The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-06

was good enough for foot troops, and
moved along it for perhaps a mile when
we struck a body of the enemy--they
fired a volley and ran. In our immediate
point Company L, Forty-seventh 1nfan-
try, U. S. ", killed four.
"A much la ger force on our left show
ed fight and we found it necessary to de-
ploy all the men and make a left turn,
driving them out on the rice paddles, ex-
cept some that escaped around our right
flank and ran furtf er up the volcano. We
were now in position to flank most of the
trenches and barbados in the hills, and
on the road in rear of Malabog and we
attacked at once, the men in front drIv-
ing them back in that direction, across
rice paddles l would judge to be a mile
and half wide. and most of which were
very wet and exceedingly muddy. The en-
envy had several pieces of artillery which
they succeeded either in hiding or drag
ging off-they fired these a great many
times but we could not even see where
the shots were going and paid no atten-
ten to them.
THE comp MES in skirm shing order
crossed the fields and took the position
without any 10 en- either side, so far as
1 have any absolute knowledge; a though
the insurrec tos Kept up a fire on The line
Until we were within eighty yards of the
road at the foot oeS the hills, and at this
point 1 saw a member of Shots strike in
the mud sn1 hesrd a great many strike
against some loose stones piled up on a
division line between two Iice paddles.
This position witch was the most ao-
vanoed tefore we took The read and hill
gave good coyer and was cunied by
Company L, Forty sevC nth Inf ntry. U.
S. =.
When we commenced firing volleys,
| Company E, Fortieth Infantry, imme-
diately came up on our right. When their
first volley was fired we jumped out and
| took the place. or at least so much of 1t
as our silirmish line covered. In a very
few minutes, however, the Insurrec tos
opened fire on the companies of the For-
| tieth to our right, and q little in rear. Two
companies made a right turn, deployed
and commenced to drive them back to-
wards Camalig, the other companies
marched in The road in column, only once
getting any fire on q column.
1--WE had intended making Guinebatan,
| fourteen miles from Legaspi the first day.
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or ten feet of the span. bamboo obstruc-
| tons had been thrown in the rood n stone
| barricade had been built across that would
! have turned eny artillery In the Island,
| ard in the long woods near Camalig, six
sets of barbados four feet thick. made
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