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after the first word had been received, and before 

 any firing had begun, received instructions to de- 

 ploy. I had my right wing partially deployed be- 

 fore the first shots between the outposts took place. 

 Within less than three minutes I had G Troop, with 

 Llewellen, Greenway, and Leahy, and one platoon 

 of K Troop under Kane, on the firing-line, and it 

 was not until after we reached the firing-line that 

 the heavy volley-firing from the Spaniards began. 



On page 94 Mr. Bonsai says : "A vexatious delay 

 occurred before the two independent columns could 

 communicate and advance with concerted action. 

 . . . When the two columns were brought into 

 communication it was immediately decided to make 

 a general attack upon the Spanish position. . . . 

 With this purpose in view, the following disposi- 

 tion of the troops was made before the advance of 

 the brigade all along the line was ordered/' There 

 was no communication between the two columns 

 prior to the general attack, nor was any order issued 

 for the advance of the brigade all along the line. 

 The attacks were made wholly independently, and the 

 first communication between the columns was when 

 the right wing of the Rough Riders in the course 

 of their advance by their firing dislodged the Span- 

 iards from the hill across the ravine to the right, 

 and then saw the regulars come up that hill. 



Mr. Bonsai's account of what occurred among 

 the regulars parallels his account of what occurred 

 among the Rough Riders. He states that the 



