clock Saturday, is as
follows:
Killed.
CAPTAIN ALLYN X. CAPR0N, first
United States volunteer cavalry,
SERGEANT HAMILTON FISH, JR.,
troop L, First United States volun-
teer cavalry.
SERGEANT DOROTHY, Troop A,
first United States volunteer cavalry
SERGEANT MARCUS d. RUSSELL,
troop G, First United States volun-
teer cavalry.
SERGEANT RUSSELL, lived in
Troy, N. v, and was formerly col
onel on Governor Hills stan. :
PRIVATE LEGGETT, troop A,
First United States Volunteer cavalry.
PRIVATE HARRY HEFFNER,
troop G, First United States volunteer
cavalry.
PRIVATE MILDEN w. DANSoN,
troop l., First United States cavalry.
PRIVATE w. Z. IRWIN, troop 4,
First United States volunteer cavalry.
PRIVATE SLBNNOC, troop X, First
regular cavalry.
PRIVATE b. WORK, troop B, First
regular cavalry.
PRIVATE KRUPP, troop B, First
regular cavalry
PRIVATE STARK, troop A, First
regular cavalry.
PRIVATE -, troop X, First
regular cavalry.
PRIVATE KELBE, troop X, First
regular cavalry
PRIVATE BAIoLIN, troop X, First
regular cavalry.
CORPORAL WHITE, troop L,
Tenth regular cavalry.
wounded.
Major James Bell, First cavalry,
shot in the leg.
Captain Thomas I. Knox, First cav
airy, shot in the stomach; serious.
Lieutenant Bryan, First cavalry.
Private Frank Booth, troop Il, First
volunteer cavalry.
Private George Brixton, troop b,
Tenth cavalry.
Private S. L. Ishler, troop G, First
volunteer cavalry.
Private Joseph Dole, troop B, First
volunteer cavalry,
Private John b. Keene, troop L,
First volunteer cavalry.
Private NJ. L, Newcombe, troop d,
First volunteer cavalry.
Private Martin Prell, troop G, First
cavalry.
Private Samuel Redd, troop G, First
cavalry.
Private Arthur Wheeler, troop B,
Tenth cavalry.
Private Theodore Gryce, troop l,
Tenth cavalry.
Private Kelley Mayberry, troop I,
Tenth cavalry.
Private James Russell, troop 3,
Tenth cavalry.
Edward Marshall, correspondent of
the New York Journal and Adver-
tiser, serious.
Private Schuelter Whitney, First
volunteer cavalry.
Private Nathaniel M. Poe, troop l.,
First volunteer cavalry.
Corporal ]. M. Dean, troop I, First
volunteer cavalry.
Private j. N. Deal, troop d, First
volunteer cavalry.
Private c. L. Reed, troop F, First
cavalry.