Cañon City record., 1898-10-06
AFTER THE BATTLE.

AFTER THE BATTLE.
MANILA, Aug. 20. Well, We cap
tured Manila last Saturday, the 18th,
and was pretty lucky, for We only lost
killed and 36 wounded-that is. in
the entire army and that is pretty
we'll. We left camp last Saturday
morning about 6 o'clock and laid in
our trenches until about 10. before
ANYTHING was done. Dewey had his
feet drawn up in battle formation
and at 10 a. m. he flagship Olympia
opened FIRE on the city. First she
began to feel for mines for the Mon
t.rey. but found none. Then the
bo,abardment commenced. In about
20 minutes after we commenced firing
c and d companies were ordered over
the breastworks to charge the fort.
We went out about 100 yards then
vent hack about so yards and laid in
water up over our shoe tops for about
ID minutes, then We were ordered to
shsfrunt again and advanced about
10 or 800 wards, to little intrench-
ment thrown up for that purpose and
then commenced firing. We kept up
heavy IRE while X and companies
went up the beach to the fort.
The first battalion charged the fort
and breastworks (The FIRST battalion
IL composed Of companies !, X. c and
d. Companies | and X were the first
ones in the fort and Adjutant Brooks,
Lieutenant-C Colonel Mccoy and Lieu
tenant Lister went up into the fort
and pulled down the Spanish flag and
pulled up ''old Glory and there was
great cheer went up by both the
sailors and the soldiers.
The Colorado boys raised the first
flag in Manila. The Spanish never
fired upon us until We got over their
breastwors, aud were only about 200
yards from us when they poured q
few volleys at US. but, as usual, they
shot high and there wasn't anyone
hurt. We went back over the breast
works and formed into companies
again. and then the reserve came up
and in long column We marched up
the street into the suburbs of the city.
We went about mile and q half up
the street and halted in an old church.
We were expecting TO be ordered
ahead to attack the main city, but in
about an hour and half the white
flag went mp and the city was ours.
1t was an hour from the time we left
the trenches until "Old Glory was
floating over the Spanish fort and
about three hours until the white flag
went up. Our loss was 6 killed and
sc wounded, while the Spanish loss
was 200 killed and good many more
wounded. At least that is what a
priest in one Of the churches told US.
He said he counted 200 dead and he
couldn't count the wounds d. But II
the Spaniards had had little more
nerve they would have swept us of in
great shape; but they couldn't stand
our FIRE.
Well, il has been pretty hot here
for few days, but it has been rain
ing for the last two days and it is all
right when It rains Everything is
pretty quiet here now compared with
what it has been, although the stores
are ell opening p again. They have
been shut up during the war. The
postofiice u open now on the United
States style and Americans are run
mig Il. The Span,srds have beeu
abut up h the old town, that 3 the
wallsd city. There about 5000 sich
and wounded h the hospital, and
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