Filipinos Retreat from Trenches (1899)

• 38%
• 1899
• War
• James H. White

"An incident of the Battle of the Trenches at Candabar. The enemy are defending a high earth embankment with great stubbornness. The pits are crowded with Filipinos, who fire volley after volley. The artillery of the Americans plays havoc with their ranks and they fall back. leaving many dead. Their retreat is hotly pressed by a company of U.S. Infantry, with mounted officer. They tumble over the embankment into the trenches, fire a volley and then advance. The officer carefully examines the earth-works, his horse picking his way cautiously over the bodies of the fallen foe.