The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-06
Weisenburger's Men Beat Back
Overwhelming Force In the
Hottest Skirn1ish Of the War

frontsd u cloae suastsss y sus aAvaaslne
line
But with rare pluck aaa daring nsves
before diepIayed ~ lnN1f6ents % 6nf front
the enent chung dssbefateiv C hta pos5-
tion. kecping up the n1urdef,us hre upon
Us.
Every FiftA MAn weunAea.
The hre was terrthie On &C ccount OF the
thick brush there were but few placca
where our men could move forward. and
those few places were swept murdesousiy
BY rebel bullets. But IN the faee OF Il
all the men pressed calamity forward
There could not have been more than sew
enty-fye men in our line against aOe Of the
enemy. But through these open spaces our
men pressed forward rapidly. though ev-
cry fifth man was hit. some Of them by
two or three bullets. II was impossible for
the enemy TO remain. Whtn our line got
within about nifty yards Of them they be-
gan TO fall back. carrying their dead and
wounded and fighting their way back. incn
by inch. upon the stronger body at the
point OF tho v hcad.
Meanwhile. the force which Just before
the engagement had moved TO the right 10
reinforce the line In front OF L. and q
companies was seen hurrytng back In SIN
gle file. crossing the point OF the feid only
go yards away. A. the front OF our line
pressed forward upon the enemy In front.
the right flank opened fire upon the rein
forcemenss. wounding several and putting
them Into the widest confusion before
they reached the cover Even after the
enemy's numbers had been dcuh,ed by re.
insoreements. our line pressed on. driv-
ting them out Of their second tnireuchmsnt
at The point Of the field.
Heat Overcoaes the Men.
All this time the sun beat down with ter.
rinle fserceness. prossrasing half q dozen
OF our men, who were forced 20 halt and
seek shade and cover for q few mfn1tes'
rest and rccupcrats. and completely ex.
haus,ing them all. Seeing this. Nal weis-
enburger called halt for half an hour.
10 rest the men ana reorganise the line
for the further aivarce
When the advance was resumed the
enemy was encountered again. and q hot
skirmish ~ half An hour resulted. But
upon pressing the line forward to the
next open space. bodies Of the enemy
marching by companies along the crest
of the neiehbarinx hills were noticed In
seyer-. places. One battalion secured =
position Tn tee right flank. tntrenchess and
under perfect cover. from which they op n.
81 np heavy eross nre. while anoshsr
force OF equal strength h1ockei the way
in front. and tive bodies cf consider able
force were seen some Two miles away.
marching &c reinforce the two bodies re-
spsctivesy. La all II Was estimated that
there were fully .ss insurgents gathered
10 resist the advance 81 Iess than 100 af
cur men. In the face of this Disparity q
Numbers. II woUid have been sashnexs to
proceed, and the rxInforcemenss from the
Twelfth iafsntry not having come Up nor
any wors having been resolved from them.
Mai wssxenburger ordered the une 10
draw slowly back 20 tae ruins os the
church where the enemy was first en-
counsege.
Rebels HaA Ensagh of lt.
It. was. Of course. expected sha. copf.
aesee N ssssr superior nnmA~rs ana the
fact thst we we're as.iirg sa.k would rasse
she enemy 20 fsiiew as So Car iina wa.
Aaifss. us<ssr cower. where We waited two
hears for them &c eornc up whsa. ~ sh~y
aiS nc; pss in an appearances. the COM
rAnses returned TO their anartsrs While
Companies and n were ia The shica~
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