Daily camera., 1898-09-26
CHARGE ON MANILA.
A Boulder Boy Writes of the Eventf"l
Battle.

Manila"
Sunday, Aug ID. 1898.
ave have met the enemy and they are
ours August 18Th was the day which
| Gen. Merrett took as the day on which
we would take this city. Yesterday
morning at 6:3o we left the camp with
2o5 shells in our haversacks and belts;
we also went away from camp with the
expectation of never going back. We,
"the Colorado boys" led the attack. SO
our first battalion took the third trench
es, the second battalion the second, and
the third the first and at 7 o'clock we
were in our trenches. We worked un-
were to be in under cover at 10 o'clock,
but our order did not correspond with
| Deweys, for we had twenty minutes left
yet, when Dewey fired his first shot and
the battle had made start. The boys
simply rolled into the trenches with their
guns on top Of them. Then came nv
first real experience in hearing bullets
sing. Dewey used only two ships-the
Olympia and one othY. They kept it
up for about forty FIVE minutes-and how
the shot aid howl over our heads-then
we made our first advance upon the
enemy. Dewey gave them some heavy
shots and we poured in with our guns.
| The enemy now left the old fort and we
| advanced on double time, but the Span
ish bullets came rather thick and sound.
ed very unpeasantly near. Some of the
bows were about crazy. We have the
American flag over the old Spanish fort
We all had to cross a river, waist deep,
with very strong current. Some of the
boys would have gone down, if some of
the others had not given them help at
once. We were nearly dead when we
reached the tort, and got under protec
in sight OF thc retreating enemy about
800 yards away. They shot quite nun
Der of volleys at us but there was not a
single man killed or wounded, while
crossing it, with all their shooting. We
then got back of their lost earthworks in
which were several dead Spaniards
Some OF the company of the third bat
talon shot several voIleys at the Span
ish, so the first could advance into the
old town. The Spanish kept out of oul
sight for quite good while. Again tht
third crossed the bridge while the bullet!
were flying thick but not one was hit
We then passed in front of the old for
and the first battalion advanced into the
following as quickly as possible. The
Eighth U. S.infantry was following US up
We drove the enemy before us with very
little loss. Our battalion was formed ir
regular formation about a mile and q
half from the fort, and were ordered tt
go through all of the houses and shoot Oh
make any Spaniard prisoner we came
across, and if we came to place W,
could not get in to simply 60 in anyhow
We went through some fine buildings
which were under the English flag.
was in one of these houses one Of the frs
boys in our company got shot. 1t was ;
slight wound in the neck. He got very
weak from the loss of blood, before the
doctors could get to him. | have no,
vet heard how he is this morning. We
went back to the (orf, thirty out OF The
company, our first sergeant in charge
We had orders to keep all of the native.
out. We thought once that we were go
ing to have some trouble with them
We had the first pick at the post anc
some of the boys got some very nice
specimens.
Thirty boys of Co. H had very hare
night of it after being on the run all the
day. We had to put out guard all nigh
and it Yained all of the time. and we hao
to sleep next 10 some of the wounded
Spaniards. We did all we could fol
them but this morning all were dead
We were relieved at o'clock and were
ordered to report to our regiment, we
did not know where. We kept on and
Oh and went all through the City of Ma
Mia, and at IL o'clock we did not know
where we were. The Spanish soldier:
were running all around US. but we had
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