. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. into boots and soggy was the wildest desire to be off. Thecourier from the front staggered up to headquarters and gasped that allwas lost, the Utah battery wiped out and allthe ammunition gone. He was excited towithin an inch of his life. The generalcalmed him, and as soon as the story couldbe obtained clearly he ordered the 1st bat-talion of the 1st California forward to re-en-force the breastworks, the 2d battalion toproceed half-way up the road to the trenchand act a
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. into boots and soggy was the wildest desire to be off. Thecourier from the front staggered up to headquarters and gasped that allwas lost, the Utah battery wiped out and allthe ammunition gone. He was excited towithin an inch of his life. The generalcalmed him, and as soon as the story couldbe obtained clearly he ordered the 1st bat-talion of the 1st California forward to re-en-force the breastworks, the 2d battalion toproceed half-way up the road to the trenchand act as a reserve and the 3d to remainin camp ready to respond to a call. Wordwas sent to the Raleigh, lying a mile offshore, to stand by for a signal and if onecame to open fire on the fort at Malate. Thiswas in accordance with arrangements be-tween Greene and Dewey. Private J. F. Finlay of company C. 1stColorado, was sent out to the lines witheight caromattes loaded with ammunition,and he went with a vengeance. The driverof one was shot and a horse was shot down 192 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. SEARCHING FOR THE AMERICAN DEAD AND WOUNDED BEFORE MANILA. in the shafts, but on he went, clear up tothe very brink of the trench, and deliveredhis goods. Then he returned, picking upwounded men on the way and finishing bygetting some more caromattes and startingback for the rest of the wounded. PrivateFinlay certainly did work that night thatwill make his friends proud of him. But the advance of the 1st battalion ofthe Californians was magnificent. Whentheir men began dropping in the bullet-sweptroad the battalion took to the rice fields,and, waist-deep in water and mud, theypressed on through the drenching torrents,while the spattering Mausers sent waterleaping in their faces and clipped the leavesIn the bamboo jungle that lined the ricefields. In front the line of fire was like acontinuous flame, and the bursting of shellsfilled the gloomy night with momentarylightning-like flashes. S
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