Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-26

sea . 80 s,,n de,nchments all told on 81
- -, -,.s,-v nan knew his place. ! got
~ .'r,sants and gurrers together and
80 sse-, some Instructions about ele-
,.,,i,ns on their sights. wlndage, drlt,
20 and Impressed them WIN The IDEA
mai We were there 70 tnahs = r.puta,
l.... aiine In from camp and relieved
~ f,snnevlvania boys who had been
- ,..rd Inc prnvioua day. We ore
~ lk.,,vs,iv IN love with Hates regiment
n, h n spicrdid lot Of feUows--h brave
,,i,itnr 10 work aud wen disciplined.
We wrre delighted TO nave then
ar 9ina-o VI Greene soon came with his
.,.N cnI took M hls position To- the
nnvy rriebra.ed church az ho1iquhfteFs
Nn,u, q o'clock We saw the shlia ot
n.v,,s,a nees begin TO move out from
ihsIr piarcs In Caviie and 20 proceed
noon OF THE FIRST GuS.
Ths ap,niards nrtd a few Mausers
deru our way. but hurt no one. About
haif past . We heard the room ~ one
~ the ncst'e guns. soon to,l,wed ~
siie ana ne told me 20 III thom have .
few rounds, and sent thc Same word
10 e..vf,in Grant. further % our west.
I ma fir drs. shot from my No.
Niece with sight act at 1000 yards. The
rriimafa wis exact The shell sped
with inc wings ~ llGht over 70 the
gparish brcastwnrks on top OF M1iate
f5rf ara knocked the aandbaga galley
wost. showing that our aim AMI eleva.
lion was exact. l Immediately followed
with oihfr guns. ana Captain Grant
opened out below. Nearly every shlt
rirurk the parnpet--one from Lleutcn.
ant MAYORS piece struck a shed or
something ~ she sort. and made the
blanks ard beams mount into the Ky
In grcas shape. one ~ the other guns
~ my battery. ~ one round. got such
a nne opportunity on the brclgiw1rks
that II iif;ed one s1ndhag at least ~
fert In the air and others almost na
high. There were other guns juv, be-
low The fort and one across a bridge
near by at which I directed few
shots, ard each time we could see the
We have are daislcsi II the Spanish
had had any nearly ~ powerful w
c1uu not have held our position a. the
church ~ We dli. after nights o. hnm-
hardment In the meantime the navy
were pouring u into the Spanish fort
and along their treuchsa. which they
had a splendid chance 10 do from the
hay. The navy ara not shoo, nearly %
accurately na We ala. hut u was eau
lion 90 see how their big eirht.inch and
other guns dld rip ching, up when ehsy
Amer shelllnE 'or abou, an hour the
Infantry, which had not fred shni.
were thrown forward ~ our lines. nv
hatiallona In sklrmish lines. Even hf-
ter ihoy were oW We fred rirh. over
their headH. but it made them duck
the feeling u not comfortable. I have
/ no doubt. For the frsi time the Span
ards showed some life. thcy nrai
some small arms. hut few v1licys
| from the Colorado boys slienced an
that. The Colorado regiment went on,
IN three lines. Everybody expected
/ every momfni that The Spanish would
/ open lrc on the advancing lines. and
/ perhaps lay oWi q hundred or two. hut
the truth was as We lmagincd-ihs IRE
/ or the ilcri and ~ our nwn guns was
/ - Intense ana terrifying that they had
| Ned IN panic altar the first shots which
| struck and penetrated their lines with
deadly aim and irrcslHiabia power,
The small river between our position
and the Spanish for, was fordad near
the mouth on a bar Tho Colorado
regiment was followed by Others.
EsPiED OLD GLORY.
They advanced cautiously up to Tho
Malate fort and soon We saw old Glory
nylng from the corner OF tho FORT Nhich
a few moments before. had been IN IN
Eei for our FIRE. a great cheer went up
all along the line.
There. from the top o. the church, we
saw the Infantry pushing up along tho
Gale Real. tho principal street of the
suburb. They were fired upon some, hut
did non lose a man. All seemed quiet
then for an hour, when the American
nag was seen 10 ny from the main nas
STAN or the walled cry, this was fnl.
bowed by another checr from The soi.
/ der boys In reserve.
/ In the meantime there was fighting On
/ our right The right u our brigade, tao
dlsmounied Third artillery. and Lieu.
| tenant Wobb's two guns were not on.
gagged but siill farther 10 the rlghi.
/ whore the firri Cor General McArihur'sl
brigade wna situated. there was warm
scrap or two In which dozen or "a
men were killed and forty OF nfiy
wounded.
Lieutenant Grow had been detailed %
take gun up 20 an insur.ent breast
/ work on the pash road. He was ia
/ full rcadlncss IN the early morning
when the darncd Insurgents fircd a
Hawed-of cannon they had there OF IN
/ spanish lines, not more than 300 yards
away. The effect was 20 bring an ar
illiory IRE down on Grow and tn troops
along there. This ala not last long. nor
]
came later for Grow 10 fire. he nut q
shot through the Spanish bl0ckhnuse
/ No, ~. destroying the number painted
on the outside and blowing the inside
out. This he followed with several
other shots. A. q result the Spanlatda
were driven from thelr lines 40 that the
Twenty-thlrd United States infantry
went over the spanish breaEtworlgs
without n show OF opposition. but they
encountered some opposition up the
road on their way 10 the city, and lost
a fcNw men. SIN further around 20 the
right, the Aator battery had been placed
with their little guns fgun and car.
rlage. weighing only $50 pounds oachl,
They also fired and drew some Spanlsh
artillery fire.
LOST SOME MEN.
Then. when II seemed that the Span
ish were sllenccd. they advanced with
two Of their guns over the breastwOrka
and along the road. accompanied by In
fantry- the Thirteenth Minnesota. fhey
were met near "A little church VITA a
fow vuileys OF Mausera from an In
trenchcd house a little farther on and
lost a few men (the Infantry. Oen.
Macarthur called for volunteers 10 dis
lodge the enemy In the fort Slugl-
larry enough. Captain Murat OF the As
tors VOLUNTEERED. Slngularly. because his
men only had cannons and revolyers,
1AAAAAN