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Show Lieutenant Seaman advanced his guns against Blockhouse No.1, and later some mente effective fire Captain difficult on along the firing line in the attack the town which aided the advance on by an a s sault the Kansas Hegi Grant's and Lieutenant Critchlow's weapons fighting in Caloocan he directed on were used for some in the Chinese and Binondo cemeteries in the northern section of Manila and then proceded to shell Blockhouse No.2. Afterwards they fi red at targets in the woods in advance of the American troops moving into Caloocan. were From their wounded, but the north daring actions and exposure seriously. After Caloocan none on the line several Utahns was taken the advance to stopped until the 25th of March. Captain Wedgwood with his guns of Battery A moved through Sanpaloe cemetery and brought fire on Blockhouse Nos. 4, 5, and 6. This fire caused the "enemy to retire in and South Dakota great numbers, " setting up the advance of the Colorado Infantry. Lieutenant Webb's guns were located with the Nebraska Regiment in the vicinity of Blockhouse No.7. It was in this area where the incident that had started the war with the Insurgents had broken out, and the firing on the American in this location troops was "vicious. II Webb I of the casualties of the utah batteries in their first s days section suffered most of the conflict. Two killed at their gun positions, Corporal John G. Young and Private Wilhelm 1. Goodman, and Se rgermt Harry A. Young, who was a medical doc men were acting as a physician for the Utah Batteries, was killed when mistakenly took a wrong route and ended up in Insurgent territory. Here he was cruelly slaughtered and mutilated by the Filipinos. tor and had been he Captain Webb's guns joined with Lieutenant Gibbs guns in supporting Infantry in the drive along the San Juan del Monte bridge to seize the reservoir (deposito) and water pumping station which controlled the water supply for Manila City. Major Young reports that the Utah guns were "sub stantially on the skirmish line at all times, in this advance. He says that the four guns "were brought into action four times and in each instance with marked success, the result being to clear the way for an almost bloodless lcl After seizing the pumping stations the Utah guns were vance by the infantry. placed in positions on the bluffs of the hills and fired along the plains of the into the village of Maraquina where the Insurgents were San Juan the Nebraska " II RiveI7mcl concentrated. 47 "Offtc ial Prentiss, . Salt LClke c it Report of Major Richard of the Second Division, Adjutant General , , pp. 243-268. W. Young to the Eighth Army Corps, Deseret News, Tribune, March 21, 1899, p. 3; March 20, April 13, 1899, Assistant II quoted in 1899, pp. 1,2. p. 3. Mabey, |
