Spaniards Driven Back

Playa, del Este, June 27. - Ten of íoosevelt's rough riders were killed in an engagernc-r.t with a Spanish torce nat ambushed them. These troops had equested that they be sent to the front at once, and they were ordered to march over the foothills from Baiquiri. After a torced march the troopers dismounted. They were then eight miles distant from Santiago. They heird the Spaniards feiling trees a short distance from them, and they were ordered to advance upon the enemy. The country herabouts is covered with high grass and chaparral, and in this a strong 'orce of the Spaniards were hiding. Met wlth a Withering Fire. As the Americans moved forward hey were met by a withering fire. Colonel Leonard Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt led the charge with great bravery. They scorned to hide hemselves in the grass or underbrush, as the enemy did, and ultimately they drove the enemy back toward Santiago, nfliffting heavy losses upon them. The rough riders were supported by the Second Massachusetts volunteers and the First regular cavalry. The American base has been changed from Baiquiri to Seboney and the army will advance to Santiago at once. A number of Cubans took part in the fighting, and forty of them were killed. Edward Marshall, a New Tork correspondent, was at the front with the rough riders and he was seriously wounded. A number of the newspaper men have gone with food and water and a surgeon to bring Mr. Marshall to the coast. Coinmanded by General Young. The troops sent out in advance were commanded by General Toung. The rough riders were on his flank several miles further inland. They were guarding him from a surprise. Of the cavalry there were in the expedition several troops of the First and Tenth cavalry, and eight battalions of the rough riders, all dismounted. There were not 1,200 men in all. They found 2,000 Spanish in a thicket and finally drove them back to the defenses of the town. Fourteen dead Spaniards were found, but this does not measure the Spanish loss. The last resistance of the Spanish was at a blockhouse, whioh was stormed and carried. Four regiments of infantry, including the Seventy-first New York and some of the Ninth cavalry, were hurried forward as a reinforcement.