The age-herald., 1900-02-12
BATTLE IN WHICH C[N.LAWT FELL. COh Sargent Was Commanding
 Attacking FOrces' FORMERLY OF FIFTH IMMUNES Writes from the Philippines Sending Detailed Account of the Charge
 on San Mateo-The Fatal
 Filipino Bullet.
FORMERLY OF FIFTH IMMUNES

Colonel H. H. Sargent, of the Twenty ninth infantry, now in the Philippines, was in the battle in which General Lawton was killed. Colonel Sargent commanded the Fifth United States volunteer infantry dur ing the Standardization war, having or ganized the regiment at Columbus, Miss, where 1t was mustered in to the service on July 15, 1S9S The Fifth immunes, as they were generally known, was made up chiefly of A1abaminas and Mississippians and all the line officers were from these two states Captain William M. Walker, Cap tain James E. Shelley Lieutenants Nor man Jones, T. l.. Anglin. Claude Allen' Byron Dozier and or two other Ala bama men held commissions in this regi- ment.
 The Fifth immunes went to Cuba in Au- gust 1sDS and remained on duty at San tiago, Guantanamo, Morro Castle and Bar racoa until May, 1899, when they were or dered back to the United States and mus tered out.
 When the president called for the first ten of the present volunteer regiments Col onel Sargent was given a commission as colonel and assigned to command the Twen- ty-ninth regiment. He has written to Lieu tenant Anglin of this city a letter in which he refers to the battle of San Mates in which General Lawton received fatal wounds
 Account of the Battle
 He also sends a copy of the Manila Free dom a newspaper published at Manila, which contains the following account of tho battle:
 1.-The details of the capture of San Mateo, December 19, where General Lawton was killed have just been received. The attack ing forces consisted of Hawthorne's bat taiion of the Twenty -nintlh two companies of Byron's battalion of the Twenty-sevenua, one dismounted squadron of the Eleventh cavalry two mounted squadrons of the same regiment and Troep l of the Fourth cavalry that formed the generals body guard. The city was taken after two hours fighting, in which twenty Gugus bit the dust, and twenty eight were taken pris- oners. A large number of Bolos and some Mauser and Remington ammunition were captured.
 Colonel Sargent, of the Twenty y-nfnth in- faptry, in command of the attacking forces. The troops arrived at position on the west bank of the Mariquina river, about 200 yards from the rebel trenches across the river in the direction of San Mateo, at o'clock, after an all night march through the rain
 Mounted Cavalry
 ''The mounted cavalry under Colonel Lockett, were sent north -four miles to cross the river and engage ;he enemy in the rear at Mortalban. The dismounted
 
 succeeded in crossing the river and com pleting a flank movement The mounted cavalry met with great difficulty in secur- ing crossing and did not succeed in com pleting tGle proposed movements as planned.
 "ln the meantime, Hawthorne's battalion of the Twenty-ndnth were deployed within POO yards of the enemy's trenches at & o'clock. The enemy had not seen the Americans advance over the hills and along the rice fields to the river They had their rifles sighted for 300 yards where the Amer jeans were expected to appear first, and when they discovered how close the forces were, they tumbled over into their trenches and opened fire without changing their sights.
 Second Row of Trenches
 "There was a second row of trenches, a stone building, and some wooden buildings in the rear of the first trench, and they all opened fire on the infantry at $40. Their bullets flew high and did little damage. "Byron's battalion of the Twenty came up and reinforced the firing line after Hawthorne's battalion had had one and one-half hours fighting. At this time the dismounted cavalry had crossed the river and were cutting a wide swath on the ene- my's flank.
 ''Hawthorne's men charged across the