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Title: Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Beyer, Walter F Keydel, Oscar F. (Oscar Frederick), b. 1871
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Perrien-Keydel Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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oon as Company C had settled down and through the seeming friendship of thenatives had slackened their vigilance, the surprise was carried into effect withdisastrous results. The following details about the affair were gathered from the survivors, and itcan be termed a wonder that any had a chance to escape the massacre, so wellplanned and executed was the surprise : The night before the massacre the village presidente came to Captain Connell,then in command of Company C, and declared that it would take 100 more nativesto do certain pioneer work which had been ordered by the command and was to bedone by natives. An agreement was reached by which the work was to be startedthe next morning. This arrangement gave 100 or more natives a chance to comeinto camp with their bolos, pretending to cut underbrush with them. They chatted,laughed and carried on as if actually going to work. No sooner, however, had thelast man passed the sentry than, upon a given signal, the latter was cut down, and
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THE BALANGICA MASSACRE. — 472— . ■_ with tiger-like swiftness they all dashed upon the barracks, and a fearful slaughterwas begun. The soldiers were completely surprised; most of them were at thebreakfast table, and their arms being on the floor above, they had no chance at ailto defend themselves. The natives had divided; half of them murdered everysoldier on the upper floor of the barracks, while the other half forced the mess-room, killing every one they could reach. The attack came so sudden and was car-ried out so fiercely that within a few minutes the dastardly work was done and alarge number of horribly mutilated American soldiers were lying upon the floors. Captain Connell apparently was awakened in his quarters by the attackerspouring in. He was alone, so he jumped from the window down where he supposedhis guards were, but they had all been slaughtered. He was struck by manybolos as soon as he reached the ground. Not satisfied with killing him, the assas-sins hacked his

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