. Il Record di Chicago's storie di guerra : dal personale corrispondenti in campo ; abbondantemente illustrato. grassand intestare le foglie e rami di thetrees tutti intorno a loro. L' erba era sohigh che quando erano sdraiati theywere quasi completamente occultato da qualsiasi oneon allo stesso livello; ma da sopra essi werein piena vista, considerando che lo spagnolo circumstancethe precisione di tiro è stato decidedlybad. Burly Capt. Llewellyn ha offerto un par-ticularly buon obiettivo e fu extremelycareless circa esporsi, ma egli cameout della lotta senza un graffio. Severalof gli ufficiali, tra loro Roosevelt

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. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. grassand snipping the leaves and boughs of thetrees all around them. The grass was sohigh that when they were lying down theywere almost entirely concealed from any oneon the same level; but from above they werein full view, considering which circumstancethe Spanish marksmanship was decidedlybad. Burly Capt. Llewellyn offered a par-ticularly good target, and he was extremelycareless about exposing himself, but he cameout of the fight without a scratch. Severalof the officers, among them Roosevelt, tookcarbines and had a shot or two at the enemyby way of relieving the monotony of direct-ing their men. Lieut. Lehy got two Span-iards to his own gun in this way. Still, ap-parently, there was not much to shoot at.The smokeless powder that was speeding theshower of tiny steel cones with such terribleforce betrayed nothing and the cavalrymenall along the line were firing largely byguess. They guessed well, nevertheless.Those who buried the dead that the enemy THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. AMERICAN OUTPOST BETWEEN SEVILLA AND SANTIAGO.[From a photograph taken by William Schmedtgen.] had left on the field—forty-th.ee, and fifty, according to some accounts—could testify tothat. On the extreme right the 1st and 10th cav-alry were executing their part of the contractto perfection. The Spanish position was origi-nally formed in a double crescent and theregulars had driven the left wing back untilit was well on the left of the valley road.There it was making a hard stand, knowingthat unless the persistent Yankees were heldin check the Spaniards would be hemmed inwith no avenue of escape. This negative suc-cess they achieved—no more. In a short timethe final charge up the hill was made, withRoosevelt leading the left and Wood in the center, and the last remnant of theSpanish force fled before the impetuous as-sault. There was no immediate pursuit. Theground beyond was broken

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1890
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• bookyear1898