. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. as tobe had, the gallant fellows seemed like mereants upon a mole hill. But every dot was abrave man, willing to give his life to befirst to reach the summit. The charge was rapid and soon for the garrison there was asufficient guard in the town to cover theretreat of the greater portion, and only acorporal and seven men were found within tosurrender the position which it had cost somuch effort to subdue. But the fight was not over when the fortfell. From windows and cellars in t
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. as tobe had, the gallant fellows seemed like mereants upon a mole hill. But every dot was abrave man, willing to give his life to befirst to reach the summit. The charge was rapid and soon for the garrison there was asufficient guard in the town to cover theretreat of the greater portion, and only acorporal and seven men were found within tosurrender the position which it had cost somuch effort to subdue. But the fight was not over when the fortfell. From windows and cellars in the town,and even from a sprawling church of adobethe Spanish kept up a fierce fire upon everyperson showing himself within range. The25th was especially hard hit. Lieut. H. was killed, Capt. E. A. Edwardsand Lieut. Murdock were wounded. JamesCrealman, a newspaper correspondent whofollowed the assaulting party, was struck inthe shoulder, and fell, badly wounded, onthe side of the hill. Capt. Walter Dickensonof the 17th was shot through the neck and THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES ?.:. Jffl&P A CUBAN INSURGENT—ONE OF GEN. GARCIAS SOLDIERS BEFORE SANTIAGO. fatally wounded. Three men from the ranksof the 25th fell, killed instantly, and manywere wounded. It was not until 5 oclock that firing in thetown was checked. A considerable force ofthe enemy under its shelter was able, how- ever, to cover the retreat of the commandingofficer and most of his battalion. By de-parting from the farther side of the townthey reached the cover of the brush withoutdetection, and no one knew of their de-parture until the Cubans under Gen. De 76 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES Coro found themselves opposed to them andwere called upon to check their retreat. of De Coros staif tells me that hisgeneral and countrymen made a hard fightand that De Coro was wounded. It is fearedhe was afterward made prisoner by the Span-iards, who seem to have cut their waythrough without much diffi
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