The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-03

would have SOS. Us the fruits OF cur sf,sn.
retreat
Oas Of the party began TO shout thar the
head OF the coiaEr Should wax for n. tai
20 come Up Il those On the tor had heard
Ne should hare been cooked without sav-
ing the satisfaction Of sring shot. cor
=lderfnS where they we're posted Warned
OF the danger. We were silent and pushed
On marching uhrsoIessef I'll O'Clock in
the morning % Mai Aa-e,. where Gel. al
bocc2rd was pasted with three ba.tasiors
We heard attsrwar1 thar fuxstives Of ours
had been constantly fred on By the rs-p,,ss
who had risen wsth 10Y
Col d Bcccard had heard nothing Of TIE
defeat We had sustained, and wished 70
plans and at = O'Clock we set out toward
Barsch:t
At Bsrach{t we arrived al O'Clock in the
evening. and the ccrun,andant showed rs
telegram which told of a bard OF men
under Ras Se5zth az two hours distance
who had the intention Of making a night
attack
II was decided 20 continue the march az
ter giving the animals a two hours rest.
No one came to disturb as. and in IN.
morning al about o'clock wa reached Al.
CAFE, where We found Barasieri. VINO was
taking his breakfast
our Naples correspondent, writing on
the 18th. says:
The Sumatra. with the first batch Of
wounded on board. arrived in the middle
OF the night, but there was a large crowd
at the arsenal gates.
At the hospitals there is n constant IN
ing and coming OF relations of the rsturr-
ed soldiers. or of others in Africa about
whose fate nothing is known. and The
questions asked OF the wounded are often
painful TO answer. Many generals visit ed
the hospital. and the archbishop of Naples
was also there comforting the patients
his eminence remarked that almost all
were wounded in the legs. and a soldier
answered him: Just 50, Those who were
wounded in the body remained on thu
heid.' $50
A man who had received A lance c7t,
across the face and two on the head law ON
the Held Of battle from o'clock IN the AFT,
ernoon till midnight. remaining perfectly
notioniess. even when the enemy, beiiev-
ing him dead. stripped him naked. In the
middle OF the night he set of on painful
march. which lasted for five days On the
way Lieut. Sacconl. who was terribly rnu-
tuatea. begged him 10 put an end to his
suferlngs- The poor officer when already
wounded. had continued TO defend himssff
as well as he could with his sword. when
the Gala cavalry arrived on the SPOT ana
Cut Oh ovtl ms Iegs ana MS arrnSf Another
or the wounded OF the Sixth battery saws
mat he saw Gen. Ar.mondi fall. but
whether he had been killed or had COM
ualtted suicide he could not say.
A soldier named Fcrraro related that in
the battle Of A5owa he had fallen wosInae,
into thorny bush from which he had lust
extricated himself and was assisting one
OF the surgeons, when he saw two blacks
creeping along the ground toward them
with knives held between their teeth Fer
faro raised himself on the body of his
lieutenant and fired wounding both blacks.
he then ran TO call the ambulance in aid
OF the lieutenant, when he was struck by A
bullet. and returning the fire killed his aa-
verSary. He then joined group OF fugi-
tves under a captain who took the lieliten-
ant with them. but the officer died the fol-
lowing morning. Tn next day. attacked by
the enemy, the captain also lost his life
The men. tortured by thirst. hid all day
and proceeded on their march IN the even
ing. reaching Antiscto mex: morning. But
they found that camp occupied by the enc
my. hid again TIL night. continuing their
retreat amid constant fire from the na-
tives Of the villages which they passed.
Thus day by day. from hill to hill. they
passed in continued peril. Finally they
found native who for So undertook to
guide them. and who. after seven days
march. led them into Adi-caje-