Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-27
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| forts from which the offense had oeei
| given.
1.-THE expedition moved with the Monoc'
| acy, preceded by two steam Launches sur
yeying the channel in advance, While tht
Palos having in tow twenty-five boats WIN
the landing force, followed The Monocacs
had the duty of Smelling the enemy mrs.
fcrt and of clearing away opposltion 10 tns
landing This first fort, now designated on
the chart Marine Redoubt, Is some inIna
distant from the anchorage at Isle BoisSee.
Az soon as the Monocacy came WITHIN
good range she opened upon the enemy
work with shell. The enemy returned tne
fire for time. but was soon ui tao 49,
and when our landing was made abandoned
the position and fed. The Palos coming up
the boats pulled in for the shore ana eiieot-
ed a landing below the fort. 80
|. 1.-THE landing was covered by the guns %
the Palos and the steam launches, ana III, me
destruction of the fort at once begun: Inc
guns were cast into the river. with tHe eA :
&c ption of the thrty-two-pounders, Whtcn
were spiked The walls of the tort were
thrown down and the stores Oh po~oeF'
provisions and clothing burned
"On the morning of the 1lth the oestruc c
t,on of the first fort was mace more CON-
plete and the advance pegun .pWa aa ne
enemy's forts about three miles above. Tle
next defense of the enemy was STONE
fort built upon a bluff. about niiie M. us }.
tant from that already occupied. l,a
place was also dismantied witt T,t , uoI
and the force again moved on. the marc "a
was a most difficult one. The country 10
a succession of steep hlis, win 49,
rs vines between, over which Ioot e'iu.el ,
pass with great fatigue, VINE + tme naths
where there were paths, and by cutting our
the bushes and filling up gulnes III o' no-
nIsces They were dragged up steep az
aT,,it;as nv whole companies detaileI "
helm the artillerists or lowered DOWN from
the heights with ropes. At about II cioSh
on the forenoon of the 1lth OF jun, .,e
hin nearest the enemy's stronghola was
gained The citadel about 10 De oi,t he,
fhe kew to the defenses upon the point pc
,ou, WAS built upon the apex OF a conicai
hill about one hundred ana nrty aeel
high from the bottom or the IaV'iir,
reach it. The hillside was very steep am
tha walls of the fort Joined the acchviy
with scarcely break in the line.
The American Charge.
.eyuban all was ready the order to charge
woe given by Lieut. Commander Casey,
and our men rushed forward down the
s,ope and UP the opposite hill. The enemy
maintained their fire with the utmost ra-
nidity until our men got quite up the NH;
them having no time to load they mounted
the parapet and cast stones upon our men
below, fighting with the greatest Jury.
Nothing could check our men; on they
rushed. The heroic Mckee was the nrst 70
mount the parapet and the first to leap
into a hand-to-hand conflict. IheTe ne zen:
% his father fell in Mexico, at the head of
his men, first inside the enemy's stormed
works. Other officers and men were quick
ly over the parapet. Fighting INSIDE tne
fort was desperate. The resolution OF the
Koreans was unyielding; they apparently
expected no quarter and probably would
have given nome They fought 20 tne
death, and only when the last man fell ola
the conflict cease.
1.-TWO hundred and forty-three dead To-
reans were counted in the works. Not
more than twenty prisoners were taken.
and some OF these were wounded. These
last were treated with all the attention
possible and finally released. Thus was
treacherous attack upon our people and an
insult to our flag redressed.
TN this expedition 1t gives me the great
est satisfaction to say that our officers and
men encountered difficulties whic1were sur
mounted only by the most arduous labor.
and defeated determined enemy in des-