The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07

that troops had landed in force near San
tiago and the officials, high and low, made
no concealment of their increduiity.
Major de Grandpre, military attache of
the French embassy, left tonight for Tampa
where he will proceed with the troops en-
barking for Cuba. Prince Lieven of Russia
captain of the Russian royal artillery and
recently assigned for special service in con.
nection with the war, called on the war and
navy officials today and later left for the
south. These areithe' last of the foreign oh
servers to leave for the scene OF action.
1t was stated al several Of the foreign en-
bassies and legations today that there was
no warrant for the published reports that
the foreign military and naval attaches
were making unfavorable reports to their
home offices on the American army and
navy, particularly the former. 1t is said
these foreign observers know from expert
ence the difficulties attending the equip
mem of raw levies and that they give gen.
| erous recognition to the manner in which
200, 900 men have been assembled, armed and
equipped. The foreign experts say that
| more or less confusion is unavoidable in
such a gigantic undertaking and that mill
tary science recognizes this confusion as
inseparable from the assembling of a large
volunteer force.
Fierce Fighting
MANILA, May 81, via Hong Kong, .
. June 6.-Spanish outposts have been
. driven in all along the line stimuli .
. taneously. Great slaughter of Span .
iards. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting
for seventy hours, in spite of the ty- .
. phoon that was raging. Insurgents
. hold the suburbs of the city. .
Pushing Forward
HONG KONG, June 6.-The British gun
boat Swift, which has just arrived from
Manila, reports that the insurgents have
cut the railways outside the town and adj
vanced to within four miles of the city.
Spanish regiment mutinied and shot
it's officers
Fighting between the insurgents and the
Spanish troops is frequent and the former
brought thousand troops to Gavite
The Americans 1t is reported at Manila
| assist the insurgents with boats and ma
chine guns.
The Swift repeats rumor that the in
surgents had captured and tortured a num-
Der of priests. The British residents, at
the time the Swift left still remained in
Manila, but the foreigners were taking
refuge on the foreign shipping.
Insurgent Advances
HONG KONG, June 6.-(Copyrighted
1898, by the Associated Press) The corre-
spondent of the Associated Press, under
| date of June 2, says:
81 have traversed the whole region of
fighting during the last three days, in
spite of the prohibition. I found the in
surgents strongly posted at Caloocan,
eight miles north of Manila, and at Ba-
coor, the same distance south. To the
east 1 found nothing in the way of insur-
gent entertainments.
"The insurgents hold the whole Pasig
river, which flows into the bay Immediately
below the town of Manila to the lagoon
The two sections of the insurgent forces
signal thei movements with fire balloons.
ITO the northward the rising is general,
and this Speniards are few. The railway
| has been cut in several places and the
English overseers have been warned off,
To the southwark there has been fierce
| fighting on the Zapote river between Ba-
coor and Las Pinas The biggest battle of
the present campaign was fought last
| Tuesday May 81
| The insurgents attacked on the left
branch of Zapote, waded across amid
typhoon. stormed the banks for several
miles along and carried the Spanish
trenches with knives.
| Yesterday June y they tried the right
branch of the Zapote, but failed. The
Spaniards employed artillery all day, but
no casualties are reported. Today there
have only been ineffective sh!rmishes.
| The country is densely wooded and
swampy. Both parties shoot aimlessly I
got in the middle Of the firing, but nobody
was hurt. Nothing was visible in the
! tremendous fusllade, and believe nobody
knew what he was shooting at Both sides
were buffers" The insurgents, however,
are excellent in a melee.
The spaniards say they were victorious
yesterday, but that they cannot follow up
the victory and annihilate the rebels, be-
cause of the American warships at Cavise.
Moreover, they say II is necessary to save