Show awe WV M A SHORES OF 01 TRIPOLI swinging to and fro like a giant pendulum tho the tide of war ebbs and iowa flows across the tha sands bands of at northern africa as aa our OHIO allies or axis enci nilea alternately launch attacks anil and counter A focal point lit in the struggle in dorna derna libyan seaport so aport where once the stars and strips were flung filing bravo brave ly to the breeze by tho U S marines Murl nea the ilag raising c came amo its a climax of a daring assault upon the tha strongly flold held libyan fortress or treas during our war with tripoli early in tho the last century a small group of 0 aaa soldiers was landed at alexandria their leader lt presley freaky N obannon OD OB annon antion proceeded proc coded to organize an expedition with tho the aid of william eaton naval agent to the barbary states S soon a a party connio eed ot of greeks turks ar arabians ablang and tho the polyglot t dwellers of corthern africa headed by tho the small group ot of V U S marines set out tor tho the stronghold on their march of nearly GOO miles across the desert tho the americans met with revolt dissension and open mut in ut illy among their followers while lack lace of both food and water added to their woes boes but tile tho dauntless spirit of o icah non and his marines were not to be denied when they arrived at doina derna the party was reinforced by tile of three sin small all gunboats gun boats the su arrend sur rend er of the town was demanded and I 1 promptly refused in ill brilliant assault the americans An lorica sw swept ept orward forward captured the fort fortress t turned arned its guns upon tho the enemy hauled down to wn the standard and tind flung filing old glory to ti the breeze although this successful OC oci i cured away back lit in 1805 li it Is 19 one 1 of 0 the reasons why the sea soldiers today sins sing so BO proudly aboab tho shores of tripoli I 1 OP 01 I 1 0 1 Amerl americans cans felt a glow of pride when they learned that the 13 t ma chies were fighting in the philippines side by side with the forces command od ed by the tha gallant Gs general duklas Douk laal Ala MacArt cArthur hiir some of them remembered that that lightly kightly raw action on oil the shores of 0 alizlia bay years ago late in fit 1899 a revolt in III the philippines ahad been tanned fanned to whito heat by tho perfidious aguinaldo Agul naldo and a bat battalion tallon of marines landed at cavite mccross the ba mayfra fra bataan peninsula soon their leader lt col george F elliott Hl llott received orders to cooperate with the army lit in an all assault on oil rebel forces lit in that vicinity and he led his men to tha the attack in what was called the battle of 0 novelena No veleta through tho blinding rain and mud the Ala marlinea rines had to cross croas a narrow causeway bufore they could deploy and go into action F for or a while they were supported by gunfire from the petrel their appi approach to tho the attack position was through thorny and ami across low marshy ground under fire from both flanks ed ea by their officers w with ith utmost bravery the command advanced advance lu in tho the face a of a terrific fusi lado lade across tho the rice paddles where at times the salme and ooze their armpits about yards front from the enemy entrenchments abey stopped tto to ro re form their lines and then the it quod rushed across bullet swept rice fields with such determination that the enemy broke and fled although they greatly outnumbered the charging marines in earlier years yeara tho the spaniards ahad found novelena No veleta impregnable yet sa well 11 had the marines carried out their part of the program that they buffered only a few casualties and soon joined forces with the infantry |