The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-26

| singing and shrieking. sound of the Mauser
| bullets, while the short pop of the Spanish
rifles could be distinguished easily from
| the heavier reports of the American weap-
| ons Sometimes the fire would come in vol
| ley and again shots would follow each other
| in rapid succession for several minutes.
| Captain Capron stood behind his men, re-
volver in hand using it whenever a Span
lard exposed himself. His laim was sure and
| two of the enemy were seen to fall under
| his fire. Just as he was preparing to take
another shot and shouting orders to his
men at the same time, his revolver dropped
from his grasp and he fell to the ground
with ball through his body. His troop was
badly disconnected for a moment, but with
all the strength he could muster he cried,
Don't mind me, boys, go on and fight"
| He was carried from the field as soon as
possible and lived only a few hours. Lieut..
| Thomas, of the same troop, received a
wound through the leg soon afterwards and
became delirious from pain.
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not long in getting into the midst of the
! fight The Spaniards located them and
pressed them hard. but they sent deadly
| fire in return, even though most of the
time they could not see the enemy. After
ten or fifteen minutes Of hot work, the fir
| ing fell off some and Lieutenant Colonel
| Roosevelt ordered his men back from the
| thicket into the trail, narrowly escaping
| bullet himself, which struck a tree along
side his head.
| 1t was evident that the Spaniards were
| falling back and changing their position,
but their fire continued at intervals Then
| the troops tore to the frort and into more
| open country than where the enemy's fire
was coming. About this time small squads
commenced to carry the wounded from the
thicket and lay them in a more protected
| spot on the trail until they could be re.
moved to the field hospital.
THE HOTCHISS USEI ESS.
Colonel Wood also ordered his Hotchkiss
gun into action, but the trooper who rode
| the mule upon which a part of the gun was
| packed had been stampeded. His animal
broke into the woods in the opposite direc-
ton from the Spanish fire, and the gun,
| consequently, could not be used.
| 1t was just before the change of position
was made that Edward Marshall, the CORE
spondent of the New York Journal and Ad-
vertiser, was dangerously wounded He
was back of the troops and a ball struck
him in the small of the back. The sur
geons were unable to tell this afternoon
| whether or not he would recover. During
did some wild shooting into the woods ahead
of them, and part Of the American loss is
| due to this fact. AS soon as the position
had been changed, the Americans poured a
more terrific fire than ever into the Span
iards as they got them into more open
country 1t was not long before the enemy
gave way and ran down the steep hill and
up another hill to the blockhouse, with the
evident intention Of making a final stand
there.
Colonel Wood was at the front directing
the movement, and it was here that Major
Brodie was shot. Colonel Wood and Lieu
tenant Colonel Roosevelt both led the troops
in pursuit of the fleeing Spaniards, and a
hail of bullets was poured into the block
| house. BY the time the American advance
got within six hundred yards of the block
house the Span4ards abandoned it and scat
tered among the brush up another hill in
the direction o. Santiago, and the battle
was at an end.
During all this time just as hot fight
had been in progress at General Young's
station. The battle began in much the
same manner as the other one and when
the machine guns opened fire the Spanards
sent volleys at the gunners from the brush
on the opposite hillside. Two troops of
cavalry charged up the hill and other troops
sent storm of bullets at every point from
which the Spanish shots came The enemy
was gradually forced back, though firing
all the time until they, as well as those
confronting the Rough Riders" ran for
the blockhouse. only to be dslodged by
Colonel Woods men.
THE FIGHTING WAS SHARP.
General Young stated afterwards that the
battle was one of the sharpest he had ever
experienced. II was only the quick and
constant fire Of the troopers. whether they
could see the enemy or not that caused the
spaniards to retreat SO soon. General Young
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