Fair play., 1898-07-02
IHE BAN[EOF IA QUAS|NA.
Later Particulars of the Great Fight
of the Rough Riders in
the Chaparral.
THOSE WHO FELL BRAVELY FIGHTING.

Breathless Cubans Give Warning of tho
Ambush-GaIIant Conduct OF Our Men
Under a whitening Firc-No Though.
of Retreat or Hesitation Entertained
for n Moment.
JURAGUA, Cuba, June ~, 4 p. III. +,
via Kingston, Jamaica, June 2j.-The
initial fight of Col. Woods rough riders
and the troopers of the FIRST and Tenth
regular cavalry will be known in his
tory as the battle of La Quasina. That
it did not end in the
Complete Slaughter Of the Americans
was not due to any miscalculation in
the plan of the Spaniards, for as per-
feet an ambuscade as was ever formed
in the brain of an Apache Indian was
prepared, and Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt and
his men walked squarely into it. For
an hour and Il half they held their
ground under a perfect storm of bull
lets from the front and sides, and then
Col. Wood at the right and Lieut.
Col. Roosevelt at the left, led 4 charge
which turned the tide of battle and
sent the enemy flying over the hills to-
ward Santiago.
Impossible to Calculate the Spanish Losses.
1t is now definitely known that i6
men on the American side were killed,
while 60 were wounded or are reported
to be missing. 1t is impossible to calcu-
late the Spanish losses. but it is known
that they were far heavier than those
of the Americans, at least as regards
actual loss of life. Already 81 dead
Spanish soldiers have been found and
buried, while many others undoubt-
cdly are lying in the thick underbrush
on the side of the gully, and on the
s,opc of the hill, where the main body
of the enemy was located. The
wounded were ali removed.
Aconplctc list of the killed, revised
to four o'clock Saturday. is As follows:
The Heroes Who Died at La 0uasInu.
Capt. Allyn X. Capron, First United
States volunteer cavalry.
Sergeant Hamilton Fish, Jr., Troop
l., First United States volunteer cav
airy.
Sergeant Doherty. Troop A, FIRST
United States volunteer cavalry.
Sergeant Marcus ID. Russell, Troop
&, First United States volunteer cav
airy Sergeant Russell lived IN Troy,
y. y. aud was formerly Y colonel on
Gov. Hills staff.
Private Leggett, Troop -, First
United states volunteer cavalry
Private Harry lieifncr, Troop Il,
First United States volunteer cavalry.
Private Miilen W. Danson, Troop l.,
First UnItcd States cavalry.
Private W. /. Irving, Troop /. FIRST
United States volunteer cavalry.
Private Slcnnoc. Troop h First regu-
lar cavalry.
Private Il, Work, Troop Il, First reg
ular cavalry.
Private krs-pp, Troop Il. First regu-
lar cavalry.
Private Stark, Troop \, FIRST reguI az
cavalry.
Private Har!in, troop h. FIRST reGu-
lar cavalry.
Private kcIbc, Troop *, L irst regular
cavalry.
Corporal White, Troop Il. Tenth reg
ular cavalry.
lhesPah'ar"s were thoroughly f"s'e"'
mat the Spanlards were thoroughly y
posted as TO the route TO be taken oI
the Americans IN thcir movements TO-
wards >c'ii!a was SHOWN ny the care
iul preparations they mad made. Ihe
man pody OF Spahiar"s were posted
on hiIi' on the heaviiy wooded slopes
OF when had been erected Two block
houses, nanhca by irregular intrench-
ments oi stone ana 1aiicn trees. At
the bottom OF these mis- run oroads
along Whlch Lleut--,oi. roosevelt )
men and eight troops OF the first and
lehth cavalry win battery OK 1our
ho"i"IerS' advanced.
Large f"rce OF >Pahiaf"s In ambush.
these ROADS are put iittIe more than
guiiies' rough and narrow, AM at
places almost impassabie. IN these
trans the hght occurred. Nearly nan
mile separated kooseveits men from
the regulars ana between them and
on both SIDES OF the road IN the thick
underbrush was concealed force OF
Spanlards that must nave been large,
Judging from the terrific and constant
hre they poured IN on the Americans.
Started ON Up the Precipitous Bluff.
The fight was opened by the First
and Tenth cavalry, under Cen Young
force of Spaniards was known to
be IN the vicinity OF La cuaslna' ana
early IN the morning Lieut.-toi. koosc-
welt men started OH up the precip-
ltous blum back OF Slboney, to attack
the Spaniards on their right hank' Ten.
Young at the same time taking the
road at the foot OF the hlll.
bre"'hiess c"hans Bring a Warning