The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-27
FIGHT HARD, BUTLOSE
1.-THE Enemy" Fails in Effort to
Capture Fort Riley.

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Rlley still belongs to the government.
The enemy made a desperate effort to
capture 1t today and failed. They did
not exactly fail, either for the fight
SUN was hot when the umpires stopped
IT, Out they had not secured it at the
time the halt was called
The enemy that sought to capture the
post was under Gen. G. G. Carr, with
| nine regiments of infantry, two full
regiments and one additional squadron
OF cavalry and four batteries. The
force that withstood him, under the
command of Col Slower, of the Fourth
cavalry was the First battalion of en-
glneers under Maj. Leach, the Sixth
infantry, commanded for the day by
Lieut.. Col. Loughborough, a battalion
| OF the Twelfth infantry, two batteries
| or artillery and one squadron of cav
airy.
The most remarkable feature of the
days work was the ability shown by
the officers and men of the defending
| FORCES IN the construction and con-
cealment of their trenches. At dis
lance OF 200 PAGES they were invisi-
Die, even to those who knew their ex-
! act locations.
The outside of the trenches was COW
| cred with grass and bushes, so ar
ranged as to resemble the remainder
or the landscape. In addition the men
| twined grass around their hats or tied
| branches upon their shoulders, which
| served to hide the colors of their hats
| and blue shirts.
Col. Slower placed five companies of
! the Sixth infantry on the right under
| the direct command of Capt. w. K.
Jones, with Lieut.. Col. Loughborough
In charge of the entire line The bat
talon of the Twelfth infantry held the
center, the engineers and a portion of
| the cavalry being on the left There
| was a long wait for the approach of
the enemy after the defending line was
IN position, Gen. Carr taking his time
10 scout the country thoroughly before
throwing his men against the intrench-
menus, which he found it impossible to
locate until his men were close upon
! them.
Thls wait was relieved by several lit
| tie SkirmiShes between the lines. he
| tween the Brown and Blue cavalry. in
winch the former had the better of it.
A sk1rmish line of Blue infantry that
pushed out too far in its ambition to
develop the advance of the Browns.
| was gathered in as prisoners, and I'D
| 10 the time of the actual charge upon
the 1ntrenchments the advantage was
with the Browns.
| "A force of cavalry sent around the
Blue left crossed the Republican river
| and might have been a strong factor in
!
ed by Col. Wagner before this detach-
ment was able to get into contact with
the defending Blue army.
IL was on the right, however, where
Lieut.. Col. Loughborough and Cant.
Jones held the line, that the hardest
| nghtlng was done, and here it was that
zen. cars attack, cleYerly managed
as 1t was, met a complete repuIse
Lieut.. Col Loughborough had given
orders that no fire should be directed
upon the Browns until they were close
| UP, but the impudence of a Brown
squadron which pranced along a
ridge within 500 yards was too much
ior some of his men, who fired
| Few rl1e snots. Excited by one gun Of
the Seventh artillery roared out and
the Brown cavalry scampered, salts
ned with having developed the Blue
! position.
In short time the Brown infantry.
In long line, poured over the hills a
mile and half distant and advanced
| straight upon the trenches Every ad-
vantage OF the ground was taken by
the attacking force, but there were
| thousands OF them all coming down a.
long slope toward a ravine beyond, in
| which lay the entrenched company
with battery and one machine gun
| and it seemed as though any man who
hit the hill could not miss a Brown
| soldier
| The Texas infantry on Gen. Cars
left made a beautiful mark as they
passed in a flank march 500 yards
away. The time for the defenders had
come and they seized it promptly.
Company K, of the Sixth, under Can't.
| Walsh, opened fire and in an instant
| the entire line was blazing at the
Texas infantry. The volume of the
fire was SO great that the umpires de-
cided that the Texas regiment was for
the most part out Of the action before
1T reached a position from which it
| could open fire. Other troops came
| down, but the steady infantry fire and
| the unceasing pop Of the machine gun.
punctuated by the report of the three
| inch gun, continued and in a short
| time the left of Gen. Carrs attack was
in a bad way and the umpires decided
| that it never could have succeeded on
that part Of the line. Over in the
center and on the right Gen. Carr was
still very much in the battle when Col
Wagner put a period to the fighting.
Tomorrow there will be no maneu-
vers in the field. The militia regi-
| ments will leave for home and it is ex-
| pected by Maj. Baker, the chief quar-
termaSter, that the last of them will ha