The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-25
Fighting FIT TY-F|RST
Account Of Iowa Regiments Work In
the Philippines.
FIGHT LIKE VETERANS.

FIGHT LIKE VETERANS.
History of the Regiments Work in the
Field and ON the Firing Line-Iowa
Boys Show Great Bravery,
From Special to Chicago Chronicle.)
San Francisco, Cal, July 2s.-The follow
ing account of military operations in the
Philippines has been received from John
Snure. a member of the Fifty-first Iowa
regiment. He accompanied General Mac
Arthur's division to San Fernando and from
the latter city. under date of May She writes
as follows:
The troops of MacArthurs division, hav-
ing fought their way thus far, are now rest
ing in Aguinaldo's whilom capital. The
first and second battalions OF the Fifty first
Iowa, unsupported save by a single piece of
artillery, entered the city three days ago.
AS part of General Hale's brigade the en-
tire regiment is now temporarily quartered
here. So far as in their power. and as the
press of the Americans upon their flying
heels allowed, the insurgents despoiled San
Fernando and left great reaches Of the Pam
panga district deserted
HAVE HARD CAMPAIGNING
Since that fateful Saturday night, Feb A,
there has been no harder toll beset cam
patgning than that marking the advance of
MacArthur's division from Malolos to this
point. In some respects its difficulties have
been admittedly greater than those of the
movement from Caloocan to Malolos. 1t
was not without well-grounded apprehen-
sion that the task OF dislodging the forces of
A
The Importance of this point as Il strategic
center was recognized by all military men.
1t was defended by Qualifications more i'm
pregnable than any that far encountered
1t was the Filipino boast no troops in the
world could put them to rout from this
ground. Here. they had deliberately in
trenched themselves, while amply protecting
all approaches. as they supposed. How bit
terly they were defeated how badly crushed
their hopes, the resistless progress of the
Americans to some extent evinces.
When the fighting opened on the north line
April % the second and third battalions of
the Iowa regiment were on the right OF the
American position. The companies were
lying several miles to the east and south of
Malolos, without trenches, but protected to
some extent by the irrigation bikes in the
rice fields The first battalion, just up from
| two months hard service on the south line,
was broken up, companies H and being in
MaloloS on provost duty and companies A
and being on guard over an important
railroad bridge between Malolos and Gut
gento Lieutenant Colonel Miller was in
command, as he has been since, Colonel
Lopez being sick at Corregidor.
II EJCurINfI n nryxr,rA
An unexpected entangling of body OF
Major Bells scouts and small force of the
Fourth cavalry with the enemy strongly in
trenched at Quingua, or Quinga. six miles
least of Malolos, led to hot fighting Sunday,
Maya 1t had not been the inten ton to ad-
vance until the next day, but this action
fastened matters to some degree. The Ne
braska troops and a battalion of the Fifty
first under Major Home, consisting Of COM
panies E, l., 6 and l, were ordered up to help
out Major Bells small force. Company L of
Council Bluffs was on the firing line for the
lowas and gallantly bore the brunt of the
fighting. 1t was several hours before the
works about Quingua were taken. The
American troops were badly exposed, the
heat terrible and the enemy's fire "a storm of
bullets. In the final charge Colonel Stotzen-
berg of the Nebraskas was killed and the
Nebraskas lost heavily. Seven Iowa men
were wounded in the fight.
Although the first battalion had been or
dered to go up the railroad with General
| Wheaton, the orders were changed Sunday
evening and the command directed to join
the rest OF the regiment at Quingua. This
made Hales brigade consist of the South
Dakota. Nebraska and Iowa regiments 1t
was strengthened by several pieces of the
Utah battery and parts of two troops of
mounted cavalry The lateness of the hour
OF changing the orders made night marching
necessary and 1t was after 2 O'Clock in the
morning before the battalion under Major
Duggan reached Quingua. A halt was made
In the yard OF an old church and here the
men threw themselves down for an hour and
a half OF rest. Daylight had not yet come
| when the brigade was in readiness for ac-
tlon. The first work was to cross the Bay
bay river at the ford and bridge near the
town. This done the march along the wagon
road parallel with the Baybay and west and
north toward Calumpit could be taken up.
The approach by road to the rebel strong
hold had been protected by trenches at short
intervals. But Hale's strategy made these
untenable and 1T was soon perceived the in
Isurgents had sustained u severe blow in the
loss OF Quingua and the successful crossing
of the Baybay by the Americans.
In moving to the bridge the South Dakota
regiment advanced first supported on the
right by Iowa. on the left by Nebraska. At
first pecking, scattering musketry fire
could be heard. Then the field guns opened.
For short time there was a terrific fire.
The natives were falling back and with a
cheer the South Dakotans rushed across the
narrow bamboo bridge and deployed along
the bank on the other side.
MOVEMENT ON CALUMPIT
BY O'Clock the brigade was in motion to-
ward Calumpit. The Nebraskas were on
The left near the road, to their right the
South Dakotas and on the extreme right the
lowas. In small town just beyond Quin-
qua the South Dakotas charged on u single
V-shaped trench SO iercely that thirty nine
native bodies were left piled upon the ground
Thirty eight rifles were picked up here On
the extreme right the second and third bat
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