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Updated: April 30, 2025
And it seemed so remote from anything that could touch our lives, yet here we are, in just such a tight place." They were listening now. "There isn't any desert or regiment or gatling, and Mr. King isn't dead, only dreadfully hurt, but it fits, just the same! We've got this thirst to stand ... and it's a good deal, isn't it?
A Gatling gun was placed in position nearby, and a detail of sharpshooters was stationed where they could command the streets.
The only thing that could be done was to endure it, in the hope of getting a chance to make a retort later in the day. About nine o'clock, the artillery firing ceased, and the Gatling Gun Battery returned to El Poso. Grimes' guns were still up on the hill, but there were no cannoneers; they had ceased to fire, and had left their guns.
They were to be seen ahead in great force, and the cries of their leaders drove them on with greater steadiness. Now, as the crackling of the Gatling rose on the air, and its projectiles swept the road ahead, constantly supported by brisk infantry fire from at least forty men, the natives were forced to halt. Then they wavered.
This status, that of a separate command, continued until the detachment was finally disbanded at Montauk. On the 27th of May the detachment commander was summoned to Gen. Wheeler's headquarters and there requested to explain to the general in person his plans for organizing a Gatling gun detachment. Gen. Wheeler had just assumed command of all the Cavalry belonging to the 5th Army Corps.
Crestless and smooth to look at, in reality that treacherous roller weighed at least a ton to a yard. Down went each fair bather as if hit with shot from a Gatling gun.
In the turrets were the gun-crews, six men to a gun, with an officer above in the sighting-hood; behind the superstructure-ports were the quick-fire men, sailors and marines; and above all, in the fighting-tops, were the sharp-shooters and men who handled the one-pounders and Gatling guns the easiest-minded of the ship's company, for they could see and breathe.
“In the action on this part of the field, most efficient service was rendered by Lieutenant J. H. Parker, Thirteenth Infantry, and the Gatling gun detachment under his command. “The fighting continued at intervals until nightfall, but our men held resolutely to the position gained at the cost of so much blood and toil.
They were then aroused and the Gatling guns were drawn down, and the whole battery moved to the salient occupied by the Rough Riders, because their position was at that time closest to the enemy, and, as was determined by the previous day's reconnaissance, offered a chance to enfilade several of the enemy's trenches with machine gun fire.
"Forward, there, Lieutenant Prescott!" yelled Captain Freeman. "Give 'em the bayonet. But don't let your men get away from you." Prescott's answer was conveyed only by a wave of his stick. After the fleeing Moros he rushed his men, and the Malays in the rear received many an ugly wound. "Keep the Gatling close up with the advance, Sergeant!" ordered Captain Freeman, striding forward.
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