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4 LETTER FROM MANILA
Lindsey Hudson Give, a Brief bu, lui:.l.Jsg
Aoesun, Of he Fight


NAiN 'f'f'fNt
The following letter. written On p.
Ter torn from an Old spanish book,
| ani hcar.ng the spanish roui. was'fc-
] toiycd by g. H. Hudson from his non
] Lindsey DAY or two agoi
Manila. Philippine Islands.
August q. i'gA
Dear FllkA;-f will try and write
you n full account of the taking % this
/ place. our camp iifo, trials. etc.
We arrived ln the harh1f on the 18th
/ Of July after a long but fairly pleasant
/ Voyage. and landed on The zisL our
/ method ~ landing was very crude.
| We packed everything except our mess
kita. one suit 81 underwear, blue shirts.
/ brown canvas suits and rubber blank
| cts. aud sent them 10 Cavite with al
ruArd % three men. Then tho rest
/ " us with ratiouH. our four Held guns
| iontaRe and camp raraphcrnnlia were
| loaded on native acuwa and tnwed 10
the shore where tho ncpWa were
| henchcd and We walled ashore. chose
camping Erlund about one-foufth
| mile from the beach and pitched camp
/ That sounds easy. but let me ton you
handling the eQuiuaEo with ~ man
/ our total enlisted strength, after Do.
ductinE for those NJ Cavlts and the
/ sergeant ~ Salt Lake. is no annp. but
I hy the end We were fairly In eamp
about three miles aouth ~ Mnlnte and
the Spanish entertainments. and four
miles south OF Manila. Then u was
walt until forces were landed. the
/ third expedition arrived and General
Merritt and Rear Admiral Dewey had
made their plans. and n weary Old walt
q was nut fnaily the Third landed
and our Infantry who bad been sta
TONED az outpoaia near the insurFunt
cntrcnc hmsntH were ordered IN the en-.
trenehmcnts u the insurrontn. who
moved o. the east or extreme fight "
/ Manila. Our boys at once began
strengthening the Old entertainments.
and on the ssth a detachment Of our
artillery went ~ and began the con.
firucilon u KUN pits They were oc-
eaalonally nred at by sharpshootor-
but Kept on working while the Spanish
and Insurgents were peFTing away all
the tlmc but only wasting lead
fIltsr REAL ENGAGEMENT.
on the soth our Eun detachment
moved tho pieces into tho new sun pita
and were then relieved by Lieutenant
Gibbs and two nun crews from nj
platoon. That nisht-ths night Of the
alst % Juiy-ths Spanish tried 10 take
our men. who were only coo strong, BY
surprise and force our position M,
u a.
the Infantry poured Into them and Inc
terrible nro which our two gun 10.
lnshmshts nni tWu Of "ita rave them.
While some twenty infantrymon wore
Killed ana forty wounded not one tftah
man was killed and only one slightly
wounded. That was our nrnt rial en.
hasrr1fst and our boys did nobly, and
We ht. now simply idoliEed by the whols
army Tor We afterwards found out Ina,
our nre killcd Homeleo 10 100 of thsm AMI
wounded 700 20 1000. and IL was most.
done by our cannan shots aithough
!he infantry, especially the Ts,ib
Iennny Nanln and batteries ~ and X
esular aftillefi, who are acting al In.
,an.rS, ga their share which was 4
pcrll Of body OF 80 10 ;Oo men b.ins
,hafEpd ~ superior, much suprri,t
body N Spanish and ahelied 6y ~
cannon N the Cd fort. and the reserve
IVY miles In the rcir. Thoy exhausted
p.l Or 20 rounds " ammunition
lnd Then duletiy nSci bayanets AMI
waited, our guns nred ali but three
shells, then drew their plsiola ana
stood fast and this was Mo posliioa
when ,he reserve and fresh ammunition
Prem this on I, was strengthen our
position and while the Infantry sharn
shooters replied 10 the spanish nrinr
occasionally. Ne were held under orders
not % IRE a shell unless ihe apanlsh
ntoi upon ua and 20 until Inc ilih
me We're In turn every third day" In
ihe trenches, lying IN water and nFht.
Mauser balls were firing over al,
dying
nohnARpMENT COMMENCED.
on the iath, We having pnsltianed our
guns. were ordered a. tho front 10 com.
msnoe the bomharfment Va connection
Win Dewey ~ Manila ana q stihse.
quent assault n thought best. This was
ny nrsi chance for actual action Tor
while ] had been through some N tho
hottest nights In the trenches, / had
never got a chance 20 IRE back. NV ex-
perienee under IRE was perfect indlffor.
snee after the frst ave minutes. f1r
that period my lees trembicd hat /
mink moro from lnacilon than anything
else, for ! have had the same aensa.
llon waiting for my signal In a FOOT.
ball game We were marched NJ Al
500 a M on the morning o. the 18th
and the fun was % begin about 1000
o'clock. We quietly took our positions
and waited. ~ $50 the iieei opened IN
and We followed suit In few minutes
The spanish fred couple Of shots al
the neci but moro al On. We irid away
| Of their fort and hreaatvOrka and MD
thcm every shot. Then, no reply being
/ gwen tho Infantry Nsnt over tho tup
of our works and charged They nrod
shot or ~ az them and run This was
the capture OF Malate ava by two
/ O'Clock we were 10 quarters aud Manila
had surrendered
The seeming easy victory had been a
| little hotter on tho right who're some
20 men were Killed or Wounded by run.
Ming Into nm nmhufcaie early In the
| morning. The surrender was caused hy
the third shot from the iieet going half
way through their fort. our FIRST one
takirR On ne corner and the rest fai.
lowing 40 fast that they couldn't re-
main, you know. iiflg, Gen. Ortene SAYS
not one of our ahofH went villa hut all
| took effect and when We came over In.
10 the trenches and found three dead
mAnEled 20 pieces one leaning back
against the works with half his head
shot on Il certainly had done execu-
lion, 20 the amount Of 300 more. We aro
| told.
Now We HAYS moved Into nice har.
racks IN New Manila and are all safe