July 31st Monday 1899
Slept uneasily last night and dreamed of friends. I awakened; the Outpost pickets were firing sharply and a sentinel pacing slow in the street was… Read More »July 31st Monday 1899
Slept uneasily last night and dreamed of friends. I awakened; the Outpost pickets were firing sharply and a sentinel pacing slow in the street was… Read More »July 31st Monday 1899
2 of 21st killed last night and 4 wounded to N. Wn took outposts of 21st in a.m. Cable connection to Taguig established yesterday –25… Read More »July 30 -Sunday, 1899
Hot. City is under very good control now. Several ins sympathizers caught burning houses, and some were shot by sentries. A few more 21st &… Read More »July 29th Saturday 1899
Outposts attacked last night & firing more less kept all awake. Captured several ins. Scouts. We put on city police & guard house at the… Read More »July 28th Friday 1899
Left Taguig on casco with sealed orders at 10 a.m. Co’s D, H and A. I and F left garrison on sick. Joined other cascoes… Read More »July 26th Wednesday 1899
Took canoe to Pateros, across the fields, thro’ the bamboos –with orders. Made two trips. Orders for 5 days rations, and we go on cascoes… Read More »July 24 – Monday 1899
No rain. Sung for Chaplain. Am getting fat. Some firing at Pateros. Co. F. in night.
H²O still on the rise, and now all old battlefields close by are deep under a covering of rushing H²O. Went to Pasig in canoes… Read More »July 20th ’99
River still coming higher. Rain still coming down in torrents. Cut off from Pasig by miles of flooded rice fields. No sugar, bread, and no… Read More »July 19th Wednesday 1899