Show BATTLE FRONT a i arp AR 11 11 if 4 uncle sam s soldiers drive the spaniards back aft after e r a desperate engagement i american loss is twelve dead fifty wounded incle d ing six Officer sAmong the killed is hamilton fish jr on board the press din patch boat wanda off jaragua Jur agua june 24 vla via playa del este guanta gianta name day bay june 21 24 copyrighted 1898 by the associated press ahls morn lug friday four our troops ot of the first cavalry four troops of the tenth cavalry and eight troops of roo koo evelti rough riders less than 1000 men in all dismounted and attacked 2000 1000 spanish soldiers in the thickets within five miles of santiago de dc cuba the americans beat the enemy back into the city but left the fol following loiNing dead upon pon the field ROUGH RIDERS capt allyn K X cappon troop L sergt hamilton fish jr privates tillman and dawson troop L 1 arh private ate dougherty ot of troop A W T erwin ot of troop F r FIRST CAVALRY privates dl york bajork kolbe berlin and Len lenmore mode TENTH CAVALRY corp white at least fifty americans were wounded including six officers several ot of the wounded will die twelve dead spaniards were acro found in the bush after the ight fight b but t their excess loss losa vas BOS doubtless tar far in excess ot of that gen young commanded the expedition and was with tho the regulars while hile col wood directed the operations of the rough riders several miles west both parties struck the Span spaniards lards about the same time and the fight lasted an hour the spaniards opened fire from the thickets and had every advantage of 0 numbers and position but the troops doovid thern back baak from station stormed the blockhouses around which ulily they made a final stand and sent them scattering over the mountains the cavalrymen were afterward reinforced in Jn by the seventh twelfth and seventeenth infantry part of 0 the ninth cavalry and the second massachusetts and se geenty enty farst new york the americans now hold the position at the threshold of santiago de cuba w alth ath more troops going forward constantly and they are preparing tor for a final assault upon the city these officers of 0 the rough riders were wounded maj brodie shot through the right forearm capt mcclintock troop B through the right leg J R thomas troop L shot allot through the right leg ice hla his condition to Is serious S OTHER OFFICERS aati aiti WOUNDED UN D E D capt knox whose con condition on Is serl lous maj bell byram all these officers are 0 of the first cavalry the following are among the soldiers I 1 who were wounded t f ROUGH RIDERS troop B privates E dr mil shelley fishler fishier ar M S newcomb fred erred N bealo beale and corp rhodes rhodesa 1 troop ecord james ta F bean privates frank booth W bert chartley dalley dailey malvern alvers II E J atherton Al herton clifford beed and sergt 15 W arriego troop C sergt seret joseph F r cavanaugh corp li 1 L Ste privates george rowland 11 J haefner Ha etner chael coyle R II 11 rell nel land and M russell V fi f troop L I privates J 14 ri Kea nJohn john P bernap thornas thomas F heagher Iea gher edward calvers and nathaniel P poe TENTH CAVALRY troop 13 privates russell gaines sillier ler cross croan braxton ayd wheeler heeler troop I 1 privates ridd and mayberry edward marshall mahall correspondent for the now new york journal and Advert advertiser liler was seriously wounded in the small smal of the back it Is probable that at least ten in the list of the wounded will ill die |