Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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Page 75
... front of the Spanish fortifications , and surrounding the city , the Filipinos had thrown up trenches , many of them skilfully constructed , and were occupying them on the arrival of the American forces . They were very deficient in ...
... front of the Spanish fortifications , and surrounding the city , the Filipinos had thrown up trenches , many of them skilfully constructed , and were occupying them on the arrival of the American forces . They were very deficient in ...
Page 77
... front of this was a strong outpost about 60 yards distant . Here began the insurgent trenches , extending northeast 350 yards . Their left had for support the American line and their right an impassable swamp . These were strong ...
... front of this was a strong outpost about 60 yards distant . Here began the insurgent trenches , extending northeast 350 yards . Their left had for support the American line and their right an impassable swamp . These were strong ...
Page 91
... front . " Their account , however , must be in error as to the enemy's position and move- If they left their trenches and were in such close prox- imity to our line , there would have been dead or wounded there after their retreat to ...
... front . " Their account , however , must be in error as to the enemy's position and move- If they left their trenches and were in such close prox- imity to our line , there would have been dead or wounded there after their retreat to ...
Page 92
... front . In their anxiety a serious mis- take was made . Maj . Boxton's Battalion of California Inf . , under orders , rushed to the front under a heavy fire . Capt . Reinhold Richter , of Company I , was the first to fall , hit on the ...
... front . In their anxiety a serious mis- take was made . Maj . Boxton's Battalion of California Inf . , under orders , rushed to the front under a heavy fire . Capt . Reinhold Richter , of Company I , was the first to fall , hit on the ...
Page 94
... front , owing to the fact that no further trenches were allowed and no interference with the insurgents , so that his force was massed in support of this narrow line back along the Pasai Road . His front lay between impassable swamps ...
... front , owing to the fact that no further trenches were allowed and no interference with the insurgents , so that his force was massed in support of this narrow line back along the Pasai Road . His front lay between impassable swamps ...
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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