The Dickinson press., 1899-04-01

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Sergeant Burnett Writes of
Fierce F'sat'es ~ NORTH Dskets Boys
at Maails. Dsckiasoa Bsys Are
~Fortsssts So Fae.
Manila, Feb. Is, $780,.
Mr.. AYERs:-As you have probably
heard. the long looked for trouble with
the insurgents has come. After numer.
Gus scares and false alarms, the ball has
opened up in good earnest.
On Saturday evening, Feb. 4 at about
8 o'clock, I was standing in front of lie
quarters talking with Capt. Aud, when
some soldiers came rushing past, shout
ing that the call ITO arms" had sounded.
The companies quickly fell in, and
waited in the street for orders. In "a lit
tie while we were returned to our
quarters and another false alarm was
over
A little after taps on the same evening
we were aroused by a cannon shot, fol.
lowed by a volley of musketry. Soon:
every mar was in his place and the
street was filled with soldiers marching
to the front. There was no confusion.
The false alarms had helped to drill. us
for this occasion.
We took our positions in the trenches
and held them until the following morn.
ing. The firing, which wal to the left Of
us, neal Pace, increased. At intervals
we could hear the boom Of the guns oh
the Charleston. Then the field pieces
and musketry would come In. About
midnight there was a lull in the battle,
but it re-opened at 2:3o a. M, within
creased force. Volley after volley'was
fired until it seemed as though; no living
body could Withstand the terrible hail
of steel and lead. This firing wal kept
up until after noon on the 5sh. Shortly
after daylight the monitor Monadock
opened fire and the fighting began~o on
the right of the line. The kept
popping around us all the forenosA:
About 9 o'clock we weresmoved forward
a little and stationed behind a stone gis;SH:
wall, where we had a good view Of ittttiif;
bombardment. Il. was : grand though
terrible sight. The great shells would
strike the earth near the Shore explode
and scatter destruction everywhere. All
this time the battery on Fl. San Antonio
and the North Dakota Spfiiaigifeelds ,i wasssfHe
sending their portion 81 the terrible
shower on the enemy. -
Finally the big guns ceased firing and
the North Dakota boysscharged; DROVE
the insurgents from their trenches and
burned the houses on tie :way.!1 OursloSl
was one man wounded: The enemy
loss was large. We took a half dozen
prisoners.
All along the line, the morning Of. Feb
$, our soldiers charged:and drove thcyin
surgents back. The I4th u. S. Init
made a brilliant charge: with their : Krag,
Jorgensons, but 1thteyj LOST. eleven me
and one officer killed and. number
wounded. The Washington and Ne.
braska regulars distinguished themselves
The Tennesses charged the insurgsnt.
and bayoneted themei: their trenches
and came out will" only a few men
wounded.
About ago of the afternoon Of the, sd
we deployed as sktiirmisheer.s and. al,
vanced toward Pasai, oyer the battle
grounds where the present enemy had
worked with us in %conquering tie
Spaniards but six monthsSf previously,
Co. X was on the extreme right of ths
line and the. right 81 our Co. Went. along
the beach. Every few minutes The Bal
timore four right guide) sent a few she'll,
and solid shot along our front !close
enough to shake the ground under odul
feet and make feiiowsfeel glad he wa!
not fighting on the other side. While ad'
vancing we burned most y, the. remain
ing houses. We had splendid .opp,odr,,
tunity for seeing the results Of. the bonn
bardment.
At $ o'clock We arrived at Pasai, ate
supper and took up a'position for the
night along the road running from Pasai
to the beach. The morning Of the 9Th
we were up early and fusifeds some
chickens. Lieuts. Osborn and Gruschu,
each had = chicken which, they cooked
by stripging on a bamboo stick and
roasting. We were hungry and the
meat tasted good.
In the afternoon We advanced in :
skirmish line to Parauague, below where
Camp Dewey used to be, burning the
remaining houses on u way. Several
horses and vehicles Of different kind.
were taken. The insurgents were in
trenched at %Parauague, but our ORDER
were not to bring 81 an engagement, &
we retired. -
Since then We have been doing out
post duty, with an occasional alarm. W.
have thfovp up intienctnentsT and ar
prepared for an attack
We spent n night II quarters, has
a good nights rest and the next day
Feb, ~, were sent up 70 reinforce som,
of the l4th Init, who had been attacked
We held the trenches that night for TIL
14th and did a little fring, fyetirni
toward daylight to our present position
Last night. Feb. 16. we were arousss
by several. gunbost shots; 1t was th'
Buffalo sending 4 few sfle closein!'
among some natives who had eongfee
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