Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 22, 2025
Hilgard to know whether the visitor was not mistaken, through a failure to find the great telescope of the observatory. Mr. Hilgard replied that the statement was quite correct, the observatory having been equipped at a time when the construction of great refracting telescopes had not been commenced, and even their possibility was doubted. "This ought not to be," said one of the senators.
Great joy reigned in every town, the Stars and Stripes waved proudly from all the houses, and the people's hearts were fluttering with exultation. General MacArthur, whose headquarters were located near Hilgard, was waiting for news of Fowler's Division, which had orders to advance on the pass through the valleys on the left wing.
Cyrus Field, of Atlantic cable fame, having a small dinner party at the Arlington Hotel, Washington, in the winter of 1870. Among the guests were Senators Hamlin and Casserly, Mr. J. E. Hilgard of the Coast Survey, and a young son of Mr. Field, who had spent the day in seeing the sights of Washington.
The assault on Hilgard was to be begun by the 28th and 32d Volunteers: General MacArthur had originally planned to have the attempt made at dawn on August 15th; but as one brigade of Wood's Division had not yet arrived, he postponed the attack for twenty-four hours, to the sixteenth of August, while the fifteenth was to be taken up with heavy firing on the enemy's position, which seemed to have been somewhat weakened.
"I'll send you a doctor," said the captain, "although we " "Don't bother, general; it wouldn't do any good." "How did you get here?" "My husband," came the answer in a weak voice, "is lying across the street in our burning home. He was the minister here in Hilgard. These last days have been fearful, general; you have no idea how fearful.
"Shell the houses on both sides of the street leading into Hilgard! Shell the houses on both sides of the street leading into Hilgard Shell Hilgard," was the command which was passed along from mouth to mouth through the trenches, until it reached the battery amid the roar of battle.
He now arranged a regular rest for his kodak in the breastwork of the trench and stooped down behind the apparatus, which was directed towards the six Japanese guns to the left in front of the houses at Hilgard, the position of which could only be recognized by the clouds of smoke which ascended after each shot was fired.
As the telescope was thrown out of the regular estimates by this rule, this subject had failed to be considered by Congress. Now, however, the fact of the recommendation appearing in the annual report, furnished a basis of action. Mr. Hilgard did not lose a day in setting the ball in motion.
At last reënforcements arrived in the shape of a regiment which had lost more than half its men in passing through the fire-zone in front of Hilgard. "Where is Colonel Johnson?" "Over there, on the other side of the street." "A prisoner?" asked some one. "I guess not, they're not making prisoners and we aren't either." Slowly it grew lighter.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking