The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 09, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1898 Page: 3 of 8
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Hie First Battle with the Spaniards, Which
Resulted In a Victory For the Kough
Kiders and Regulars.
After the first fierce attack on the
marines at Guantanamo their position
was so strongly intrenched that Oen.
Shatter decided to use this point for
the landing of his array and supplies.
The disembarkation of the troops,which
arrived from Tampa on transports, ac-
companied by a strong convoy of war-
ships, began on Wednesday, June 22.
The co-operation of the United States
army and navy and their Cuban allies
was thorough. So well laid were the
plans of Gen. Shafter, Admiral Samp-
Bon and Gen. Calixto Garcia, and so ex-
actly were they carried out even to the
minutest detail, that every possible
move on the part of the Spanish forces
was forestalled.
The resistance to the landing was of
the feeblest nature, the Spanish garri-
sons contenting themselves with a half-
hearted reply as they retreated before
the combined fire of our land and sea
forces.
At the close the 6,000 United States
soldiers were sncamped upon the hills
about Baiquiri. To deceive the enemy
the coaling ships were sent to the west
of the entrance to Santiago Bay in or-
der to give the impression that, they
were transports and that the troops
were to be put ashore there.
The decoy squadron took up its po-
sition at daylight, and as soon as the
Spaniards observed it they concentrat-
ed a heavy fire upon the colliers, but
without effecting any damage to them
or their crews. The colliers were far
out. Meanwhile the troopships moved
eastward out of sight of land, lining up
finally off Bacanao, the inlet just west
of Playa del Este, where the cable sta-
tion had been established.
The weather and condition of the sea
were just what was required for such
an undertaking. The landing was to
be made under Brig.-Gen. Lawton,while
Gen. Shafter, on board the headquarters
ship Seguranca, supervised the opera-
tions.
On Thursday 10,000 more troops on
the transports were landed, making a
total of 16,000 soldiers. After a night's
time a considerable halt wag neces-
sary.
The Tenth cavalry, inured to hot
weather marching, went along cheerily
enough, but when the battle began
they were some distance behind the
Rough Riders. The Tenth had, how-
ever, a rough road to march over. That
which Colonel Wood's regiment took
was a mere trail through the woods,
where it was not always possible for
four men to march abreast. Let it bo
understood that the Rough Riders were
proceeding along one of the ridges, of
which there are so many in the valley
that ends at Santiago. The course of
the Tenth was in the bottom of the val-
ley. Overlooking the ridge on both
sides was some high ground, and io
front was a considerable hill.
The Spanish position was in the
shape of a horseshoe, so that volley fir-
ing could be directed from three sides
on a regiment advancing along the
ridge. On both sides of the trail were
dense thickets, in which the giant cac-
tus known as the Spanish bayonet
predominated, but the trend of these
thickets was slightly upward on the
right and sharply downward on the
left.
Capt. Capron, of the volunteers, was
riding at point, or ahead of the main
body, when he became aware of the
presence of the Spaniards in force on
a hill to the right. He halted his lit-
tle body of men and sent back word
to Col. Wood. The latter at once gave
orders to deploy on both sides of the
trail and enjoined silence, especially ofl
the left, where there was some shout-
ing and laughter, for the men, fagged
out as they were from heat and march-
ing, were inclined to be hilarious over
the prospect of a brush with the ene-
my. Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt at once r*-
pressed their enthusiasm.
Suddenly from cover on the left front
and before the regiment was well do-
ployed, there came a rip-rip-rip of mus-
ketry. The firing was directed against
Troop L, which was in advance. It is
said that the Rough Riders at the ex-
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E (Uid B being further back and In the
rear of L. Capt. Capron was shot
early in the fight, and the firing had
not gone on long before Hamilton Fish
fell mortally wounded. He had been ill
the front rank pressing on and firing
as fast as he could load. Every one
who witnessed his behavior under .1
galling fire speaks of it with enthu-
siasm. Fish died the death of a brav6
soldier.
