The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-30
MARVELLOUS ARTILLERY WORK
By Grimes Battery, FuHowed By
as Gallant a ChargensaAny
Page OF History Recalls.
A PlTTSBURGER'S EXPERIENCE
- u 81
Who Was Hit BY sH6tR Bullet.
Interesting Happenings on
the March and in Battle.

FROM Our Soldier Correspondent
cALULuT. LuzOn, p. tSIAdg. 15.-
The long expected coiiision,ut San Fer.
aando has occurred. 1t camsfsl An the ma
ture of a surprise not onlypto Aguin-
aldo. but to the rank an9ahle of the
American forces as we'll The middle
Of the rainy season seemed an unpro-
pItious time to advance ftal'lInes into
an unfamiliar part of the Island, but
necessity, not uncoupled With meas
ure Of strategy, lmpelled' ethe move
ment The insurgents were becoming
avs bold. Night after night the tired
reserves in the city were awakened by
She Gre OF their watchtul eptposts, and
lime and again the whole garrison was
double timed to the tren6p@fto FepuIse
an attacking force varying in size from
hundred to several tb6hs6nd. The
policy OF Agulnaldo scented to be to
worry our troops as muffi as possible
and, Indian fashion, to attack wherever
weak point showed ltselt, In spite
of the greatest vigilance small bodies
OF the insurgents would creep up
through the dense cannodhelds and
await the approach OF soWe pwary SOL
der; Lieutenant Reeves Sfo the sevens
teenth. was waylaid by tTpicold-bloOd-
ed Amigos" who had gotten through
the lines, and 1t seemed almost a mir
acle that he escaped With. his life.
Standing in the black shadow of a
bamboo clump they allowed the lieu
tenant literally to bump Ehtd them, one
slashlng vIcluusly with d b1to. and the
other opening lre with G2lSrge calIber
revolver. During the melee the Amer
lean drew his Colt and firedlpoInt blank
at his adversaries, but strangely enough
woundlng neither so vitality as to pre-
vent their escape beforeqtRe outpOsts
arrival. iouIt
A slight wound from ;tAeI knife and
two bullets In the foot comprised the
.iIeutenants injuries. but the incident
served to quicken everyones desire to
charge across the open and fight 1t out
with the dusky horde. A4midnIght OF
the Sth inst. every command in San
Fernando was awakened rsEhree hours
later the wagon train was A6aded with
two days field ratIonTsGnd all the
troops had breakfasted. san outspread
IAN would furnish an accurate map Of
the first DAYS engagement. u From San
Fernando as the apex. the different
commands moved out along the ribs to
point where the paper surface Of the
fan begins. There theSvaeployed as
sldrmIshers. The first stssAgs of dawn
found every regiment in position, only
few hundred yards in ttdut OF the
semi-circular line of intrenchments at
the outer edge OF the fan On the ex-
IRENE left, at Mexico, a battery Of ar
tfilery and half OF the Iowa regiment
were to open a heavy fire,ls0 as to lead
the enemy to believe that Mexico was
the objective. At Bacalor.n Eight miles
to the right around the edge of the
fan, Major Bells newly organized regi
ment of veterans, with two troops Of
cavalry, were to cut of the garrison Of
that city and prevent a naflt yhOvement
from that quarter. In the center the
Twelfth, Twenty-second. iowa, and
Seventeenth regiments were to plunge
forward with all possible speed, storm
ing the works on their front a true
picture Of the many stirring scenes OF
the early morning could never be
penned In the dark hour. titst before
dawn. Grimes battery Of artillery and
the entire Seventeenth regiment met
by chance at the only ford Of a swift
stream on the outskirts Of town. run
ming bank full with the rainy season's
downpour. The big artillery horses
we're all but played out before reaching
the ford, and their efforts to- drag the
heavy guns through the swift current
evidenced the spirit which permeates
the whole army. u,
like Scene From Dorf.
i1uuglng Into 1t to their arrhblts, the
Infantry worked as hard as the horses.
aud by the feeble light Of two candle
lanterns. the animated scendFTecalled
a0wr OF Dore's Illustrations ofk"Pma-
Disc Lost" Hail an hours hard work
pulled ~ the guns safely supon the
opposite bank. wheu the infantry moved
forward IN an endless skIrmIsh line to
los assigned position, with the cannon
standing menacIng watch on the
higher ground behind them. lli
Tn. ice fields over which tho silent
sIrmIshers marched we're typical OF
The hatdshlps which the general ad-
auH. euWllcd SIX inches Of water
'os"E deper stratum OF sticky oOze,
1Hd ovcr all a rank growth Of tangled
sfasf rose waist high.
Every few yards the heavily bur
l.1nl troopers would stumble over the
n#IeI ridges Of raised earth which
ar. reared to hold the water at G6rtqual
IoN,b over the entire rice Hrpwing
aHtrIct Whole squads would losG foot
'ne 80 time, nnd in a vnlU en-
d"'vor TO keep his rifle out Of the mud.
'n"h fellow became az thorough5 pIns-
tered with the black. rich soil ~ II he
ha' posed Tor pInstor-parls mask.
when each company had plowcd It's
Way 10 position about 300 yards Oils
i'Ht from the enemy's trenches. I'was
'0"nty halted, and like statues the
in"n awaited the final order. Dag cqmo
WIN suddcnncss peculiar 10 the
tropics and with n beauty beyond CON