The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-27
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provinces Of Havana. Sunday ssen2as.
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20 anything bat Intentional uegsaet.
Az promised you nsfers isassng
New oTk, / would send you iBs
first news es my adventures with sae
CUBAN army. ard | VII hesla vita al az
caunt ST the m9ss dsstarsasy a9t 81 sressca-
cry o. the part az spanish troops taas
the war has get witnessed. II Was cold
bloo<iea murder and go 1asfats. aasz Egss
well make Americans fsf5U8s wsta a racs
that fights Hssf sasA slgeris1 InsltastE-
II IL one OF those comparatively snssA in
stdsnts Of a war Racas as that uoW eetaS
wagea sssrs that escapes the atfaatiSa Of
the average correspondent, and yet 4 Is
important az showing tss way IS which
stse rules of civilized warfare sre ssaaaa;esi
on by tbs spaasaFsis.
Eeiueai f. "A sowa sylng Only about .anIf
a league nortawsss 81 ua tonight. We eas
see sise lights OF ths tawns In that phases:
occurred the arts OF sFsaefssgy saAE / an
Rasng 10 describe.
In ths suburbs and svea IN the ceuEeT
OF the city. we wers received by the fsSople
almost with open arms. General Gomez
ani his STAFF were off s@d refreshments on
syssy hand. White nags and smiles II
welcome wefe Ia svery window as we
marched through the place The general
gave orders fnsl aay Vandalism or tn
fFIngsnaenI by his fn~n on the Fi&af& x
urarnae5 sgttzeas would u.ses Hssa szsfn-
mary punishment.
As We approached the saaihsakt eaTasr
of the plaza, Lieutenant C0ias tlssuaaatsd.
and with a silver qlsagssT la Bib naaa
asked for . glass al mlik a. Al open door
on our right 4 JUG ar naIk waa brought
him. and several Of she bays 'ilsFssointe'i
AS pear ceias benz eyer ~ fsgsak. yoitsy
OF ~ least thirty shots was poured into
us many baiix coming fran windows ogf
Of which hung white Haga 81 peste f.sau-
tenant Coias fell dead with lhfse balls IN
his hack
Genera. Gomez was Wild with aAgsy,
stWe wilt burn eHegg ha1sf fFQfa staicb
shot was fred" be shouted
But II was easier said than done. The
hutlats were pfngEug around us on every
side The surprisf bad been complete.
Nor 4 man bad looked for bullets where
the white Haga few. Sono had nor time
70 regain their hoFs between The moment
when peor calas fell ard the firing OF the
second vnslcy TIE hsa snagksn5 nshl. of
the spanisyls @as the only thing that
saved us Whea we had recovered q lit ia
the order vas given to sesire beEiiai wall
that surrounded the huiiIing. and whles
would serve rs a trench. We PeaeNri his
trench with rush. and from behind II
W. began 90 return the valleys 81 the
,feaeh.r0tss apanlsrds. with close and
deadly firing
The wasis Of the 5fii.aing were FAR from
Ising htaiies rFnof ard We eouid tell Ivy
the tsandemonIun % siireks and sroaas
that we're soon heard ts0Gn she inferior
that ths rain ~ halls had done m8en dam
age.
We were msfeIlsss Had there been any
dISpusit.on 20 show quarter after the
trsackety AZ the spaaiaris shs siShf 81
THE body Of Lieutenant s'oias would have
been sufficient to steti cur hearts.