Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-06-08
REBEL VICTORIES.
The Insurgents Advance to With
in Four Miles of the
City of Manila.
A REGIMENT OF SPANIARDS MUTINIES.
Americans, it is Reported, Assist the
Insurgents With Their Boats
and Machine Guns.
Many spaniards Killed and Prisoners Ia
ken-lt is Thought Manila win Fall Into
Adm. Dewey's Hands Before the Ar
rival of the American Troops.

Hone KoSe, June THE British
gunboat swift, which has just arrived
from Manila, reports that the insur-
gents have cut the railways outside
| the town and advanced to within four
miles of the city.
A Spanish regiment mutined and
shot its officers.
Fighting between the insurgents and
the Spanish troops is frequent and the
former brought 1000 prisoners to
| Cavite.
The Americans. it is reported at Ma
nila, assisted the insurgents with
boats and machine guns.
To the southwark there has been
fierce fighting on the Zapote river, be-
tween Bacoor and Las Pinas. The
biggest battle of the present campaign
was fought last Tuesday MAY 81.
The insurgents attacked on the left
branch of the Zapote, waded across
amid typhoon, stormed the banks
for several miles along and carried the
Spanish trenches with knives.
Spanish outposts have been driven
in all along the line simultaneously.
.I |
hand-to-hand fighting for 20 hours in
spite of the typhoon that is raging
Insurgents hold the suburbs of the
city.
The Spaniards say they were vic
torious yesterday, but that they can
not follow up the victory and apnihi-
late the rebels because of the Ameri-
can war ships at Cevite. Moreover,
they say it is necessary 10 save their
energies for the American troops
Meanwhile, the vicinity of Manila is
an impenetrable network of ambus-
cades
MANILA, May 90, via Hong Kong,
June MANY natives will try to Sc
cure the large reward the government
has offered for the capture of the in
surgent chief Aguinaldo, dead or
alive. Already several of the insurgent
officers have been assassinated.
The insurgents raided railway sta
tion ten miles to the north of Manila
and killed three priests and an officer.
There has also been pitched battle at
a Spanish pest south of Manila, near
Cavite, the result being that the in
surgents retired. The Spanish casual
ties were $50.
At Manila the work of constructing
defenses goes on and there are sand
bag breastworks in all directions The
Americans are always using their
searchlights, but they never interfere
with the work on the defenses.
The Spaniards believe that they are
short of ammunition.
| ha soy,
offering the natives great concessions
AID declaring that the Americans will
be powcrllss on the land
Meanwhile the insurgents are stead
lily advancing along the coast, sup
ported by the United States gun boat
Petrol, and are driving the Spaniards
into Manila. They have captured FIVE
i'm mportant positions nine miles from
the city and over 400 Spaniayds have
4 been killed. Four Thousand Spanish
reinforcements have been sent, hut it
is asserted that Aeuinaldo will enter
the city by june IL A bombaydmsnt
will be avoided If possible.
| MANILA, May 81, via hong Kong,
June 1.-The violent winds and TOR
rents of rain Yendsr the rites of the
Spanish troops uneviling. The natives
easily win at every step with their
slashing knives
To-day the insurgents bold Halabon,
Tarlac and BasooB. They are now at
taeking Santa ASosa and MoIate, the
suburbs Of khe cssy, which is complete
y epciyelsd 5or distance of seven
miles
A native rsgimspt, under Col Agui-
nalde, cousin OF the tnsuPeeDt leader,
yesterday joined The insurgents
The governor has issued despair
fpg proc!ama ton, begging the insur-
gents to come to terms and meanwhile,
he is arran ging toremove all the Span
ish population inside the old walled
city. He is filing the moats, testing
the drawbridges and placing strong
guards in the principal streets and ar
tillery along the walls All the other
troops are camping in the suburbs.
The weather is terrific.
Chief Aguinaldo, in the course of an
interview, has said that the insurgents
! are eager to rush upon Manila forth.
/ with, but that Adm Dewey refuses &c
allow ''hordes of passionate semi-sav-
: ages" to storm ei%ihzed metropolis.
, Adm Dewey fEtends to await the
arrival of the kAerican troops. In
the meantime the insurgents have
been forbidden 70 cross the Malote
river, seven milAs south of Manila
otherwise the PetrG will be stationed
; there TO lombard them.
Adm. Dewey has gathered the steam
3 ers now blockaded in the river to liz
: off Cavite in readiness to receive for
eigners. The Spaniards are losing
arms, ammunition and field pieces al
: most daily, so persistent are the rebel'i
ATTACKS. The natives are hocking tC
Aguinaldo's standard. He is, on thu
whole, conducting the campaign OF
: humane principles.
I In the course of a pitched battle OF
t May 80, a number of native auxiliarie
a deserted the Spanish colors for the in
: surgents Judging from the genera
+ tenor of the news from Manila ther,
>. is reason to believe that the city will
2 fall into Dewey's hands before the AT
Irival of tha Amaripan tranna