From: Heyduck <gr...@ho...> - 2009-12-23 12:11:38
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Oops moved to the left of the trail, Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt was ordered to take three troops to the right. Here the jungle was heavy, and no sooner had the Rough Riders advanced than the Spaniards opened fire upon them. In speaking of the opening of this fight, Mr. Roosevelt himself writes:-- "The effect of the smokeless powder (used by the enemy) was remarkable. The air seemed full of the rustling sound of the Mauser b |