The chicago Record's war stories - by staff correspondents in the field; copiously illustrated (1898) (14761253416)

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Title: The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Chicago : Reprinted from the Chicago Record
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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were flying asrapidly as fingers could pull triggers andreload. Chaffee himself was on the firingline uttering the command to Give it toem! Fire every cartridge in your belts andwell turn the Spanish out of Cuba! The breech-locks of the rifles became soheated by the continuous firing that the menall got blistered fingers when slipping cart-ridges into position. During that raking fireof the afternoon several men of the 7th in-fantry lightened their ammunition belts bysixty-five rounds, not in continuous fire, how-ever, as in that case the soldier would havebeen exhausted and the rifle rendered use-less. All this time the Spaniards in the trenchessent forth their deadly projectiles. At eitherend of each pit a Spanish officer, revolver inhand, threatened to shoot any who shouldleave the shelter and seek to escape. At in-tervals a couple of men—volunteers, as de-noted by their white ga/ments—leaping fromthe pits ran toward the fort, probably to se- THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES lJ5
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REGIMENTAL BLACKSMITH AT WORK—TAMPA. cure more ammunition. This maneuvercaught Gen. Chaffees eye and he shouted: Up on your knees there, two men, andpick off that delegation! The afternoon had well advanced when,across the open field before the DDanneyhouse, two regiments shot into view and inthe very teeth of the Spanish fire the menhurried on, now stumbling over the unevensoil, but, despite all this, keeping formation.From the trees to the rear branches wereflying in every direction, shorn by the steadyfire. Up the slope the lines of blue advancedat a run, officers striving to shout out en-couraging commands, each man replyingwith a yell that gave assurance that heneeded no spur to exertion. There was awavering in the Spanish volleys, officers cladin the peculiar uniform of blue hurled oathsat their small group of riflemen and thengiving way wholly a hasty retreat was madeto the houses of the town. With this maneuver the 4th infantry fromFort Sheridan and the 25th regiment, whichi