These men had returned with news of a Spanish outpost called Las Guasimas. By the afternoon of the same day the Rough Riders had been ordered to head towards Las Guasimas and eliminate all opposition and secure the surrounding area. The men would camp outside the outpost and then attack the next morning. For starters, the Rough Riders were at a disadvantage, they were not accustomed to the dense jungles of Cuba in which they were fighting, and they did not know the jungle paths as the Spanish knew them. Yet the next morning the attack began, with General Young, commander of the cavalry and regulars, attacking the outpost directly. As this began, Roosevelt and Colonel Woods traveled through the jungle and attacked from an alternate side, in an almost pinch-hit maneuver quickly eliminating the Spanish opposition. By the end of the battle there were 8 Rough Riders killed and 31 wounded. The Rough Riders now had full control of an outpost on the way to their next objective,