The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-04-01

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among the graves u those gone before:
On, TIE Montanas and ne Third u. =.
agtillefy. with their support. swept.
stoppine 70 deliver yolIey after volIsy
among the ranks Of the now demcraI.
iaed ard neeing enemy. AZ snndown 4
. halt wns enllnd aud che vietoft0ns
AmslisaassHly aispt On tie Odd q had
dearly won. That night the sixth a..
tiliery md one battery Of the Tenth ar.
tiilefy were moved 70 commanding poni.
lions on our advance line and are, at
this writing. there entrenei,e1. waiting
for We know not whst. but it 10 reported
for the town of Naiabon TO surrender
without . bombardment. owing 20 the
faet that several Engiish sabjects reside
there and ARE largely interested, and an
attack on the t0wn would be Q slRnaI
for their slaughter; no other reason can
! assign, for am In > position 70 know
that the tie town Of Malnbon could b
FaEsd 70 the ground 10 twO hours by
our artillery, or IN iens than that time
~ Dewey's neet. for the guns Of the
Sixth artillery and those Of the Utah
batteries are on an eminence Shove
Maiab0n several feet AID distant from
the city only I.S00 5ards. while Deweyis
heet can snehor In less than two miles
OF the city. and Dewey has some guns
that are effective 1t distance Of eight
miles, and two which will do execution
= distance Of twelve E1iles. Should oar
authorities zee nt 70 shell tlie town, said
to contaiD 5000 insnrgent soldlers, and
5000 DoD-c0mbatantA, the loss OF life
would be fEfghtfal: beside all this
the American troops have completely
surrounded the city. from the bay on
the south In semieircle to the same
bay on the north Of the city, in other
words. our troops -haye EN- on the hip"
All day the l1th and 18th, the two
days succeeding the battle Of caloocan,
our army held the ground It had won.
In astate OF inactivity save an occasion.
al shot from pickets Of each aide. Dur
ing the lull had chance 20 rubber
neck" and notice the effect Of some Of
the missiles Of death sent both by our
land batteries and the guns OF the feet.
The depot 1t Csioocan IL q long and
toieEably vide building, Ia height about
thirty feet, with plentiful supply Of
windows on both sides; 10 this building
the enemy had taken refuge aud were
Hring from any aperture which would
admit Of the pOking through Of Mau-
ser or Remington, and not until q few
bursting sheIls from our land batteries
had landed did the enemy seek other
cover; the buildings adjacent we're com
pletely demolished. and the more com.
bnstible ones were SION on Gre from
which rose heavenward dense volumes
VI smoke and fogkcd flames; tire roar OF
artillery from the neet, (the land bat
tertes having ceased, fearful OF iniurinR
our own men) the wild cheering Of the |
men and the roar Of small arms created ]
CONSERVATION in the ranks Of the enemy,
and for . while one might say that pan
demonlum held high carnival. I nOticed |
To my wandeFings where shell from
one Of Deweys guns had entered near |
the root In the gable end Of a large
church and exploded, it Is thought, after |
having passed through the wall, and |
the havoc wrought was frighful, more
than one half Of the building being 4 |
MSS Of ruins. Around this chnrch
many Of the enemy's dead were found,
showing that they here made a desper-
ate stand.
ZOO win no doubt read that hundreds
Of the enemy were killed in each en-
gagement, and may doubt Il. While
We have no way Of knowing positively
the number Of killed and wounded, we
do know they were many. because we
know hos many our forces have buried,
and We know Of three hundred Of the
enemy in our hospitals, wounded.
know also that In foll0Wiag In support
Of the Montana regiment saw many
places where the enemy had been
wounded. because OF the presence OF
blood; it Is therefore evident that the
enemy carried % many Of their drau
and wounded We have been tolo that
The enemy u<mber thousands who arr
anarmed. aud who are present, and
when one armed 10 thrown hers Gu CON-
nj another is there TO take his place.
md the dead or wounded are taken to
he rear IN every case where they arr
lble to do %. That the enemy greatly
our forcss have no doubs,
put do not think they have as many
runs NJ TREY are credited with having;
70 never capture ne many arms a.
'hould be left on the Geld because their
'urplus men gathsr them up aud retire;
'oweyer, they get canght in bunch
ometimes. a. n squad OF 80 got caught
n bend Of the pasig river, with two
OF First Washington and u,
and q companies Of rirst Idaho dur
no the lirst days light. when the ldahos
nads charge which win 60 down in
history, when properly understood, a.
ne OF the most brilliant Of modern
ears. aud which none but fools would
ave made and none but fortunate men
Poald have survived.
II is hard to predict what would To |
he outcemeif the enemy were as well |
rmed and amunltioned as the Ameri
an troopA for they light hard. They
ave no system save that OF guerrilla