It can be said of the Rough Riders
that almost to a man they faced with
the coclness of veterans the ordeal ol
fire, which was the more trying be-
cause the foe. attacking from cover,
could not he seen. Five times during
the engagement the order was given to
stop filing, and it was obeyed Instantly,
Thtre could be no better evidence that
the men kept their heads, and army
ofUcers speak of the circumstance as an
unusual one. One man, however, secmc
to have lost his head. He rode back tci
Siboney when the fighting was fiercest
with a story that the Hough Kiders
were being cut to pieces and were
falling back. Nothing could have been
further from the truth. Ten men killed
and perhaps three times that number
wounded was not a heavy loss in a
command of 500 men, and, far from be-
ing driven back, the Rough Riders fin-
ished their part in the battle with a
charge up the hill on the left with a
rush that filled the Spaniards with
panic.
Troops D, F and E were concerned in
this final movement, and Lieut.-Col.
Roosevelt led them In person, MaJ.
Brodie having been wounded and taken
to the rear. On the top of the slop#
was a block house from which the
Spaniards were firing with apparently
little risk to themselves. The boys
yelled like Comanches as they pressed
up the hill on the run, and Col. Roose-
velt, forgetting in his ardor that he
was in command, snatched up a Krag-
Jorgensen and pumped shot after shot
into the block house.
1 ne Spanish fire was steady enough,
but in its sweep the charge of the three
troops was cyclonic, and the Spaniards
burst from the block house and took
to their heels in the brush. Seventeen
bodies were counted in and around the
house. Meanwhile the other troops,
tho Tenth cavalry and the First, the
last of which was not heavily engaged,
finished the rout of the Spaniards 011
the right and in front. The battle
seems to have been deliberately plan-
ed, for they took their wounded away
in wagons, and there was a long line
of them. The Spanish loss in killed
was then known to be at least fifty.
Some fruit pickers who came out from
Santiago the lollowing day reported
that the Spaniards returned with the
story that they had been fighting the
whole American army, and they com-
plained that the more they fired on
Americans the faster they came on.
The Spaniards were plainly heart-
broken and dismayed by the result of
the battle. So sure were they of vic-
tory that they brought some of their
women with them to witness the de-
feat of the Americans. The fact is,
the unfaltering advance of our men
after volleys had been poured into
them from the front and flanks was nn
unpleasant surprise for the Spaniards,
who had always seen the Cubans re-
treat after one raking volley. By Span-
ish rules of war the Americans were
whipped early in the fight, and so bad-
ly whipped that their invincible volley-
ing and rushing were like the resur-
rection of a dead man.
About 1,500 Americans were engaged;
the Spanish force was not less than
2,500, and some estimates have iuadt
it 4,000. Its position should have beei
impregnable, even if it had been out
numbered.
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the thought that perhaps in this for- ones.
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apple dumplings.
I.o.t III, I.lfe Huvllig Other,.
A country boy visiting Xew York
stopped a runaway team that was
about to dash on the sidewalk where
there were hundreds of women anil
children. He saved their lives, but
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stomach, liver and bowels are brought
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How a man whose collar wilts in
fifteen minutes, hates a man who al-
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I believe l'iso's Cuie is the only medi-
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When a man's opinion has weight no
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When a man doesn't like a thing he
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The only way some married people
manage to avoid quarreling is by re-
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Mnre UnMes I.lvo* have been advert by l>r.
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Woman was made from the rib of
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When some people ask for time to
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Tho musician on the stage looks
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Prom Mrs. Walter E. Budd, of P**-
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Mrs. TUtdd. in the following- letter
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ing.
rest Gen. Shafter, in pursuance of his
aggressive policy, ordered an advance,
and on Friday night the advance on
Santiago began. Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, who were among the first to
land, urged that they be sent to tne
Iront at once, so they were ordered tn
march over the foothills, supported by
the First and Tenth Regular Cavalry,
and the Second Massachusetts volun-
teers.
