Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-09-30

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the firing liue. and possibly It would
|haveibeen, had We not been in the
trenches the preceding twenty four
hours and were very tired In conse-
quence.s but We went where. We. were
ordered.and Dur general has expressed,
himself as we'll satisfied with our con-
duct, 80 we have no reason to complain.
After marching into Manila our regi-
ment was orderedsto Il. parole the. streets.
and drive the insurgents ont Of the city.
These hounds expected that we would
allow them to help themselves to any
thing in the city, and not being permit
ted to ID. this became highly indignant
and showed fight.
Co. a was orderedsto clear a certain
street.-The name Of which I cannot re-
member-and drive all armed insurgents
across the bridge that leads into city. This
proceeded smoothly until We got about
100 in front Of US when they made a
stand and refused to proceed further,
andit looked Is though Co. A would
have trouble with them. They told
Captain Moffet that they would cut
through his line. The captain told them
that if they did cut through his line it
would do them very little good as there
were similar lines all the way into the
city and they couldn't get through them
all, but If they insisted on q fight he was
there to give it to them. This had the
desired effect, as they seen their bluff
would not work, and then began to move
of in small parties and all were gone the.
next morning. The captain allowed
them to go to town providing they left
their armes behind them. This they re-
fused to do at first, but ere long, came
back, allowed themselves to be searched
and proceeded to the city. The boys
claim they suffered more anxiety when
these hounds made their stand, loaded
and cooked their guns, than they did
any time during the advance on the city,
and I agree with them, and had any
rashness been shown on the part Of the
captain, there would certainly have been
blood shed.
Major White was right up in front all
during the fight, talking to the boys and
insisting on them to keep under cover,
and their confidence in him had a won
derful bearing on the way the boys be-
haved under fire. The major was as
cool and unconcerned as if he were on
dress parade, instead Of in the heat Of
battle.
Our company was on constant duty
from the morning Of the 18th until the
morning of the 10Th with nothing to eat
but a little bareback and coffee. All
bedding was left behind DO our facilities
for rest were not of the best. The writer
had his shoes of once in 148 hours and
dare say many had a similar experience.
The mud here is all the way from one to
fifteen inches deep and you can imagine
how tired the boys we're after wading
through this mud all day and being in
trenches the preceding twenty four
hours.
The spaniards are very poor fighters
in my estimation. They had the best of
entertainments with arms and ammuni-
ton galore and with U. s. soldiers be-
hind them, it would take five times their
number to drive them out. 1t was diff
ferent on the left wing Of our army.
Dewey's ships drove the enemy from
there, but could not get at the entrench-
ments in front Of us, and this is where
the enemy offered the most resistance,
but could not stay under the heavy fire
and steady advance Of u line and were
driven pell-mell into the city where the
white flag was hoisted and the city +
rendered.
The English residents in Manila are