Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry . short the sentence. Run ! he shouted ; Ill hold them off. Four times the revolver cracked ere the Spaniards, realizing twas butone man who confronted them, raised their rifles. Corporal Joyce, tearing through the chaparrel, heard the whiplike crackof the dreaded Mausers j then once more the sharp report of the captains 78 / THE HEROIC CHARGE ON SAN JUAN. revolver. Afterward came silence, save for the groaning of Private Hardeyand the rustle of the part
Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry . short the sentence. Run ! he shouted ; Ill hold them off. Four times the revolver cracked ere the Spaniards, realizing twas butone man who confronted them, raised their rifles. Corporal Joyce, tearing through the chaparrel, heard the whiplike crackof the dreaded Mausers j then once more the sharp report of the captains 78 / THE HEROIC CHARGE ON SAN JUAN. revolver. Afterward came silence, save for the groaning of Private Hardeyand the rustle of the parting branches. On the morning of July 3, after the charge upon El Caney, an orderlyhalted before the quarters of the fighting —th. A letter for Captain Burden, replied he to the sentrys query, franked at the War Department, an from I reckon he wontwantto wait for it. The colonel pushed aside his tent flap. Surgeon, saidhe, turning to the officer who followed him, u tell that fellow CaptainBurdens dead—killed in an ambuscade. And, surgeon, youd better takethe letter and forward it to Washington. THE HEROIC CHARGE ON SAN JUAR By. ON the afternoon of June 30, pursuant to orders given me verbally bythe corps commander at his headquarters, I moved my Second andThird Brigades (Parson and Wikoff) forward about two miles to apoint on the Santiago road near corps headquarters. Here thetroops bivouacked, the First Brigade (Hawkins) remaining in its camp ofthe two preceding days, slightly in rear of corps headquarters. On the following morning (July 1) at seven oclock I rode forward to thehill where Captain Grimes battery was in position. I here met L,ieutenant-Colonel McClernand, assistant adjutant-general, Fifth Corps, who pointedout to me a green hill in the distance, which was to be my objective on myleft, and either he or Lieutenant Miley, of Major-General Shafters staff,gave me directions to keep my tight on the main road leading to the cityof Santiago. I had previously g
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