The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-14
gen. LINTON FORCES
llPDTE CROSSING,

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were attacked By .htddea riaenen On iii
the houses ~ the town shocung n thsar
rear.
LED late . Dea4A 4xaD.
The companies Of the Tventy-flrst ress-
ment skiTmished along the beach with
amigo guides. and found apparently a
handful Of rebels. who refreshed The
nea Of the Twenty -flrst followed. and sud-
denly the rebels opened . fssrtsc IRE on
the troops from al sides and rear. The
soldiers Withdrew to the waters edge.
finding what shelter they could. and were
picked or rapidly. After their ammuni-
tjon was NEARLY exhausted, the companies
q ths T~Hnty-nrst regiment retreated.
but Lawtos, dashed down and raiiied the
0sn, The little group made . desperate
stand. LAYTON. MAJ. Starr and Lieuten-
ants Donovan and Connolly taking rifles
from wounded men and firing 1t the
enemy. bringing down some rebel sharp
shooters from . tree. Finally their car
tridges were Ill gone and they were
forced 10 retreat through the enemy's
flank. carrying the wounded 70 the main
body Of the troops. Lieut.. Donovan. whose
leg was broken. fioundered for q mile
through q bog after leading his men In tho
face Of greatly superior forces.
Rsanfereenssts nsesgha Up.
r.-x~~ n~..~A A~hetu~ ,,ceu s>scFa~~s
ments could be brought up. Two battai-
IONS OF the Fourteenth regiment and one
battalion Of the Ninth regiment were hur-
Tied 10 the front. and In the afternoon
the battle vas resumed. The Nouadnock
guns pounded the rebels continuously.
along the shore. poured BULLETS from their
sapid-are guns 1T the enemy.
The lighting at Las Pinae continued hot
.ly all day long. LAvson called out his
whole force OF a0oo men. and NJ O'Clock
he Wa only able - push the insurgents
back 600 yards. 10 the Zapote river. where
they were intrenched. The insurgents re-
sisted desperately and aggressively. They
attempted to turn the left hank OF the
American troops.
FoPoiaw the xapets Csesslng.
Tho cniy means Of crossing the zapofs
WAS BY small bridge. which tho F1iip.nos
commanded with trenches spreading W
shaped. whence they could concentrate
their fire on the bridge. They also had the
advantage OF the tress and jungies. 10 the
Americans could hardly zee . head.
!. When the battle waa renewed. our bat
terry having siienced the enemy's guns the
Americans. wading waist deep IN the mud
Of the salt dats and pouring steady vol
Icy Of musketry at the rebels. drove their
opponents beyond the river.
Tho armies lay facing each other across
the deg stream. driving the enemy practi-
cally out Of sight. while the men In blue
and khaki lay In the bushes. many Of
them without any shelter, for three hours,
without n,oments CESSATION n the firing.
pouring bullets at the enemy a fast a. they
could lead.
The thousand rifles blended into a con-
tinuous roar. which was vastly different
from the Intermittent skirmish-iike rattle
Of most Of the engagements.
Dsnger u . Fleak Moveas.s.
Ono battalion after another Gen. Law
ton summoned from Las Pinas. until only
enough troops Of the reserves were left
In the town to prevent the F1iip.nos from
attacking the Americans in the rear. which
was feared. ~ they were creeping around
our left through the woods. delivering
Ranking fire. which put a great strain upon
The endurance OF the Americans who were
foundering In the mud across the river.
while on the right Filipino sharpshooterr,
hidden In the trees. were peppering our
men.
But thanks TO the poor mark sma nsh,p Of
the rebels. our loss was noI a. great an II
would have been II the Faipinos had shot
straight An army. however. has seldom
fought under greater handicap or more
couraEeousiy than did our regulars, a ma
jor.ty OF whom were. comparatively speak
ing. recruits. who could have been pardon
ed for retiring in the face OF such a fierce
IRE. from their exposed positions The
Fourteenth regiment lay 10 the right Of
tho bridge. and In front Of them was the
Twelfth regiment, with the Ninth on the
sfkht and the Twenty frs. up the road. fac
ing the bridge which was the key 10 the
situation. On the bridge were the bodies
of two Americans who had attempted 10
rush across and many wounded men were
carried from the open ground before the
bridge
Every Man for Hlma~lf.
After firing In voissys for a short time
the Americans were ordered 10 IRE when
and where they couid see an enemy II
was every man for himself and the ties,
the men could do was 10 ain, a, the faln,
mis,s arising from the rebels xmokesexs
powder Gen. iswson. though exhausted
by the mornings ngss. railiei by sheer wili
power. and was the commanding Azure in
she battle. He went along The tines. d.
reci'nS and encouraging the troops
Gen. Wheaton and Gen oyemxhine were
equally courageous. In fact the generals
were among the few men on the battle
Held who refused Ia take shelter uneser
the hottest FIRE Tn. only approach 70
the hshting ground WAS by narrow.
winding read. where the rebel bullets
dropped thicksv, weuna.ng several OF cur