Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1892 — TOLD BY A TAIL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TOLD BY A TAIL.

Pursuit of the enemy.

Change of front by the pursued.

*4 Maneuvers.

A skirmish.

The battle.

Wavering .* (ft, V V H»V4

Percipitate retreat.

The cause of it all

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