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CHANGING RIFLE PITS.Sergeant Conkjjf-jQawfgo Writes of War In the Philippines.Sergeant George W. Oook, of Com* ;pany E, Twenty-first United 8tatea In- fantry, on dnty in the Philippines, givraa graphic account of an engagement inwhich bia company partiolpatod on De- [cember 24tb,ln a letter to his wife* Mrs.G. W. Cook, of 257 East Third street, Ittus city. The company was in com* Imand of Lieutenants Mead and Boyleand started out on the morning of the24th to capture some rifle pita of the on* ,emy. The trenchea were occupied by ,no insurgents and were located 1.about 1*400 yards from the 14camp of Company E. Permission Iharing been giren tho officers to take I, the company and drive ont the insur-1 gents, the command started out at three I o’clock in the morning. Under * the 1 leadership of the brave young officers the company succeeded in passing through the insurgents1 pickets, despite I tho facA that the % moon was shining brightly. Lieutenant Mead worked around to the rear with hia platoon, while Boyle remained in .front to make an attack on the insurgents’ rlghtlflank. There was an interval of nerve racking waitiBg, during which the insurgents could be heard within their lines, talking, whistljng and joking, unsuspecting the close proximity of denth. Sadden-1 ly came the order to Are and in at montenb the enemy was being at-1 tacked on flank and rear. Soon the! soldiers were Bbonting and yelling, and shooting into the demoralized insurgents’ I camp* Th6y were engaged ia cooking I at the time, but utensils were dropped I hurriedly and the enemy broke;and ran I for cover. Tho rout was complete as I the Filipinos left 3ix men killed and one I mortally wounded on the field. They tuccOded in getting away with others of their wotiuded. The gallant E Oom-pany.capturcdjtwo Remingtons and three Mausers, and destroyed considerable ammunition and provision supplies.S|Sergeant Cook says that it is as warm in Manila at present as in Oswego in July. He expects to be home by Julylt;ifh afc the latest.
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Oswego Daily Palladium
Oswego, New York, US
Wed, Feb 07, 1900
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