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The following letkr, from Tom Holt. a. ir.i-mt’tr of t?sc Thirty-third reglmenl, whs simorip the mail received in BunAntonio. yesterday, fnul it*. publication j hm= hero kindly permitted by the parent* of tbo young ho)dler, Cnpl. r*»d Mrs. Willium HoU:Ban 3'abian, Kov. 12, ISM.— Ah a boat will leave here in I he morning fdr Manila with the men that were killed In tefMerdsy’n battle, I will get. a Setter off on it. Ve left Ban Fabian In the moniipti at « o'clock to lake San Jacinto. Wo advanced, that is the Thirty-third9regiment, with one Gatling pun of the Thirteenth regiment, up llte road about three mil'-? to «n open space about -dfmo end a half mites. when the enemy opened fire on xis. Wo rvete in column of JburF, as the rice field a on each ride, of the ro*i were knee-deep with water and mini, we deployed hk rklrmklier? and went after them. Bcrgl. MHipr and t.’or-periil Rowe, lt;rf lt;\», M; Bergt. Jaynes, of Co.-K, nod myself had Uiu colors. Kow« and myeelf were guards. We had u hard fight for four hours, and parsed the m'-fjroch In piles irons three io thirty at. one time. We hod revets nan killed find thirteen are dead up to the in si report.J lest my major, the peer inrui Wrts= liU about the Mr*H one. lie wap tdiofc downat Gie head id' tsla baUaHou. 3 thought fur a. time that Miller, Jaynes, Rowe and my Fiji' were done for. Every time j they would t»lt;R a glimpse of the colors ; they -would pour volleyn into u« that i would only nuike Miller wave the Btisj and Btripes at them. We got Into Bmp Jacinto Hi lt;o'clock with the eoiorr--. j Would have been there sooner, but had j to rtop Rt the hospital nod go up with : some horse?. We mu robed hack to Ban1' . U .. tb l.i yu , ■ ■■« I f Itno 4 n is ■ n«4
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San Antonio Daily Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Dec 24, 1899
Page 4
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Elizabeth M.
DC, USA 04 Jul 2016
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