Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ..etc., etc . errific Spanish fire, to resistwhich for a time was the workof madmen. But the RoughRiders did not flinch. Fighling like demons, they held theground tenaciously, now presing forward a few feet, thenfalling back, under the enemysfire, to the position they helda fev7 moments before. The Spaniards were no matcn for theRoosevelt fighters
Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ..etc., etc . errific Spanish fire, to resistwhich for a time was the workof madmen. But the RoughRiders did not flinch. Fighling like demons, they held theground tenaciously, now presing forward a few feet, thenfalling back, under the enemysfire, to the position they helda fev7 moments before. The Spaniards were no matcn for theRoosevelt fighters, however, and ashad been the case at La Quasina, theWestern cowboys and Bastern dan-dies hammered the enemy from theirpath. Straight ahead they advanced,until by noon they were well along to-ward San Juan, the capture of whichwas their immediate object. There was terrible fighting about theheights during the next two the Rough Riders were playingsuch havoc in the enemys lines, the First, Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenthcavalry gallantry pressed forward toright and left. Before the afternoon was far gonethese organizations made one grandrush all along the line, carrying theSpaniards off their feet, capturing theSan Juan fortifications, and sending. GENERAL WESLEY MERRITT,COMMANDER OP AMERICAN ARMY AT MANILA. the enemy in mad haste ofi towardSantiago. It was but three oclockwhen these troops were able to sendword to General Shafter that they hadtaken possession of the position he hadgiven them a day to capture. In this attack the cavalrymen weresupported by the Sixth and Sixteenthinfantry, who made a brilliant chargeat the crucial moment. The advancewas up a long steep slope, through aheavy underbrush. Our men weresubjected to a terrific fire from the ene- 432 AMERICAN VICTORIES IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN. mys trenches, and the Rough Ridersand the Sixth cavalry suffered the right, General Lawtons divi-sion, supported by Van Homes bri-gade, under command temporari
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