The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-14
Description Of Fl CalPJ July lst
bYa Man who SaE Il
WHERE THE BULLETS STRUCK
AnsIe;ios and ThriIls-Aeuon Hot
and Dsadiy-Pain ot wai,ins.
Spanish Retreat.

Lieut.. William Wsss--i. commanding
VI Company. TWcaty-s~coad Regulars.
aboard the transport senator. vas In
the thickeSt OF the tray az r. Caaey.
Cuba. He Vas at the head OF his coas-
Psny until well along in the afternoon
when he Vas shot through the shouidcr
and face. lie was carried to the rear
and after many weeks confinement IN ]
the hospital recovered. His SQUADS
have left one side OF his face psraiyEei.
Lieut.. wasSci is keen observer AL
has the faculty of describing cvcnfs
we'll While there has been much
said and written about the Cuban cam
poisn. the story told by the Lieutenant
on the vsraRdah os the Hawaiian hotel
to cotcrie Of local acquaintance. ts
well worth publication. Hc said:
On the night ot June soth ~c BIZ
vouaekcd along the roadside. about
two miles from the village Of = Cancy.
We were uP and on the march brsore
daylight the next morning. AluaE ghc
narrow trails. across creeks. thruuxh
the deep grass nc went to some Pl1ce
none but commanding osiccrs knrW
Whcnr. At sunrise wc had reached =
sunkCn road running between - Csaey
and Santiago. Here nc we're dcpioyc
a. skirmishcrs. Thea 40 pluaEed taso
q thtckct. the ltkc ot which can not ~
found outside of Cubs. 1t is che sane
luXuriaut vegetation that on~ hnis
here. except that d is much morr
dense. In about a square yard uf ord
mary Cuban soil one can find ever
species of plant known tp a tropical
soil. Most of them arc armed wssn
bTiars. thorns and other scratchtnz
projections. This Wss shat no plunged
into. After hacking our Way for few
hundred yards 30 changed dtrcrsspa To
the right and headed for 81 Csnry.
soon Nc caught scattering shots
Whcrr they came from mo- one knew
We could hear the p5nE-E-E of n ballet
and here and there a man was bit Hut
Nc were not tn the fizht-aps yet Fur
fully an hour and a half We literally
cut our way through the vegetation: az
xe advanced the bullets began Go conc
fastsv.
For tao hours ~ acre under agc
before Ne dared Ere a shot iu rcsurn.
We were afraid OF hitting some of ous
Town people: in addition. No cou1d So
none of the enemy. Hut Es coult hear
their bullets.
At about 9 o'clock Wc struck open
rround-ghc village nf - CancV Was
in front of us. We. the sccoat b1sss1-
ION ut the TNenty-sscpad. W~re on thr
lextreulc left uf our lin-s-ae ucTc "a
intercept the Spaniaris uh.n they be-
gan to- retreat In tnr morning ~
WFre afraid 49, would not go thrrc b.
fore they rstr~ated.
III Can~y consists uf a feE scatter
ing house.. surrounded by trees Souia
ot the town-in fact all aruund it
acre block houses. treacass. wsrs
fences. anything to shelter a SPsaisl
rife and check oug advance
our cnd 90 the line had thc dif-icui
task Uf remaining under IRE u5thpu
D advanrs-N. we're there 90 tutrscrs p
b the rrtrczr. We urre 500 yards fro1
10. huru-g-s nests of bgIlrts and ul
stretched out On the upeu Eround an
T t~san a HEht uith m.a behind earth
4 NorEs. The bullets wcrc coming lia.
e hail. a bultrt eut Leaf uu1id fail q
1 ones ssdes little eio1i os drss wo-l
b. throau sn once face. Sometime
the leaves and the dust uuuld y
, missed. thFn some ppor fs..Da sou"
g look around 5a a upnieginE way uhii
q I.ttls stream of blood srtrEi.d dos
his blue shirt
See a Spaniardg Sos oace al dsy
I Every f.W minutes ae cggld see = Eo'
3 To- heads pop up from bseh5ad sp=ne pa
e Iof their trrach-s. thsu came Eas
aud the bullets uhistlrt thruuEh %.
But % is hard uprk 60 bic q sasa whf'
3 ypu sre only his head and tAs. FOG p1l
/.
. That night their trcach~s wrre hssf
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