The night before Guasimas General
Young sent for Colonel Wood, of the
Rough Riders, and in substance said to
him:
"Colonel, I have reliable information
that the Spaniards have taken a very
strong position beyond Sevilla, near the
junction of the trail over the mountain
at Siboney and the valley road, and ex-
pect to inflict a defeat on us there if we
advance. I think the brigade can fight
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the first battle of the war tomorrow
morning and drive the enemy back on
Santiago."
General Young got his information
about the position of the Spaniards
from General Demetri Castillo's scouts,
and it proved to be correct. Colonel
Wood's regiment climbed the hill at Si-
boney soon after sunrise and the Tenth
took the valley road, starting later.
Behind the Rough Riders at some dis-
tance marched the First. The country
in which the troops were to operate can
best be described as a chaos of high
hills and mountain peaks. So prodi-
gally are they massed about that It
should not be difficult for a resourceful
and determined enemy to annihilate an
invading army. Colonel Wood's men
marched with heavy packs at the regu-
lation step and suffered terribly from
the heat. Many of them threw away
their blankets or coats on the way and
ten per cent fell out, so that at one |
treme left anticipated the Spanish fir-
ing by a few seconds, but on this point
there seems to be some doubt. Refer-
ence has already been made to the as-
sertion that a Hotchltiss gun handled
by the First regiment of cavalry fired
the first shot. Troop L of the Rough
Riders replied to the Spanish fire with
great spirit and precision. The trail
and woods on both sides of it are still
littered with empty cartridges fired 1 y
them. On the left side of the trail the
bushes were thick, and the men could
not see the Spaniards who were firing
on them from the slope. On the right
the enemy could be seen in a little
clearing a mile away, and Troops K, G
and A, after plunging through the
bushes, blazed away at them with good
will.
There was at first some danger that
the Tenth cavalry, which came up
quickly as soon as the firing began,
would mistake the deploying Rough
Riders on the right for Spaniards, and
one of the officers of the Tenth after-
wards said that he was greatly relieved
when the guidon of K appeared on a
slight elevation In the valley ahead. It
is doubtful whether Troops G, K and
A, which were in that order on the
right of Company L, could have driven
the Spanish off the hill without sup-
port. The Tenth, on getting the word,
swarmed up the hill, firing with great
deliberation volley after volley. Their
alignment and coolness were remark-
able. Whenever a man was hit the
cry of "Hospital" went up calmly, and
the troopers pressed 011 as if engaged
in practice manoeuvers. Although
many of them had never been under
fire, there was not the least faltering or
confusion.
On the left of the Rough Riders.
Troops D and F did the houviest work.
Olii Glory at Cut Kates.
The intentions of the man who hung
it up are douBtless perfectly patriotic,
but the placard in a window of a shop
near Market space is calculated to give
a shock to those of lis to whom our
country's flag is a thing beyond all
price. It reads: "Old Glory. Worth
J4. Reduced to $1.9S."—Washington
Star.
FRILLS OF FASHION
Mauve and red form one of the fash-
ionable combinations of color.
Pretty neckties to wear with pique
gowns are made of white glace silk,
trimmed with plaid or spotted silk.
Cherries mixed with their own blos-
soms decorate red straw hats, and
to perfect the scheme of color a scarf
of red silk spotted with white is effec-
tive.
A becoming feature of fashion is the
belt like the material for the gown, or
of chiffon of the same solor rather
than of ribbon in contrast. - Xew York
Sun.
The hat which turns back from the
face is a close rival to the other ex-
treme which tilts down over the eyes,
and is charmingly becoming to main-
faces.
Very pretty waists classed with shirt
waists are made of linen batiste with
bands of lace insertion between groups
of tucks down the front and back
where the waist fastens. The collar
is simply a transparent band of lace,
with cords long enough to tie in a
bow.
Earrings are threatened again, and
the special design which may prove ir-
resistible is called "ear florets." They
are a little flower scroll set with dia-
monds shaped to accentuate the curves
I of the lobe of the ear, and fastened in
1 some mysterious way which is not
visible.
Bangles of oxidized silver, ornament^
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from Shakespeare, in old English let-
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