The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-08
CORRESPONDENTS STORY
OF GEN. BACON'S FIGHT
Though Taken by Surprise. the Vet
eran Regulars Were Not Kat
tied for an Instant

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