Show UTAH BOYS A war correspondent of the denver post gives that journal a detailed account of the fight at manila and incidentally ci pays a strong tribute of praise to the valor of the utah volunteers he says ays after the command cease firing by the company commanders not a shot was fired then began the bombardment from the spanish forts under the fire the enemy crept forward and dragged back their dead and wounded as we could see by the flash of our cannon the utah light artillery the solid shot and shell began to strike around us many of them passed over us tore into and through the woods behind us and two or three exploded in our hospital an old spanish residence a third of a mile to the rear they were awful things to see and hear and with the exception of a few lookouts everybody crouched low behind the trenches in momentary expect expectation au of being torn to pieces but the he heroic utah boys never stopped firing when one of their guns was knocked out opposition and nearly out of the trench they grabbed her threw her back into position and blazed away in the hottest of the fight they gave three cheers for colorado for the protection and aad backing we were giving them they were right in our mid stand colorado responded with a yell which was heard back in camp nearly two miles away and which the spanish evidently took as preliminary to a bayonet charm charge for they retreated in great haste it la is reported through the english consul that the enemy lost killed and about wounded fred springstead of company D was wa shot between the eyes and killed instantly st the denver republican says in oara the rifle pits beginning at manila bay the troops were located as follows first colorado infantry united states engineers eighteenth infantry and third artillery of the re regulars gulan here and there among the colorado men were batteries A and 33 of the utah light artillery whose men had done such splendid work in the six days fight before malate and between betwee tk whom and the colorado men there had sprung up a friendship and respect that is likely to endure the denver news correspondent says the utah battery and third artillery carried on the firing for the land forces the range on vital points ahead had been well obtained and tho the guns sighted to a nicety at a caage ranee of 1060 1050 yards one of the utah guns completely reduced a battery of rapid firing guns of the enemy and dida good share in the reduction of a small roof to splinters before the tr tto companies who were weft to move up the beach could leave the naval batteries saw W fit to open fire again the men in front lay flat on their stomachs alth agman embankment protecting them from possible fire from the enemy while tae utah battery put in a few more 06 their bullo bull eyes 1 |