South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-17

mounted and conducted the urSt rev
men as fast as they could run along
a road which ran a few yards in rear
Of the PROSTATE and silent men OF the
Third artillery. working their krags
for all they were worth and direct
ed them TO continue the line of that
organization TO the left
Just after leaving the railroad en-
bankment / had passed two gray
haired sergeants Of the Third artil-
Ierv. living within a few feet Of each
other. still and calm in death, their
faces as placid as II they were only
asleep.
do not know just how long the
fight lasted. probably half an hour
after we had got on the line. IT stop
ped as suddenly as il had begun.
The troops bivOuacked in line OF
battle and lay down to sleep where
they had fought.
on the second day following we
resumed the march.
AS the long irregular line OF blue
approached the river near Bocaue we
| could see trenches on the opposite
bank. Soon came the crackle of the
Mausers and the usual whining and
| tipping of bullets. We quickened our
| pace, and when we were within 500
yards the two battalions on the firing
| line opened up. We made the attack
at a fast walk, each man stopping
| only long enough to take aim, and
reloading as he advanced In some
respects this method OF attack is to
/ be preferred to the advance by rushes,
as the shooting is much more &C
curate.
The Filipinos had learned by bit
J ter experience that it was not al
ways best TO remain too long in their
I trenches, especially If the ground 10
/ the rear was open, so that they could
! be shot down in getting away, and
now, as the regiment began TO yell
and rush forward they vacated.
| While we were forming on the
north bank of this stream we could
! see at Bigaa station, about two miles
I up the track, a number of railroad
trains, and could see that the enemy's
troops were entraining Our field-guns
opened and created much confusion
among them.
The railroad bridge was burning.
but the fire had made but very little
| progress. and was put out.
I was standing at the north end
! OF the captured bridge, talking TO
| Gen. Macarthur and watching my
regiment cross, when we were startled
by a most terrific fire opened on us.
| The bullets came from the north, and
| it was correctly surmised that the
enemy's trenches were in the edge of
| the woods on the opposite side of
the field 1t was by far the best
| shooting that / have ever seen the
FilipinOs do. They were beyond the
effective range of our Springfields. and
| knew il. They had the exact range
and were using their sights. and had
| a good rest for their rifles over the
| parapet Of their trench. The bullets
/ were whipping up little dust spots all
about, and actually filling the air with
| their various sorts of noises. Major
| p. 3. Strong. acknowledgement of the
division. standing within three feet OF
|, Gen. Macarthur, was wounded, and
| dozens of bullets struck the bridge
The two regiments crossed with
| great rapidity, each company. as ii
| cleared the bridge, deploying and
rushing up to the firing line.
We soon began TO advance by
| rushes. in order to come to close
quarters. i was up on the firing line
and having occasion TO look to the
rear in order TO see if all Of the regi-
ment had cleared the bridge, was as
tonished at the number of writing
forms in the little part of the field
| that we had crossed, and at the num-
/ Der OF men being assisted TO the shelf
| er of the few straw stacks The cry
Hospital Corps" was coming from all
sides.
| Chief-Trumpeter Barshfield and /
were STOPPING down behind the prone
men of company G.. and my attention
was attracted to the difficulty one of
the men. Private Birlew, was having
in extracting a shell that had jam
| med in his piece. I was so close /
I could have touched him, and do not
suppose / -tched him more than
| three seconds when I saw one whole
side of his head torn open, and his
] face dropped down into the rice stub
] BILE, his hands ciutched convulsively,
| and lifes battle with him was over.
| The FilipinOs had no mind to allow
us to come to close quarters, and the
] firing ceased as abruptly as II had be-
| gun.
We were now less thar a mile
/ from the nipa houses in the suburbs
I OF MalOlOs / was on the railroad
track with the division commander
when he asked me if / would like TO
take a few men and feel my way in
10 the town. ! said / would be glad
| to. and took Lieut.. Ball and about a
! dozen men.
We were fired upon by about a
dozen men behind street barricade
Of stones, gave them a couple of vol
leys. and then rushed them. A min
ute later we were in the plaza or pub
lie square. and exchanged shots with
| a few men who were running through
the streets starting fires. The build
| inSS occupied by AguinaldO rs a resi-
dence and as offices and the Hall of
/ Congress were burning. We gave such
cheers as few men could. and l sent
back word TO Gen. Macarthur that
me town was ours. Copyright.
Charles Scribner's Sons)
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