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Show lIpLE Milwaukee Youth is Killed in a Bloody Conflict Seattle. Wash., June 10 Christian Sands, a Seattle high school bov, who ,' has a commission as colonel in the Nlcnroguan insurgent army and Is in command of Estrada s bodyguard, has written a letter to his father telling of the death of Captain Ross, a Milwaukee Mil-waukee youth. In an engagement near Fortress La Clcba. The insurgents 1 position wus shelled by tho enemy and Estrada's troopR made a rear attack at-tack on the government forces with a regiment of Infantry, a troop of cavalry cav-alry and Sauds' command of Creoles and Americans. "We expected an easy victory," h writes, ''but we struck a snag, for tho hill was heavily fortified. The 'men, who were strongly Intrenched, outnumbered out-numbered us by three or four hundred. hun-dred. We charged the hill three times, but were repulsed with terrible ter-rible loss "It is admitted to have been the broodiest battle of tho war. for the miall number of men engaged, only about GOO on our side and about I111O of the euemy. My chum, Ross, was the hero of the battle, leading his company lo the charge every time until ho was shot. I have his revolver and hat and am going to send them to I his mother in Milwaukee, After we j were taught this lesson, we let the en-i en-i emy alom and went back to our positions posi-tions u little wiser." |