The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18
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FROM SOLDIERS WITH
MERRITT AT MANILA

II u. Fsrsc regiment California rokn-
- teers. has written a letter 10 ois
Arothes. J. II. Sewbert, o. this city. fnm
rsmp Dewey. under date ~ August Z, liz
rhsca. among other things. ne says:
enc doubt b. the tine you receiya t1is
s...<r vos viii haze received the news Of
- xreas battle We had here this wek.
Arg the worst hattie that has ever beer
saneh. on the Island. 50 / will theyefor
s~rsse you few lines OF the war, AZ taes
= nofa.ng bat war ne~s How ard / kn~
Skss the ewEESa 9ess do not always .st
ererything correct
ssTnee Ne have been here II has zen
,.fher tgsesoyae. bat last Sunday n!ys at
sraetiy Z O'clock thst tired feeiing.w Ma
eaasge6 TO ore # great activity. OrSun-
,lay al BOON tire Insurgents nuussTIns
e1out $3.50 were ordered hack frsa the
tyenehes snd for some unknown reason
stcu. 30 az Uncle sans VOLUNTEERS Or
4e.ed TO take shear places The Saniar1s
tzew o. this change, or else tho would
so, have made tie break. AS fssld be-
fore. It was Midnight: the firm Of can
so.ss an6 rifles woke some of us p. bat IN
ebxyuf two seconds the long roli ss sound
a Ard tbs Whole camp WAS " bussis.
ne First regiment Of Caafarrla was the
frst 10 make Tor the BATTLEFIELD. about
ME from camp. We trafnrd through
mud 10 Our knee In the EaGf.g rain and
sa,eh dark. Thirty minutes fseT leaving
ramr we were On tbs field taly one bat
4.,ior went 10 the front AID hat was the
FIRST. tire others berg he'd reserve
ssrhe major Of the First battalion kind Of
Icsf his senses. so the cTssaries mad 10
Iook cut for themselves. which our com
nary did iNe started on ard were the
esst company Of the wnd. regiment 10 get
10 the breastworke an how we did II
without losing haif of he company God
Only knows. as the shot were coming Ike
hail When within abot fifty fee; Of the
trenches We craHied our hands and
Knees 80 get to them "a when We reached
them ne found only THE squads. the bal
ance o. the company iasing 10 separa,e
en account Of the brsn, but who after
wards came up Q our left safe
aas sound The shois from the
Doas were cuttir the grass all
about US We rosd into one Of the
thehes, the water bng clear up TO our
waists and stayed ser&. Company ] Of
nur regiment was ie one that suffered
most: they were lift feet ia our rear ana
received the full lsef5t of the enemy's
are. Capt. Richterind seven OF his men
we're wounded, butlone killed. Company
Z, the mex; In iinacsme up on the right.
and lost their first eresant. who was shot
n the stomach an never uttered a word
thereafter Ii w miracle that the
whole regiment o. Hot ger animated, a.
ne walked right 80 the enemy's fire, ana
thereafter foughssith the odds aEains; us
BIO /. as the saniards numbered in the
pesghborhood of.W1 and We were only a
handful OF mer but still We were victori-
Gus The Spaards. as near az we can
karn lost sl5 n.ed and wounded
The sight lat met my eyes al day
break on Moray / never in life shall for
get: 10 look found and see the dead and
Utah and tnnsyivan!a companies tia.
we're guardif the trenches at the time OF
the attack sirered the most, as the Span
taris surroaded them on all sides before
they knewit Between them they lost
len men ked and twenty wounded All
h all. thei was twelve killed and thirty
wounded.
The snlartis caught UneIe Sam
Lespng Gee, but they Will never catch
him agai as every twenty-f0ur hours
there Is detail of over go men sent on,
10 guardhe place, which makes II .mpo>-
eihle for hem to give us another surprise.
"Wherre came up on the line the Utah
and PerSylvania boys were just getting
feaay t@nake a charge. as they had run
OF. c; ammunition. having but a round
left. Fave boys. every one of them.
Some them had taken off their gun
locks s1 thrown them away. so that II
less fosfirlng purposes. As soon as they
saw usbme up they knew they were safe,
Is ne lmediate.y opened fire on the Doas
and tbs dropped taste: than We could
com. tem II was an awful surprise 7"
them, ! they imagined everything was
their on way.
II suppose they will make a great lass
ever or victory in the city. Gen. Gregs,
Gnt tn letter az thanks ard praise for
eur giant work and the way we went on
h.. fiea in our first battle. | think &c
have banged Gen. Mefriits opinion % us
now he said In the East that he did
-; va; 10 so TO the front with a io' q
Volunteers. hat we have shown him that
W .as good as Trey make them.
"ona cccunt II the natives claiming tha'
affected the water, We had % remove
TIE hdles that We had buried In the Phil
'spSns burylne ground 10 one Of our own.''
* LETTER has been received ty ]. ].
~ <n'ght. Of this city. from Charles
4 Hoberg. n private Ia Company
A. SeCsnd regiment ~ the Oregon solun-
beS. Tae letter Is dated Augus, :, and
IA pat says;
We are AZ present qusriegei &; Casite.
y ,se arsenal. We can see siani-a from
se wall on this saje of the hay aNt. At
.gat the city looks fine. The fennsyl-
hf' nlght an lost three kiilef ana twenty
Wounded Tho California bHs have had
NO brushes with then, Taesai!cTs an The
saheoa;s have been ogdere. immediately
aboard and they are gvtras things on
AaF6 ready so taoy uitstinieni - have
tnsht soon The C8nforpa boys are Nv
EE oT very Fast Seems : II they bring
Sme fooF boy over here every Gay ard
bury hfn
"A; erin Yesterday ] goi some news
shou; tho aeht ~ had with tae SI&nisrds
Sunday. There were 81 Spaaards killed
vi aeoG; lno wounded u htie on oar sie
esrs Ne eagh, k.Fd ard foT;y-fosar
sea;isies- one captain ;o{ sGa3 n the hip.
.af iocn.s above a ssl.laT wound he re-
Ffe'V"4 ln ghr sfsii ar 81 The hattie -
We Wjltasness. ana ;. says # WAS simply
Ameiueate ~ tht SCRIP
ftak< sra at a9lTf}aet r. Manila ans
aass l,ok very t.c Tor thcm. l tank
W ~ aayt a.t n.th tac SgsniA9,is
an tahe Nacfs ar thcy have 6roAeu
Ao Or tays, agreements thst they haa
eA1e wsia Dewey ana he seems - tAsnA
@es az &,ttae l4t,e too f0any. Taev
are Clearing ,s,, 81. Ks az fhe bosta aaS