History | Americas
Free eBook

History of the Gatling Gun Detachment: Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago, With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning That Expedition...

by John Henry Parker

2019-02-19 23:37:09

On the morning of July 1st, the dismounted cavalry, including my regiment, stormed Kettle Hill, driving the Spaniards from their trenches. After taking the crest, I made the men under me turn and begin volley-firing at the San Juan Blockhouse and int ... Read more
On the morning of July 1st, the dismounted cavalry, including my regiment, stormed Kettle Hill, driving the Spaniards from their trenches. After taking the crest, I made the men under me turn and begin volley-firing at the San Juan Blockhouse and intrenchments against which Hawkins' and Kent's Infantry were advancing. While thus firing, there suddenly smote on our ears a peculiar drumming sound. One or two of the men cried out, "The Spanish machine guns!" but, after listening a moment, I leaped to my feet and called, "It's the Gatlings, men! It's our Gatlings!" Immediately the troopers began to cheer lustily, for the sound was most inspiring. Whenever the drumming stopped, it was only to open again a little nearer the front. Our artillery, using black powder, had not been able to stand within range of the Spanish rifles, but it was perfectly evident that the Gatlings were troubled by no such consideration, for they were advancing all the while. Less

Book Details

File size140.358 KB
Print pages370
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2012-02-03
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781274337870,
autor-image
John Henry Parker
Author
John Henry Parker CB (1 March 1806 – 31 January 1884) was an English archaeologist and writer on architecture and publisher.He was born in London, the son of John Parker, a merchant there. He was ed...

Related Books

View All
FREE
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Offic
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Aboriginal American Weaving
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Aboriginal American Authors
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Pathfinders of the West
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians (Webster's French Thesaurus Edition)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Indian Child Life (Classic Reprint)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Great Indian Chief of the West: Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
In Indian Mexico
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
History of the Conquest of Peru
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Offic
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office,
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers of the Archæological Institute of America, American Series, Vol
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan a Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation - a Study in Anthropology. A Paper Read at the Cincinnati Meeting of the American Association for the ... The Title of "A Lawgiver of the Stone Age."
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
England in America, 1580-1652
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet; With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Indian Games and Dances With Native Songs: Arranged From American Indian Ceremonials and Sports
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS