Evening star

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rule. Tn Alexandria 200 Kuropeans

were killed or wounded in the street

lighting that blazed out. The marines

from the Lancaster joined the British

landing force that restored order to

Alexandria after its bombardment.

Col. I-ittleton \V. T. Waller, now In

command of the naval advance brigade

of marines on shore in Haiti, was a

second lieutenant of this detachment,

which saw stirring action in the bazaar

quarter of the city.

Following the Spanish war, Meade

and Waller led their marines in the

march to the relief of the besieged

legations' at Peking, having fought

their way from Taku to Tientsin

against the savage Boxers. Younger

oflirers won their laurels there and

later in the hardships of the Samar

campaign, when Waller's punitive columns

amply avenged the massacre of

Capt. O'Connell's company of the 9th

Infantry at Basey.

if

Peace reigned for a decade, and than

came the spirited and picturesque campaign

in Nicaragua, where Pendleton's

men not only routed the forces that

Washington had decreed must let go

the reins, and operated the trains of

the Ferro Carril de Nicaragua and the

lake steamers, but crushed the resistance

in the greafc little battle of Coyotepe

hill. Here, it may be remembered,

the bluejackets who formed the supports

were forbidden to join in the aesault

because of the betraying targets

of their white uniforms.

The sailormen emptied blacking boxes

to daub the offending white and rolled

in the Nicaraguan mud until Pendleton

gave them their orders to join in the

rush. CoyoteDe hill had until that time

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1915). Washington, D.C., 1915-09-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1915-09-12/ed-1/?sp=46

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1915-09-12.