The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-25
FIERCE
LAND
BATTLE
One Thousand Regulars and
Rough Riders
Encounter a Force of 1000
Spaniards.
AMERICAN LOSSES
Twelve Killed and About Fifty
Wounded.
Twelve Spaniards Found Dead
in the Brush.
Enemy's Loss Is Thought to Be
Much Greater.
HAMILTON FISH DEAD.
HAMILTON FISH DEAD.
Spaniards Were Routed and
Driven Into the City.
Americans Hold the Abandoned
Position.

Playa del Este, Cuba, June Pa hot
fight occurred yesterday morning, five
miles from Santiago. on land.
Less than 1000 Americans, regular
cavalrymen and rough riders, fought
1000 Spanish in thickets, driving them
back into the city.
The American loss is twelve or thir-
teen dead, and at least fifty wounded,
including six officers. Several wounded
will die.
Twelve spaniards We're found dead in
the bush Their loss was doubtless
greater
The Spaniards had every advantage
OF numbers and position
Among the dead are Captain A. K.
Capron, Hamilton Fish, jr., Privates
Filman, Dawson, Dougherty, w. T. Err
win. Dix. York, Bejork, E. kOlbe, Ber-
lin and Lemmock, and Corporal White
Copyright, 1885, by Associated Press.)
On Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Wanda, off Juragua, June
"a. via Playa del Este, Guantanamo
Bay, June 25.-This morning four troops
of the First cavalry, four troops of the
Tenth cavalry and eight troops of
Roosevelt's rough riders, less than
thousand men in ALL dismounted and
attacked 1000 Spanish soldiers in the
thiekets five miles off Santiago de Gu
ba-
The Americans beat the enemy back
into the city, but left the following dead
upon the field:
Rough riders-CAPT. ALLYN K.
CAPRON, troop L.
SERGT- HAMILTON FISH. JR.-
PRTVATES TILLMAN and DAW-
SON. both of troop L.
PRIVATE DOUGHERTY of troop A.
PRIVATE w. T. IRWIN of troop F.
First Cavalry-PRIVATES DIX.
YORK. BEJORK, KOLBE, BERLIN
and LEMMOCK.
Tenth Cavalry-CO WHITE
At least fifty Americans were wound
ed, including six officers Several of
the wounded will die.
Twelve dead SpaniardS were found in
the bush after the fight, but their loss
was doubtless far in excess of that.
General Young commanded the ex-
pedition. and was with the regulars
while Colonel Wood directed the op-
erations 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 thick brush and had every
advantage of numbers and position.
but the troops drove them back from
the start, stOrmed the block house
around which they made final stand
and sent them scattering over the
The caValrynen were afterwards re-
inforced by the Seventh, Twelfth and
Seventeenth infantry, part of the Ninth
cavalry the Second Massa chusetts and
the Seventy-first New York
The Americans now hold the position
at the threshold of Santiago de C,uba
with more troops going forward con-
stantly, and they are preparing for a
final assault upon the city.
The officers wounded were:
Major Brodie, shot through the right
forearm.
Captain McClintock troop r shot
through the right leg.
Lieutenant ]. r. Thomas, troop l..
shot through the right leg. His con-
ditiOn is serious
All the foregoing officers are ro,1eb
riders.
Other officers wounded are:
Captain Knox, whose condition is
serious.
Major Ben
Lieutenant Byrarn
These officers are of the First cavalry
The following are among the soldiers
wounded:
Rough riders:
Troop E-Corporal James F. Bean,
Privates Frank B. Booth. Albert c.
Hartley, r. G. Bailey, H AIvers. E.
J. AthertonClifford Reed and Sergeant
c. ". Arringo.
Troop G-Sergeant Thomas F. Cava-
naugh, Corporal L. L. Stewart. .Privates
George Rowland. H J. Haefner.
Michael Coyle. r. NJ. Reid and NJ. Rus
sell.
Troop L-Privates ]. r. Kean. John
p Desnap. Thomas F. Meagher, Ed
ward Calberst and Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth cavalry:
Troop B-Privates Russell. Gaines.
Miller. Cross, Braxton and Wheeler.
Troop I-Privates Ridd and May
berry.
Edward Marshall correspondent of
the New York Journal. was seriously
wounded in the small of the back. 1t
is probable that at least ten in the
list of wounded will die
Official From Shafter.
Washington, June 25.-The first dis
patch fror, Cen shafter concerning