, 1898-07-06

M0late river, seven miles south of Manila.
II an attempt 70 eros / m0dc. The Petrol,
which is stationed otf the liver mouth, has
instructions t. b1mhud The rebels.
Yesterday for the ii ST tjme the volun-
teers took part ii IL skilmish. One officer
was Killed and three men wounded. TIE
remainder retired rapidly. One Gornan
resident La, enlisted IN HE 80 uuteeys.
June 81 have tmver>el Tire whole
region u lhs fighting durng the last thleo
dlys. / found the reheiS strongly POS eli at
Caloocan, eight mi e utt4 OF Mtoi1p, onl
a. Bacoor, the same ds'oaco TO The south nf
the city. Thee hold 81, position 10 the east
Of the city, The 5 pln;arlS i III the whole
Of the Pa, : uvor 10 tho lagoon. Tho two
sections Of the rebo'S signal then respective
m ,vements to one another By means of fire
balloons.
"Northward the rising ia general. Tho
Spanish population there is small. Tho
railway has been cut in several places and
the Il l5lish overseers war; ed of.
10 tine southwark there has been ieroo
fighting on the Hlpoto rIyeI. between b.
c"or md lqs Pinas. The reports that San
tamesa md Malnte have been captured by
the rebels prove to he premature.
The biggest battle Of the present cam.
paign took place on Tuesday, May 81. Tho
rebels alta ked on the left branch Of the
Lapote, wading across the river in the midst
Of the typhoon, and stoIming the banks.
Fighting with knives, they carried the
Spanish trenches along several miles Of the
river. Yesterday they tried in % similur
manner to assault the RIGHT branch OF tho
Aapote. but failed to d slodge the Spaniards,
who employed artillery all day. There were
no c,$ualties on the Spanish side.
"Io.day there have been only ineffective
skirmishes. The country is densely wooded
and swampy, and both parties shoot aimless-
~. | got into the middle Of the firing, but
was not hurt, nor was anybody else. No
visible harm was done by the tremendous
fusillade. | believe neither side know What
they were shooting ut. Both Spaniards md
rebels are poor hands at skirmishing work.
The insurgents, however, are excellent in
q melee.
The Sponiards say that they were vic.
torions yesterday, but lhNt they cannot
follow up and annihilate the rebels because
Of the American warsIirs at Cayite. More.
over, they must save rhelr energies for the
expected American troops. In tile meantime.
the vicinity of Manila is an impenotrabIo
network of ambuScodes.'
The Filipino CommiJ tee ut Singapore on
Wednesday received This telegram from
AguinalIa:-"Wo have taken all Tho Cavite
province and several towns in Batangas
pro'ipce; captured ten guns. COO rifles.
200 Spanish Spauiards, and 500 Philip.
pine Spaniards; and killed 300. We are
besicging Cavite Nieio Church. There arc
500 Spauiolds inside, who must surrender
soon. We hear that the Goyernor.G General
proposes to cnpitulate.'
One Of The official dispatches received
from General August, Captain, General of
the Philippines, has been published in
Madrid. It is dated the Bid inst. and runs
a. follows -
The situation is very serious. AguinaIdo
ms succeeded in raising the country. At
tie same time, the telegraph aud railway
lines being cit, ] nm without communication
with the provinces. The province of Cavito
has risen en- maS8e. The town and the yil-
lagos have alike rrvoltod and are occupied
by numerous armed bands a column of
troops is defending The line of the Zapote
river to prevent the nrmy from entering the
province Of Manila. but the enemy lave
also made their way in by way Of Bulacan.
Lagina, and Moron. The province will in
fact, be surrounded and Dttl cked both by
land and sea.
II am trying to keep up lie courage of tho
inhabitants, aud ! Shall employ every means
to urge them to resist. But / distrust the
natives ami the volunteers, for Numbers of