. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. MAP OF BATTLEFIELD 107. 108 THIRTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. the 6th and 16th Infantry on the right. The Spaniards fledfrom their trenches and moved in disorder to their secondline about 700 yards nearer the city, the five regimentsreaching the top of the hill a few moments later, re-openedfire on retreating Spaniards who were crowded into the roadin front of their trenches and here large losses were inflictedon them while in column. The 6th and 16th Infantry intheir deployment were greatly exposed and as a consequencesuffered the
. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. MAP OF BATTLEFIELD 107. 108 THIRTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. the 6th and 16th Infantry on the right. The Spaniards fledfrom their trenches and moved in disorder to their secondline about 700 yards nearer the city, the five regimentsreaching the top of the hill a few moments later, re-openedfire on retreating Spaniards who were crowded into the roadin front of their trenches and here large losses were inflictedon them while in column. The 6th and 16th Infantry intheir deployment were greatly exposed and as a consequencesuffered the heaviest losses. As has been previously stated, the Spanish trenchesfaced directly towards the ground to be occupied by the 6thand 16th Infantry, and for the Spaniards to have been drivenout by a frontal attack was a task that was tried early in theengagement but with the result that the regiments had to bewithdrawn a short distance to some shelter, and it was onlywhen the Third Brigade made its deployment to the left ofthese regiments and moved forward in a charge that threat-en
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