The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-09-28
LETTER FROM MANILA.


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thought | would write and tell yonhow
We are getting along with our warfare
here in Manila At this time we are
keepin" our guns roaring. The Span
iarls have iust opened fire on our
trenches. Soon after they began firing
the fleet threw seafrh light eH the
fort when they seemed to let loose and
quit firing. They always lire on us ut
night never III the daytime. | think
II will he NIL oil WITH them III day or
two.
We were called ont the other Hi9ht,
August lst. II was the first good tight
we have hud We had hiteeh men
killed and about forty on fifty wounded.
On our way to the lifesllhe We lost our
captain on rather he died two days alter
from the wound he receIyed. we also
had live men Wounded. Ihc} we're All
80 ~ 6 al IL
GERS were IN the last War and they sad
the line oi lire here was worse tilhl any
they had experienced.
You see the Spanish trick was Tor the
infantry 10 night our boys out oil the
trenches while the Iorts would keepre-
lniorcemehts olL But we col on To
their scheme Just the same. Ne had
IN awful hard time. was u hard
task to get the ammunition WAGON mp
to the main body. We mad TO crawl
aud lay ON our stomnehs and " hen we
got IN about 200 yards OF the mann BODY
We had to get IN trench OF water tiia'
came above ollr cartridge belts: he
machine guns the SpahlardS had work
ed pretty hard on rs The bnl-
lets threw mud and water ON us while
| shells were bursting over and around
rs "A toIlit it'l 'i'2' ~ 'ii' ."'iiii'
ton WAGON.
When We reinforced the Peunsyil-
wanna boys they had only three rounds
of cartridges and two rounds Tor the
| artillery. You Seew send regiment
every day on outpost duty and 1t was
| the PennsylYanlans that were on duty
| when the firing commenced and We
were ordered to reinforce them.
After the Spaninrds tried TO get our
| boys ont fthe trenchesnnd failed they
tried to make a charge and III dong 80
! they came within twenty-five yards of
our Guns, but they will never come
again. twenty Of our boys and cor
pornl Jumped the trench and Ind II
| hnnd TO hand feht with the don4.
Next morning when we went out to
pick M our dead the Spaniards fired
ON us but We got our dead and wounded
INST the anmc.
The second NIGHT they calne on IL
skirmiah line and We Just moved them
down because il vas lighter Next
morning YOU could see bodies and parts
of bodies scattered everywhere and the
dops cati0a thcm. II was Il horrible
sieht The bullets TINT the Spanish
fire cause the wounded and ,lead To
| swell an turn green.
They have commenced firing again
this morning with the artillery. You
can see the smoke pulr from the burst
mo shells. The reason the enemy
FIGHT nj night is because il il SO dark
and rainy and the Spaniards know the
GROUND. They think they have got us
but there are others that know some
thing. This morning is the first time
have heard them fire in daylight
We arc now only 300 Yards from then
forts. The other night one of our can
nonecrs fired two shells TINT fell in
their trenches and he said he could set
wounded men flying III every direction
The report That we got from the En-
%lish consul on the number of Spanish
killed and wounded III the battle shows
63S dead and l500woundcdand missing
All that we lost was Is dead. Some OF
our boys will swear TINT they heard Il
German commanding the Spanish on
the night of the bnttle. We have heard
that they have German gunners but ne
field officers. The English are watch
ing this. They report to Dewey every
thing thai Is gong on We found out
through them that the trenches clost
To the forts are mined and when we ad
vance and get in them they will blow
NJ NJ. That is mem trick but wher
Dewey commences hemhonrding they
Will never wait to blow up anything.
lou ought to he here to see some o
the boys. The first night when the
long roll was sounded wasa little ner