Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
sPANIARDs ARE WHIPPED.
Philippine Insurgents Daily Winning
Victories-Fierce Fighting
Is Reported.


There has been fierce hand-to-hand
fighting for 20 hours, despite the ty-
phoon which was raging. The violent
winds and torrents of rain render the
rifles of the Spanish troops unavailing.
The natives easily win at every step
with their slashing knives. The in
surgents hold Malabon, Tarlac and
Baccor. They are now attacking Santa
Mesa and Violate, the suburbs of the
city, which is completely encircled for
a distance of seven miles.
The governor has issued despairing
proclamation begging the insurgents to
come to terms, and meanwhile he is ar
| ranging to remove all the Spanish pop
ulation inside the old walled city. He
is filling the moats, testing the draw
| bridges and placing strong guards in
| the principal streets and artillery along
| the walls. All the other troops are
camping in the suburbs. The weather
| is terrific.
Many natives will try to secure the
large reward the government has Of
fered for the capture of the insurgent
chief Aguinaldo, dead or alive. Already
several of the insurgent officers have
been assassinated.
| The insurgents raided railway sta
ton ten miles north of Manila and
killed three priests and an officer.
There has also been pitched battle at
a Spanish post south of Manila, near
Cavite, the result being that the in
surgents retired. The Spanish casual
ties were $50.
1t is officially declared that four ar
mored cruisers, with colliers, torpedo
boats and transports carrying 10000
troops, have left Spain for eastern wa
ters. The Spaniards are utterly un-
impressed by the naval defeat here.
They explain that their squadron was
vastly outclassed and are confident Of
a victory on shore. They are deter
mined to fight to the end as the ships
did. Evidently they will never learn
common sense until Manila is annihi-
lated by street and house fighting in
the outer city and by bombardment of
the walled citadel.
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 oD the defenses. The
Spaniards believe that they are short
of ammunition. The governor has is
sued a proclamation offering the ma
tives great concessions and declaring
that the Americans will be powerless
on the land. Meanwhile the insurgents
are steadily advancing along the coast.
supported by the United States gun
boat Petrol, and are driving the Span
iards into Manila.
London, June THE Hong-Kong
correspondent of the Standard saws:
Advices from Manila say that Admiral
Dewey has gathered the steamers now
blocHaded in the river to lie off Cavite
in readiness to receive foreigners. The
Spariards are losing arms ammunition
and field pieces almost daily, so persist
ent are the rebel attacks. The natives
are tiocking to Aguinaldo's standard.
He is, on the whole, conducting the
campaign on humane principles. In
the course of a pitched battle on May 30
number of native auxiliaries deserted
the Spanish colors for the insurgents.
Judging from the general tenor of the
news from Manila there is reason to-
believe that the city will fall into Dew
ey's hands before the arrival of the
American troops. /
London, June 7.-The Madrid corres
spondent of the Standard says:
Gen. Blanco, Admiral Cervera and Gen.
| Linares have sent interesting kilograms
| to the government. detailing the prepara-
| tions being actively made to repel the in
| vasion that is considered imminent. They
| report that the crews. the garrison, the
volunteers and the inhabitants are in high
| spirits, elated by the repulse of the first
| reconnoissances by the enemy. Only 10
| American vessels are in sight off Santiago.
and 1t is believed that the other four
/ have been detached toward Guantanamo.
| where the Spanish iand forces are on the
| alert. as they are also on both sides of San
| tiaBo. to opp ose the landing of Amer
lean expedition or the diversion expected
from Galixto Garcia at the head of several
| thousand insurgents.
Gems. Linares and Luque consider that
| they have enough men to face both the
| insurgents and che invaders while Admiral
| Cervera will assist the land batteries and
hold Admiral Sampson and Commodore
= | Schley In check. Gen. Blanco reports that
| the blockade OF Havana has been so re-
iaxed ever since the American fleets were
I | concentrated near Santiago that he has
| been able TO send reinforcements, war
| stores and provisions 10 many parts OF
| the coast while merchant vessels are en-
I | tering and leaving Havana, and other ports
| quite easily. He also cables that the home
| rule government, the insular parliament
| and the autonOmiSt authorities are now
g in regular working order with the support
| OF all the loyalist parties. while he says:
The rebels are singularly inactive and
: lack provisions and supplies. owing TO the
: | rigorous watch on the coasts by the Span
: lsh garrisons."
= Madrid. June Tin the chamber of
o deputies Senor Giron, the minister of
n the colonies, replying To inquiries on
2 the subject, said the government had
e no information tending to confirm the
: Spanish reports that the United States
1 cruiser Baltimore had been blown up
1 by interna, explosion a Manila, except
s the fact that Lloyd's Gazette had
e erased the Baltimore from It's list of
American ships"