Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-05

SHOTS THAT WON BATTLES

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; 1T was learned that McInerney's tar.
get was Gen. Linarcs. regarded ms
one Of SPANS best and bravest gen
erals In Cuba. 1oral, who had pre-
(, viously expressed an opinion favoring
an early termination of hOstiltles,
assumed command. a few hours lat
or Santiago capitulated to the Ameri-
, cans.
An expert Filipino marksman de.
priyed the United States army of one
OF It's best and bravest officers in the
philippines Cen Lawton, ut San
Pedro. The general. six foot four,
was an especially good target. hut the
bullet traversed the air nearly Il mile
before reaching its Judgement. On
that same day Lent Tate, a volunteer
officer, borrowing the rifle from an
infantryman, put three bullets into an
insurgcnt running over Il hill In the
distance. The fugitive fell each time
only TO rise and run again. Tate was
ahnnt To fire fourth shot when the
Filipino fell and remained quiet
When the soldiers came upon his
body it was found To be that of boy
of not more than 10 TO II years OF
age. The little fellow was killed ut
Il distance (afterward paced) of about
l,525 yards, though to Lieut.. Tate Il
looked more. owing no doubt to his
Impression that he was shooting ut
man.
Fwo sharpshOoters In tho service
of the Chinese were responsible for
the loss of the 9th inlantry's gallant
commander, Col. Emerson II. Liscom
ut the brittle of rien Tsin. That there
were at least two experts upon the
wall who had the officer in view Is
known from The fact that he was
pierced twice in the same second By
steel bullets from German needle
guns. Tho distance between the wall
and where Col Lscom stood alone
was little over $500 yards. AS the
Chinese are among the poorest of
marksmcn. It is almost certain the
American commander was killed by
foreigners in tho Boxer service.
In tha. SANG campaign good marks.
mon In the ranks of the Chinese were
directly responsible for The deaths of
Licuttcnant Colonel lgate. of the Jap.
anesc. and Major RoGgamantZ. of the
Russians. Major Rnggamantz was
more than mile from the Chinese
block house NJ Yang Tun when his
pony was shot from under him Al
second bullet clipped the air near
him, and he was about to seek shelter
when a third brought him To the
ground. He failed to keep quiet. how
ever. and was again wounded where
he lay. Both Colonies In Puinte and
lgate were more than LOO yards
away from the ewes of tile sharp
shooters who picked them off
The roll of British Officers killed
and wounded during the Bocr war is
remarkable testimony to the effcieu.
cy of the Africanders with the rifle
The number of officers among the
dead and injured in that struggle was
altogether out Of proportion To the to.
tai casualties, and no doubt largely
To this fact may he attributed the I'M
due length of the combat and the
many victories of the Beers over their
antagonists. The British war office
does not furnish figures rs to tho
distances at which long range firing
OF small arms became effective I'M
the various battles, but the Daily
News gives thirty.one instances where
Officers were killed or MORALLY
wounded nj distances ranging from
500 to 1000 yards, eighteen ut be-
tween 900 and 1900, sixteen at
about 1900 yards, four mt LOO, and
three at between 1850 and 2,13O yards
Colonel Lionel Raymond of the
174th, was mortally wounded nj a.
distance of nearly a mile and half
from the nearest Boer rifle pit nj
Spion Kop. and Major Ferguson nr
the Seaforths, watched pnffs of smoke
for five minutes AT Krugersdorp while
large calibre rifle balls kcke.! ZIP the
dust at his feet. He was mile and
threefifths from the Doer sharp.
ers.-Charlcston News.