The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-19
A HARD FIGHT.
The AstOr Battery Suffered Sc
verely at Manila.
Lost Two Killed and Eight
Wounded.
AMERICAN LOSS E s
Total Nine Killed and Twenty
one Wounded.
Spaniards Lost 200 Killed and
Wounded.
INSURGENTS GOT IN
In Spite of All Efforts to Pre-
vent It
And at Once Began to Pillage
the City.
GOT IN
In Spite of All Efforts to Pre-
vent It
And at Once Began to Pillage
the City.

New York, Aug.19.-A 01SpaLCu " IAC
World from Manila City. dated August
b. via Hong Kong. says:
The hardest fighting at the capture of
Manila was done by the Astor battery,
which led the advance.
Brigadier General Mac Arthur, COM
manding the brigade, complimented the
men in the highest terms right in the
midst of the battle for their valor and
success.
The Astor battery led the column
supported by the Minnesota volunteers
and the Twenty-third regulars. The
Utah battery's guns were too heavy to
move through the swamps.
The march was along the Pasig road,
on the right of the Pasig river, where
the fleet could give no assistance.
At the junction of the Cingalon road
the vanguard came without warning
upon a strong Spanish intrenchment
Suddenly the enemy rained a deadly
fire upon the Americans, killing two
men Of the Astor battery, First Ser
geant Holmes and Second Sergeant
Cremtns, and one Minnesota man. Pri-
vate Patterson at the same time
wOunding a score of others.
Sergeant Cremins, after he was shot,
started to his gun, fired it and the next
moment fell dead beside the piece
The AstOr battery was forced to fall
back from the murderous fire, tempor-
arily leaving two guns. But the re-
serves under Colonel Ovenshine came
up promptly and with their support the
AstOrs charged the enemy with only
reVoIvers for weapons, quickly regained
their guns and put into action again
with increased vigor. The Spaniards
then were speedily put to flight.
AstOr Battery Loss.
The following is the list of casualties
In the Astor battery:
Killed:
NJ. E. HOLMES, first sergeant
d. CREMINS, second sergeant.
wounded:
r. H. Sillman, sergeant.
II. Van Horne, corporal
Z. Baker, private.
Q. Bewtell, private.
Q. Dunn, private.
u. J. Hayden, private.
w II. Seymour, private.
9 A Van Pelt. private
PrlVate Dunn's wound is serious. The
other wounded men will get well.
Other Losses.
The losses were pretty evenly divided
between the two brigades.
The following are the names of killed
ana wounded soldiers, outside of the
AstOr battery:
Killed:
nlars.
WNL LEWIS, Nebraska volunteers.
ROBERT APCANN, Fourteenth reg
ulars.
EDWARD O'NEIL. California volun-
A P. PATTERSON, private; Mime
sofa volunteers
- PHOENIX, private, Colorado
AUGUST THOLLEN, private. Twen-
ty-third United States infantry.
Wounded:
Bjornsted Bursen, captain, Minnesota
volunteers, severely.
0. z. Bach, captain. Minnesota vo1,,n-
teers, seriously.
- Baker, private, Twenty-Five reg
= Carlson. private, Minnesota VOL
unteers %" HoI-
John John Dunmore, private, California
=, a Albert bert HIammersOn, private, Califor-
- Kahl, private. Minnesota volun-
Mccann, private, rwenty-thipd
Private Moore, Minnesota volunteers
private Morgan, Twenty-third regu-
Private Newman. Twenty-third regu-
lars. i1SU-
Private Tetzoff, Minnesota volunteers.
The Spanish Losses.
me spanish loss is estimated at not
less than 200, including both killed and
wounded and in the neighbOrhood of
5000 captured Vast stores of rnfIita1.I1
and naval supplies We're seized
The casualties on the American side
were confined to the land side. Not a
man on the fleet was injured
Through four lines of intrencbnay+s
extending for two miles, the enemy was
driven in a panic to the walled portion
of Manila There the Spaniards surren-
dered
As the stars and stripes were raised
over the official residence of the cover
nor, Captain General Juadenes burst
INTO tears and his suite hid their faces
dn their hands
Almost impregnable fortifications had
oeen stormed, including four block
houses and innumerable street block
AIDES. All were carried with the pluck
and valor characteristic of the Ameri-