Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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Page 73
... east flank . Five hundred feet south from this trench , is Fort Malate . This was a stone fort , built of solid masonry and mounted with modern guns . Instead , however , of a moat in front , there was a slough or waterway , 100 feet ...
... east flank . Five hundred feet south from this trench , is Fort Malate . This was a stone fort , built of solid masonry and mounted with modern guns . Instead , however , of a moat in front , there was a slough or waterway , 100 feet ...
Page 74
... east , and between these two were a number of short trenches and rifle - pits , and a stone house and barricades , all so situated as to en- filade the approaches from different directions . This was a formidable place . Block - house ...
... east , and between these two were a number of short trenches and rifle - pits , and a stone house and barricades , all so situated as to en- filade the approaches from different directions . This was a formidable place . Block - house ...
Page 75
... east to west at the furthest point in width , one mile . THE FILIPINO INSURGENTS . In front of the Spanish fortifications , and surrounding the city , the Filipinos had thrown up trenches , many of them skilfully constructed , and were ...
... east to west at the furthest point in width , one mile . THE FILIPINO INSURGENTS . In front of the Spanish fortifications , and surrounding the city , the Filipinos had thrown up trenches , many of them skilfully constructed , and were ...
Page 77
... East of these lines were the swamps in which the army could not operate . It was this last trench that was finally vacated by the in- surgents for the Ameri- cans , and then , afterwards , CHURCH AT MALABON . the line was advanced by ...
... East of these lines were the swamps in which the army could not operate . It was this last trench that was finally vacated by the in- surgents for the Ameri- cans , and then , afterwards , CHURCH AT MALABON . the line was advanced by ...
Page 78
... east by an impassable swamp , and the whole was covered by the guns of the fleet . EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE AMERICAN COMMANDERS . The position of the American commanders , previous to the arrival of a military force sufficient to make them ...
... east by an impassable swamp , and the whole was covered by the guns of the fleet . EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE AMERICAN COMMANDERS . The position of the American commanders , previous to the arrival of a military force sufficient to make them ...
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1st Lieut 1st Lieutenant 20th Kansas 2d Lieutenant 2d Oregon 4th Cav Acting Assistant Surgeon advance Aguinaldo American April army arrived at Manila artillery attack August Baliuag Battalion Battery battle block-house Bocaue bridge Brigade Brigadier-General Caloocan Calumpit camp Camp Merritt Capt captured Cavite Cebu Chas Clerk command Company G Dewey duty enemy enemy's enlisted entrenchments expedition February fight Filipinos fleet force front Guiguinto guns headquarters Hospital Corps infantry insurgents insurrectos islands July June killed La Loma church Laguna de Bay Lawton left San Francisco Luzon MacArthur Malate Malolos Manila Bay March Marilao Merritt miles military Minn Minneapolis mustered natives Nebraskas night Norzagaray occupied Otis Pasig Pasig River Paul Philippines railroad regiment river road San Miguel scouts Sergt soldiers South Dakotas Spain Spaniards Spanish Student town trenches troops U. S. Inf United States Inf Volunteer Inf Wheaton wounded yards