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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Las Guasimas, (search)
ere that the American troops met their first serious opposition in the Santiago campaign of 1898. On the night of June 23, after all the American forces had been landed at Daiquiri (q. v.,) General Wheeler, accompanied by the brigade of Gen. Samuel M. B. Young, marched from Siboney, and in the morning he was considerably in advance of the main army. Having ascertained from Cuban scouts that a Spanish force was intrenched at Las Guasimas, where two roads running from Santiago met, he determined to drive them out. General Young's regular cavalry had hardly come in contact with the Spaniards when the Rough Riders, who were marching along another route, were suddenly brought to a halt and a little confused by an unexpected volley with smokeless powder. They fell back, but rallied quickly. On the other side, the colored cavalry, which had come up, forced a ridge with unflinching courage, and the enemy were compelled to retire a mile or more from their intrenchments. In the mean time,