The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-12-27
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The following letter from Lewis
II. Ashford, Of this city, must have
had an eyentf1I experiences Although
written on March q. il did not reach
his parents hers until last week Nat
uraIIy theJ are wondering where Is
could have been all these months.
Although ten months old, IL still ID IN
teresting ss describing thrilling events
in which his oSn .s4 Gen ". s Met
caIFs regiments participated Arthur
HoIIenbsch whose, death Eas snnOune-
ed last week, was q member Of Mr.
Ashford's regiment-The Twenty-see-
Ond-
Manila, March D, 1sse-
Polo il in flames and the 5000 rebels
who constituted its garrison, are in re-
treat to reiOin AguinaldO's main col
umn Of insurgents at NalOlos-
The town Of Malinta, beyond the
Tulishsi river, was taken By Gen
WheatOn's division. The fighting Was
sharp all day. sOd tOday's battlefield i
carpeted with the insurgents deal
Our own losses was sseOmpsrAtively slight
though among them Is Col Harry G.
Egbert, hero Of two Wars. The plan
20 cut OF the 5000 insurgents in Polo
from AguinsIdO in MslolOs. faiIed BY
roughness Of the ground and the thick
ness Of the jungle, which prevented
Gen. Mae Arthur from getting far
enough around to the north Of Polo 70
| shut the enemy in We have TO be
eODtented with = victory consisting Of
our having driven the enemy from his
! position and killing several hundred at
! 4 cost to ourselves. during the three
days fighting, Os Twenty-Five killed
\ The victory in this light was = sweep
ing one The insurgents, though beset
with cavalry, infantry and artillery
\ volunteers and regulars. fought des-
peratsIy in she trenches In tOday's >
engagements yhestOu's brigade figured
4 almost exclusively. With them we're
engaged the 4fh, End, 23sd infantry.
: and the Utsh troop. the srd artillery,
and the Oregon troops These were
stretched Out along tie railroad from
CoIoean 10 the TuIishsi river
The rebels have destroyed the bridge
Oser the river and on the farther SIDE
made their stand while the
eagineers we're trying 70 II
place the bridge On the iroa girderz.
The Ind Oregon regiment daShed
across the river, Eading and s1imm-
ing. The 22nd and four companies Of
the 23rd gained the west bank Of the
Tuliahai river sbOut the same tine
This brought them exactly opposite
Mslinta from the EiyeE. Where the
American troops struggled up the
banks there Is steady rise Of half =
mile TO the village which erOEnz the
bill The crest Of the rise Was torn Up
With entertainments. and with their
eyes fixed % these the American.
m5ved steadily fOrWard- The light
artillery began 10 thrDS up the brOSn 4
earth. The tsTg-I EOrk Uss perfect,
bot no Filipino showed himself and tie
fr,OPs es.1d not til hDT much dam
age was bring done
The r-i-is had PEOfitsd bT the les-
sOns IllsE Te had taught fhem- Th@y
neseTved IEeir fre until cur tro0ps
-Eerr within three hundred yards The
21sd was IL sdEanes when the seem
IngiJ dad trrn-hes cane To life With 4
gsy Of ErisE- With Col Egb-Ft Al
.,us heed. iis- End ds-hed al the en-
trsHehm-nts Tb- Ureg0n and E1nsa.
En.oPs, zE Ebr EIghi ard lefI respective
Iy. we're fzh; .UE Ni;h equal g-siantrY
tJCt they wers ia the uOods and made
- s5-essese - IN a. s5st fsFnizk-d
~ ths sdvrnee u the z1Dd- In rhs
sBsidle u The eh-rgs Col EgnerS fri
sOrEzrd IN his saddle. -hOs IN tbs
abdomen Close behind hin, sErugz
ing thrOuzh ths Ersss- regardless d
the hot ire, came Gen WheasOa aE<
his stall They bore the liter WitE
the mOEt4IIy wounded COBO1sI baxs
pzst the q neral. vh0 barred kis heal
and gave . sOitier's greeting % th.
Idying officer i am done for 1 an 70.
OId,| g1sPed Eghert He Vas de4<
before theJ gus him % the rssr-
1he ehzrEs vent On unGIl thrss line
Of the rrea~hes had bes1 tskezz ana
thirty Of cur men were kilIed O
4O1ndsd- despite the nsE c0nssr
vsEion that has led them 70 hold sheS
IRE and 70 shOos IOE. they did no
wait for us- The tEenehss we're empS,
ghen the men g1s there The Zns
4 piIed into thea WhiIs they wsr
4 Rnspisg there frDu the heat the dsa.
Z and uOun1sd we're being hroughE ins
y the shade Of the tres 70 be ezrris.
y neross the FfEer b. The Chi1sse s1reeh
9 e be4EsrE- MseAEthur's adVanes gard
8 tie third artillery and Tuensissh KAz
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