The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

V""u D'1tViy W"S
ROAD IN reserve. Lieut.. hessler sehs o1w
four OF hVe Oossack posts.iour men
commissioned omcer. These outposvs were
stationed 10 the rient ana aneau OF ouriIe.
hut throuRh OIL the heavy hrinE = ~
they maue NO reporV- No puh'oiu
way, very sinRuIar ,uc1h 'nera was =" 0"''
70 'urn our rlghC hahA'
BULLETS BEGAN TO WHISTLE.
Il seems much the most probable OF all the
stories that this is what happened: TIT Span
iarda. having recovered from their lethargy Of
a few days. concluded to stir things up. They
had not been stirred UP themselves for sew
eral days. The insurgents had not been
there TO harass them. and our men had orders
not to begin an engagement. The Span
iards must have known that the insurgents
had been withdrawn from the trenches and
that the Americans were in. There is no more
resemblance between our trench ndthe insur-
gent affair than there is between n clipper
ship and a coal barge. Accordingly, about 10
O'Clock on Sunday night. the Spanish fire
took on a regularity which showed that there
was definite intention and purpose somewhere
in the camp. The bullets began to whistle
about our fellows In droves. The guns at
Malate opened up also. and their roar the
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POSITION OF OUR FORCES
Col. Hawkins being on the sick list that
night, the Tenth Pennsylvania was In com.
mand of Major Cuthbertson. the senior Major.
The Lieutenant-C Colonel is in Pennsylvania re-
cruiting the regiment up to its full strength.
There are only two battalions here. Major
Cuthbertson sent Company A in on the left OF
our line. They manned the trench at the
beach. A Company was posted on both sides
OF the guns of Battery b OF Utah. @
Company occupied the space between
Battery B and the old chapel. On
the other side OF the chapel L Company was
n0afod with Rnttnry A of Utah Light Artillery.
X Company-support-was in the barricade.
where the old insurgent trench Joined the
Gamma Real. and b Company-also supports
was on the Gamma Real at the first barricade.
ID and Il companies. under MAJOR Bierer. were
held in reserve. posted at McLeods
house. in rear OF the insurgent trench,
on the beach. and used by our forces
for n field hospital. This house was oc-
cupied by its owner. an Englishman. when
this row began. but long ago he gave 1t up. 1t
has boon shot through and through from both
sides and is ruined. Where the Pasai road
turns off from the Gamma Real Lieut.. krayen-
buhl was posted with the first platoon OF Bat
terry X. Third United states Artillery. as in
fantry. Up the Pasai road. almost to the
village. Second Lieut.. Kessler was posted with
the second platoon OF Battery X. each platoon
about eighty men strong. headquarters guard.
camp guard and detailed men counted out.
This was stronger than the companies OF Penn
sylvania men. who have only about eighty-fve
to q company. all told. and the details now are
very large.
Soon after the Spaniards began their regular
and heavy fire the Pennsylvania pickets began
to come In. They had been posted in Cossack
o~utposts almost directly in front of our line.
about seventy-fve yards distant. Some of
the posts extended over to the right OF
our line. and should have been in
touch with the posts set by Lieut.. Kess-
Ter from Battery X. They were not
in touch with the regulars, however. because
they returned to the trench and reported that
they were driven in, whereas the regulars
never were heard from, and we're relieved next
morning at their stations. There had been