New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-15
AMERICANS FOUGHT FOR UE&ICO.
A THRILLING INCIDENT OF THE MANI
MILAN CAMPAIGN.
From The Chicago TimosHerald.

From The Chicago Times-Herald
He old soldier lie came INTO ae o M iso
members and II the story he told is true there IS
the Tinted States was not always so punctilious
about the observance OF neutrality laws. 80,
the veteran Grant dispatched sheridan to the Rio
Grande with an army corps 50 that ne mSht De az
h nanrs, IN IN exueng the French from Mexico
was attached to the corps. and on arriving at the
A ysr as bsDk was With command OF cavalry
and less than mile distant from us was encampe,h
an sbe haie, Of the Cv War with the Army Of the
Potomac Directly across The river from ,t where h we
battaions Of Maximhan's troops. Two regiments
the Republican a1 81 TS naa
below the river bank. mile or 50 distant from the
Every morning regularly the Mexicans would
come out and charge that redoubt ana every morn,
before they had reached point nearer than 100
wards Of the forts parapet. We used to turn out
daily and watch the FUN but as the ne same same, thing
tame and finally no one took the trouble TO go TO
the bank and see the charge
lone morning the adjutant OF our command went
TO al the first sergeants and intimated that there
might be somethns worth SEEING on the S,nsT sns
must have received reinforccments and that the
next morning whole cavalry command lined the
north bank Of the Rio Grande. and stood watching
,ed uSn Pretty sss e The from
Republican troops emerged. Instead OF having been
reinforced, there appeared TO be only about haf as
many as usual They marched In columns OF com
panes n poirt about two hundred yards distant
from fort. and appeared to mind very little the
shots that went hurtng through their ranks. All
at once their command swung into regimental front
AT double time and made straight for the enemy 3
parapet We expected to see them break and run.
az usual at the IO0yard line. but they passed
II with mnbroken ranks and swept on like simeon.
They reached the foot Of the parapet, passed up
and over II. and into the fort like the unbroken
wave Of a ground swell We heard shouts and yclls.
and then cheers. and mpment aferward the flag
OF Republican Mexico had replaced that OF Maxmil-
ian.
Twenty minutes later another regiment OF Re-
publican troops out from the shelter OF the
mesquite trees. and marched into the captured re-
doubt. II was not long before the command which
had captured the tort passed the parapet and
sault The captors were making their way back
to the Republican camp. Shortly afterward. away
down IN. river, our glasses revealed to us a queer
sight A hundred small. bsrges fl.ed with men In
dark clothing making their way from the
Mexican to the American shore In an hour there
passed through our company streets the veteran
infantry regiment OF the Army OF the Potomac,
which had been encamped our right. They had
n dozen wounded men with them.
oft-repeated farce the other side OF the Rio
Grande and had made night march into the camp
OF the Mexican Republican troops There they had
been supplied with white uniforms and at break
OF day had turned themselves loose at Maximi.-
ian's redoubt with the same dash that had car
rIed them over the parapcts at Petersburg.
II don't know whether France ever heard OF this
or not but II is certain that the Mexican Govern
ment never made any kick"