Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-08-17
Details of the Battle.

righted cablegram from Manila
Bay, August d, via Hong Kong,
August 9 to the Evening World,
gives the following particulars of
the fighting near Malate, on the
night of July 81:
General Greene's force, number
ing four thousand men, has been
advancing and entrenching. The
arrival of the third expedition filed
the Spaniards with rage and they
determined to give battle before
Camp Dewey could be reinforced.
The trenches extended from the
beach, three hundred yards to the
lett flank of the insurgents.
Sunday was the insurgent Feast
Day and their left flank withdrew,
leaving the American right flank
exposed.
Companies A and E, of the
Tenth Pennsylvania and Utah bat
terry, were ordered to reinforce the
right flank:
In the midst of raging typhoon,
with a tremendous downpour OF
rain, the epemy's force, estimated
at 1000 men, attempted to sur
prise the camp. Our plckets were
driven in and the trenches assaulted:
PENNSYLVANIA NEVER FLINcHED.
The brave Pennsylvania men
never finched, but stood their
ground under a whitening FIRE. The
alarm spread and the First Cali
fornla regiment, With two compa-
MES of the Third artillery, who
fight with rifles, were sent up 10 re-
inforce the Pennsylvanians. The
enemy were on top of the trenches
when these reinforcements arrived,
and never was the discipline OF the
regulars better demonstrated than
by the work Of the Third artillery
under Captain O'Hara. Nothing
could be seen but flashes of Mauser
rifles. Men ran right up TO the at
lacking Spaniards, and moved
them down with regular volleys.
The Utah battery, under Captain
Young, covered itself with glory,
The men pulled their guns through
mud ankle deep. Two guns were
sent around in flank and poured in
a destructive enflading fire. The
enemy was repulsed and retreated
in disorder. Our infantry had ex
hausted it's ammunition and did not
follow the enemy.
Not an inch of ground was lost,
but the scene in the trenches was
one never to be forgotten.
COULD NOT WIRING A CRY FROM
THEM.
During flashes of lightning the
dead and wounded could be seen
lying in bloody-red water, but
neither the elements of heavei nor
the destructive power of man could
wiring a cry of protest from the
wounded. They encouraged their
comrades to fight and handed over
their cartridge belts.
During the night the Spanish
scouts were seen carrying off dead
and wounded of the enemy.
The American dead was buried
next day in the convent of Maraca-
ban.
On the night of August I, the
fighting was renewed, but the en-
envy had been taught lesson and
made the attack at long range with
heavy artillery. The Utah battery
replied and the artillery duel lasted
an hour.
One man was killed. He was
Fred Springster, First Colorado,
and two men were wounded and
are this morning reported dead,
which brings the total dead to
thirteen, with ten in hospital NOR
tally hurt.
GEN. GREENE'S THANKS.
General Greene issued this ad-
dress to the troops:
Camp Dewey, Near Manila.
The brigadler general command
ing desires to thank the troops en-
gagged last night for gallantry and
skill displayed by them in repell-
ing such vigorous attack by
largely superior force of Spaniards.
Not an inch of ground was yielded
by the Tenth Pennsylvania infan-
try and Utah artillery stationed in
the trenches.
"a battalion of the third artil-
lery and First Regiment Califor-
MIA infantry, moved forward to
their support through CALLING FIRE