. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . counter was a hotone. It was made across the open and against trenches. It cost the Americanseighteen men in killed and wounded. The Filipino loss was not known. For thenext four miles it was a running fight, with the Filipinos gaining at every lightly-clad native, who knows every inch of the running, ra
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . counter was a hotone. It was made across the open and against trenches. It cost the Americanseighteen men in killed and wounded. The Filipino loss was not known. For thenext four miles it was a running fight, with the Filipinos gaining at every lightly-clad native, who knows every inch of the running, rather handicaps hisAmerican pursuer at that kind of a foot-race. Parker kept them moving at a ratethat sent them through the city before Cronins arrival. Some escaped to the undoubtedly played the usual game and got away round to the right of theAmerican line and were Amigos by the time they reached the rear. It is beyondquestion that a fair number of the Americans opponents on the 12th were seen asindustrious agriculturists at work in their fields, and all very friendly, when thetroops returned a day or two later. Cronins march was without especial incident. Some three or four miles outsideof San Mateo Captain Rivers came upon an intrenched outpost. A sharp little. DEATH OF GENERAL HENRY W. LAWTON. — 462 — engagement followed, with the usual result. The Filipinos fired a few moments andthen disappeared. Their fire cost one American life and a few wounds. Captain Parkers trip resulted in an incident worth recording. One company wasunder command of Captain Wilhelm, of the Twenty-first Infantry. At a certainstage of the fighting he saw four of the enemy running away at close range. Heordered his men to fire on them and bring them down. Just at the critical moment,and just in time to save them, a native woman ran out and placed herself, withextended arms, immediately behind the fugitives, in the line of the fire. There wasbut one thing for Wilhelm to do as an Ameri
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