. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. oad, wherethe Spaniards would be easily able to see aperson and could pick him off. At this timea young boy came in -with his hand had been hit by a stray bullet whilecoming down the road from the bullet had struck him on the back ofthe left hand, and was still buried in thefleshy part of one of his fingers. It wasevidently fired from some distance and wasnearly spent When it struck him. The gen-eral agreed to go to the front, but wouldnot be responsible for our safety. I
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. oad, wherethe Spaniards would be easily able to see aperson and could pick him off. At this timea young boy came in -with his hand had been hit by a stray bullet whilecoming down the road from the bullet had struck him on the back ofthe left hand, and was still buried in thefleshy part of one of his fingers. It wasevidently fired from some distance and wasnearly spent When it struck him. The gen-eral agreed to go to the front, but wouldnot be responsible for our safety. It wasvery dangerous, he said, and the trip wouldhave to be made at our own risk. With this understanding a fresh start wasmade, through the drenching rain, towardthe first trench, about three-quarters of amile farther on. The roadway was lined oneither side with dripping mango and bambootrees, and there was a string of pools stand-ing in the roadway. An occasional shct washeard either up the road or else to our a ride of half a mile we reached the 236 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. ffEC /f& * DECK WATCH ON A VESSEL OF DEWEYS FLEET HAILING SMALL BOAT AT NIGHT. first line of trenches. A heavy barricade hadbeen built in the roadway, and a long trenchabout four feet deep, with dirt banked upon the enemys side, ran at right angles fromthis barricade. A few native Nipa huts wereclustered along the road, and about fifty orsixty soldiers were lounging behind the bar-ricade or scattered along under the eaves ofthe huts. As the general approached theinsurgents presented arms. Here were twoof the guns that had come from Cavite, andthe trees above the trenches and barricadewere mowed down by the shells that hadswept through them during the precedingthree or four nights. Nearly every one ofthe huts showed signs of the enemys fire,but there was nothing to indicate that it had damaged anything besides the trees andhouses. It had been reported in Cavite thatforty men had been kill
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