The daily sentinel., 1899-04-06
Corporal Charles W. Haskell Clues Excellent Descrpo
of a Battle in the Philippines s-7ehis How Americans
Routed the Insurgents With Heavy Losses.
I1, a ''Boiled" Shirt
Mr.. Haskell is Arrayed in his Best and on Visit to
Company Quarters When the Call TO
Arms Was Sounded-- --Responds.

OAt about we commenced to see the
blockhouse to the front and about the
location OF the enemy, 1t was then that
part OF the Utah battery. located in
front Of an old church to our right,
commenced firing, sending shell after
shell into the insurgent trenches and the
blockhouse
The Utah boys did good work and we
boys cheered them. Then they trans
ferred their attention to block house No
6, to our left, and silenced the fire from
that quarter for several minutes.
We then got orders to fire by volley,
and the order seemed blessing. We
could begin to see the enemy pretty well
then, and while the Utah shells drove
them out of the trenches we poured in a
terrible fire upon them.
Then orders to fire by will were given
and we spent about 20 minutes picking
off as far as possible, all we could see.
All this time the bullets were coming
toward us, but, thank God, over u.s. like
hail stones.
Colonel Mccoy then came over the
line on foot with Captain LaSalle and
gave US orders to cease firing, to throw
off our haversacks and fill up our car
fridge belts, and informed us that in
few minutes the order to charge would
be given and we must take that block
house. 1t would have done your heart
good, Frank, to have heard US cheer
him. The colonel is all right.
AT about o'clock the order to charge
was given. On our right were compa
MES b and K The U tab battery open
ed rapid fire and with yell we were
on our way to the front on the run.
The trenches we're about 600 yards dis
fields about 100 wards, drop down, level
and fire and then advance. Meanwhile
the insurgents kept up constant fire
from their trenches. We had advanced
then until we were about 500 feet from
the enemy when Charlie Boise of Salt
Lake dropped down, shot through the
knee We then advanced rapidly, load
ing and firing on the run. Every man
in line and full OF fight. On we came
until we were within 100 feet OF the in
surgents when the captain ordered
"boys give them yell. and at them"
and we did. don't believe there was
ever before such a noise came out Of my
throat and the yell from all was terrible
1t was enough anyhow for the insur-
gents and they bounced out OF the
trenches like bees out OF a hive and then
the slaughter from our side was terrible.
But they stood their ground we'll. These
people are stayers. Pure grit right
through, and while on the retreat they
would stop and fire back at us.
l shot one fellow through the leg just
below the right hip. He fell over, got
and fire back, but it was his last shot,
A bullet from Miner Windsor's rifle, or
maybe my own for we both fred to-
gether, struck him in the breast and he
fell back dead Henry Wise OF Lead
vile struck one poor fellow about 800
yards distant and the Lockett brothers
of Lake city made the finest shots ever
saw, bringing down two at fully 1000
yards. After we had scattered them
right and left we returned to the block
house and intrenchments. 1t was a fear
full sight, the dead and wounded lying
around us. The block house was
literally riddled with shot and and shell.
We had breakfast brought in from camp
at 8 o'clock and then we watched the
charge from the South Dakotas on our
left. 1t was a fine thing and we boys
yelled until we were hoarse. Just then
Major Young and Capt. Wedgwood
came up from the Utah battery and