. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. nwhich El Caney seemed to slumber in peace-ful security, one could not prevent sad re-flections upon wars and the insanity of menwho make them necessary. A scene moresuperb in natural beauty has not been offeredsince the first soldier of the invading armyreached Cuba. From the hill where battery poured shot into the littleSpanish fort, and where Gen. Lawton re-mained most of the time directing the move-ments of his division, the whole valley, fromthe DuCrot house north, was spread ou
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. nwhich El Caney seemed to slumber in peace-ful security, one could not prevent sad re-flections upon wars and the insanity of menwho make them necessary. A scene moresuperb in natural beauty has not been offeredsince the first soldier of the invading armyreached Cuba. From the hill where battery poured shot into the littleSpanish fort, and where Gen. Lawton re-mained most of the time directing the move-ments of his division, the whole valley, fromthe DuCrot house north, was spread outbefore us in a great panorama, framed byMount Cobre and other lofty peaks of theSierra Madras range. It is the highest landin the island, and yet these mountains aregreen to the top with semi-tropical growth,only less luxuriant than the valleys. Here,too, the timid mockingbird makes deliciousmusic, for the desolation of war that hasnearly depopulated the country districts hasleft him unmolested. A strange mixture ofsound it was, surely, when the thrilling notes THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. 74 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES deep in the brush mingled with the clank ofthe canteens of men moving off from thetrails in skirmish lines. But the attention is not likely to remain onthese matters. Breckenridge, whowas present as Gen. Lawtons guest, remind-ed me that it was the anniversary of the firstday of the battle of Gettysburg; but even thisis not pertinent. Present events are rush-ing forward with too great rapidity. By 9 oclock the battle was in full heatthroughout the right. All three brigades hadadvanced rapidly, Ludlow having pushedwithin 100 yards of El Caney and drawnfire from a score of outlying houses. Thisled to sharp volley firing from the regimentsoccupying the sunken road and a rain ofshrapnel from Caprons battery. Chaffee hadpushed the 12th infantry beyond the littleblockhouse in his path, and was giving andtaking volleys from the enemys severallines of
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