Il libro Roosevelt; selezioni dagli scritti di Theodore Roosevelt . cura totaking dei feriti, completamente inmovedby il fuoco pesante. Trooper Hugo Brittain^quando ferito, portò avanti il reggimento stand-ard, agitandolo avanti e indietro, per rallegrare il temen. Non prima eravamo sulla cresta che i theSpanards dalla linea delle colline sul nostro fronte, dove erano fortemente intrufolati, aperto fuoco pesante avery su di noi con i loro fucili. Theyalso si aprì su di noi con uno o due pezzi di artiglieria, usando fusibili di tempo che bruciavano molto a cagliata, le conchiglie esplodendo proprio sopra le teste. Sulla cima della collina

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The Roosevelt book; selections from the writings of Theodore Roosevelt . totaking care of the wounded, utterly unmovedby the heavy fire. Trooper Hugo Brittain^when wounded, brought the regimental stand-ard forward, waving it to and fro, to cheer themen. No sooner were we on the crest than theSpaniards from the line of hills on our front, where they were strongly intrenched, opened avery heavy fire upon us with their rifles. Theyalso opened upon us with one or two pieces ofartillery, using time fuses which burned very ac-curately, the shells exploding right over ourheads. On the top of the hill was a huge iron kettle, or something of the kind, probably used forsugar refining. Several of our men took shelterbehind this. We had a splendid view of thecharge on the San Juan block-house to our left, where the infantry of Kent, led by Hawkins, were climbing the hill. Obviously the properthing to do was to help them, and I got the mentogether and started them volley-firing againstthe Spaniards in the San Juan block-house andin the trenches around it. We could only see. THE FIGHT AT THE KETTLES. These kettles were on the crest of the first hill, up which General Wheelers divisioncharged. Captain Day, of the Rough Riders, was wounded here, and being unable toaccompany his men, sat on the edge of the second kettle and watched the advance ofthe troops up the second hill. The Battle of San Juan Hill 119 their heads; of course this was all we ever couldsee when we were firing at them in their trenches.Stevens was directing not only his own coloredtroopers, but a number of Rough Riders; for ina melee good soldiers are always prompt to rec-ognize a good officer, and are eager to followhim. We kept up a brisk fire for some five or tenminutes; meanwhile we were much cut up our-selves. Gallant Colonel Hamilton, than whomthere was never a braver man, was killed, andequally gallant Colonel Carroll wounded.When near the summit Captain Mills had beenshot through the head, the bullet destroyin

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