Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1908-09-03
co. | IN MIMIC WARFARE

Camp David S. Stanley, Aug. 25.-
(Staff Correspondence. with their
imaginary main body almost complete
ly demoralized, and with the do or
die" spirit dominating them, the ad-
vance guard of the Brown invading
army force today dealt the Blue ad-
vance guard a crushing blow. The
memory of the defeat of Sunday, in
the imaginary battle of Tacoma, was
an incentive to the Brown forces to
revenge the defeat, and within an
hour after the scouts first came in
contact the right of the Blue center
was entirely routed, the entire left
was completely defeated and the wa
gon train was destroyed by heavy
fire from hidden infantry and machine
gums.
At the beginning of today's battle
the troops were separated by eight
miles of American lake prairies. The
Brown advance guard, commanded by
| Col. Peak, of the First North Dakota,
was camped two miles north of the de-
file between American and Sequalit-
I chew lakes. At a. m. this morning,
Maj. E. F. McGlachlin succeeded Col. |
Peak in command, and issued orders
for a general advance, hoping by a |
forward movement to check the Blues |
and give more time for the Brown /
main body to reorganize after the dis
astrous battle of Tacoma. Maj Nc
Glachlin sent the three companies of
the Second infantry to Sprays lake to
protect that road, and another detach-
ment to Dupont, and kept the First
North Dakota, the Second Montana,
the Sixth infantry and the battery
with his main body. The North Dako-
ia was on the right, the Sixth in the
center and the Montana fighters on his
left.
The victorious Blues were camped
near Becker's last night, with the ar
tillery and cavalry still further south,
near Roy. Col. Patch of the Second
Idaho, who was in command last night,
relinquished the command to Maj.
Tredwell w. Moore of the First in
fantry at O'Clock this morning.
He sent the third infantry to the
extreme right. He placed the First
infantry on the right of his main body
and the Second Idaho on the left. and
kept the artillery in the rear to shell
the Brown infantry, with the cavalry
on the two fianks.
The first firing opened near the J.
r. Spray home, as the advance guards
of both armies were rushing for the
Spray hill, apparently the key to the
position. The Montana boys reached
the hill first. The Sixth infantry was
pushed on in front of the hill and took
a position along rail fence, which
afforded protection and concealment.
Maj. Moore ordered the First in
fantry and the Idaho troops to ad-
vance. Much of the advance was
across an open field, under the direct
fire of the Sixth infantry and exposed :
to another fire from the top of the
Spray hill by the machine guns and
the Montana sharpshooters. This fire
was too heavy and the First infantry
was driven back 600 yards, and the Id
aho men, who were advancing under
the shelter of the trees had to retreat
to save themselves from capture.
Under cover the First infantry and
the Second Idaho lines were reorgan-
lied. Montana boys pushed forward to
the Sixth infantry line. When the
charging Philippine campaign vete-
rams and the Idaho Guards again push
ed forward, the Montana regiment ex-
ecuted a flank movement under the
cover of rail fence and caught them
with direct flank fire. At the same