Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-03-16

carried to the rear; here, too, the
volunteer regiment of Ludlow's
Brigade was crouched. The troop
was kept mounted for some time to
inspire, il possible, a battalion Of
this regiment with renewed cour-
age. 1t was in vain, so I dismount-
ed the troop and waited probably
an hour before General Lawton re-
turned.
In the afternoon the troop again
escorted the Commanding General
to the fighting lines, where it re-
manned until the final assault upon
FL Caney at 4 80 p. m.
At this hour the troop proceeded
to the Stone Fort and, in conjunc-
tion with Evans Company, Of the
18th Infantry, of General Chaffes's
brigade, set about burying the
Spanish dead in their trenches and
collecting prisoners from the town.
The block houses still contained q
few Spanish soldiers and desultory
shots were still fired. There was
much. difficulty in convincing the
Spaniards that they would be-
spared, and in persuading them to
come out Of concealment and as
semble at the Stone Fort. We bur-
led in the trenches round the Fort
about thirty Spanish soldiers. Dur
ing the fight only about half the
population of the town remained;
the other half took fight to the
eighboring mountains. 1t was
learned afterwards that of the non
combatanrs remaining only one was
killed. At 2:3O a. m, July End.
the entire division was ordered to
join the other two by retrograds
detour. 1t fell to Troop d to head
this march over the vile roads in
utter darkness. By 6 q. m. We
were at Ell Pozo. where We learned
of the terrible losses of Kent's and
Wheeler's divisions and of the still
uncomfortable situation at San
Juan. Between these places but
one line of communication was
used, and this through a decidedly
hot zone of Spanish bullets. On
this road two horses Of the troop
were shot. Although there has been
doubt in the minds of many per-
sons participating in the Santiago
Campaign concerning Spanish
sharp shooters remaining within
our lines, I certainly never had any
at the time. Judging by the re-
ports Of the guns and the sound Of
the bullets in the leaves followed
by the impact on the ground, I
fully believed that they were on
our right and left, and, consequent
ly, dismounted several sets Of foufa
to shoot them out Of trees. But
one of these sets was successful.
Three men reported that they had
shot one man from a tree, and /
never doubted il.
While engaged in this work Q
six-inch percussion shell fell within
fifty yards of the troop, but n did
not explode.
The troop was now engaged in
conducting a Cuban regiment up to
the firing lines. 1t was not at all
keen about proceeding; 90. finally,
1 scattered men throughout its
length to see that its men did not
take refuge in the bushes. We %
last put it on the firing lines be-
tween General Wheelsr's right and
General Lawton's left.
On the morning Of the Sd, with
small detachment of the troop, ]
! accompanied Generals LAYTON and
Castillo ove: to General Gsreis,s
headquarters. We saw Cersera's
fleet in the harbor at 9:l5 .. m,
and, so far as known, we were the
only American members Of the
Santiago land forces that saw the
Spanish feet. General Lawton had
none of his staff with him.
While we were breskfasting as
tIc Ouoah hcadfuahtSic,ACoc
announced that the feet was going
out. We returned to he place
whence we had seen il, but it WAS
already out and the historic naval
battle engaged. We heard the vio-
lent cannonading most distinctly.
Under instructions from General
Lawton We Immediately proceeded
to Corps headquarters, where ]
gave General Shafter his 6rst in
formation concerning the sortie Of
the Spanish feet, as well 40 certain
information obtained from General
Garcia. The latter had expressed
grave doubts about bei--G able To-
hold back the forces from Man
zanillo.
While still at Santa Crus. July
5th, at a. M, the population OF
Santiago began to pass our bivouac.
The appearance of hundreds and
hundreds of these people on foos
was the first intimation that We
had of their coming within our
lines. The sight was pitiful in the
extreme. No wagons or pack AMI
mails of any descriptions were al
lowed these refugees who were
proceeding to Caney to avoid an
impending bombardment.
HENRI T. ALLIE.