. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. nish soldiers of the threeregiments engaged. At a well fifty yardsbeyond the house the Spaniards attempted tomake a stand, and a lieutenant and severalsoldiers were killed. Later an old windmillover the well was raked by shots from theDolphin, and the well was filled up. By thismeans the supply of water upon which theenemy had relied in making his attacks uponthe camp was cut off. The extent of Spanish losses, as estimatedby the Spanish and by Cuban scouts sent outimmediately after the battle, is
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. nish soldiers of the threeregiments engaged. At a well fifty yardsbeyond the house the Spaniards attempted tomake a stand, and a lieutenant and severalsoldiers were killed. Later an old windmillover the well was raked by shots from theDolphin, and the well was filled up. By thismeans the supply of water upon which theenemy had relied in making his attacks uponthe camp was cut off. The extent of Spanish losses, as estimatedby the Spanish and by Cuban scouts sent outimmediately after the battle, is 6S killed andabout 150 wounded. Our loss was but twokilled; and these were Cubans who fell intheir last intrepid charge for the Cuscohouse. Both received wounds in the breastand died shortly after help reached them, ut-tering with their last breath the dear libre. Two more Cubans werewounded, one accidentally by the dischargeof Col. Schardes pistol. He has since beenrelieved of command by Gen. Perez, and isretained on board the Marblehead as Capt. 48 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. FRANCISCO REVERUGES, FIRST SPANISH PRISONER TAKEN ON CUBAN SOIL. McCallas interpreter and guide. His suc-cessor, Thomas, is a much supe-rior officer, a truthful man, and one in whomAmericans can feel confidence. Though five days had passed since the en-gagement when our party revisited the field,it bore vivid and not altogether pleasant tes-timony of the conflict. The air was heavywith the stench of decaying carrion, andbuzzards soared back and forth from hillsideto valley, suggesting at a distance the silent,fugitive shades of the dead. In the gulch thetrain of dead extended all the way from theknob, where Capt. Elliotts fire first checkedthe enemys advance^ up the the head of thegulch. But the remains were decomposed be- yond recognition. The desiccating heat andthose revolting scavengers of warm coun-tries, the buzzards, had united to destroythese emaciated frames within a
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