The age-herald., 1898-08-10
CONSTANT TOUCH
 WITH THE ENEMY Gen. Greenes Brigade the Active Focus of Land Campaign 4 HEAVY MONSOON BLOWING MultipIies Discomforts of Camp
 Life In Philippines.
 VIGOROUS FIRE WAS OPENED On the American Entrenchments By
 Spaniards Sunday Night. THE ATTACK WAS MET BRAvELY
On the American Entrenchments By
 Spaniards Sunday Night.
THE ATTACK WAS MET BRAvELY
Ridiculous Tales Told by Augusti to - lis Followers to Keep Up Their
 Courage Germany Called
 an Ally of Spain.

London, Aug. 10-The correspondent of the Times at Cavite with General Greene's brigade, under date of Aug. 3, says:
 "A heavy monsoon has been blowing since Sunday and deluges of rain have greatly in- creased the difficulty of landing and moving the United States troops and multiplied the discomforts in camp. which was already al- most uncomfortable.
 "As I anticipat ted, General Greene's brig ade is the active focus of the land cam paign. Already troops are in constant and close touch with the enemy. On Friday morning a battalion, consisting of the First Colorado, under Lieutenant-Colonel Mccoy, with four guns of the Utah battery, com> manded by Captain Young, grandson Of the Mormon prophet, occupied the line hfty yards in advance of the insurgents between the beach and Calereal and 300 yards from a formidable earthwork situated at the southern end of Malate, the foreign resi- dential quarter of Manila After sixteen hours of continuous labor, the work of en- trenching themselves was completed, the enemy not firing a shot until the Americans indulged In sharpshooting.
 Saturday was comparatively quiet and so was Sunday until nightfall, when the Tenth Pennsylvania commanded by Coionel Hawkins, occupied the trenches after some desultory picket firing. At 11:30 p. m. the enemy, estimated at 2,50O strong, opened hre vigorously under cover of the dense unoer- growth. Their movements were further hid den by the floods of rain The Pennsyiva- nians met the attack with a succession Of volleys,S covering their right with two com- panies stationed in the swamp beyond the entrenchments
 Enemy's Fire Silenced
 After about three-quarters of an hour two companies of the Third regular ar tillery, under Major Para, arrived at double-quick to relieve the rsn. S w ans whose ammunition was almosot ex- hausted They soon silenced the enemys fire.
 "The First California, under Colonel Smith, and the First Colorado, under Colo nel Hale, acted as supports The anair lasted two hours But notwiths.a andi the tremendous fusilade and the avy shell fire, only ten Americans were Ri led and forty-six wounded though there were some casualties among the supports, while during the advance of the relieving bat talions the only officers wounded were Captain Richter of the First California, wounded seriously in the head. and Cap tain Hobbs of the Third artillery, wounded slightly in the leg.
 Although the engagement scarcely at
  oughly tested the quality of the United States troops and had an excellent effect in stimulating their zeal and enthusiasm and inspiring them with confidence.
 "The Spaniards, whose losses in the en- gasement are not known, are adopting tac- tics intended to irritate the Americans Every night they maintain an annoying fire. They have now gotten the range or the earthworks, and their shell shrapnei fire is very accurate.
 "On Monday night the American losses were one killed and five wounded, and on Tuesday night one killed and six wounded. This percentage Is heavy, considering that the men were well entrenched and there has been hardly any fighting in the open. "General McArthur's brigade, which ar rived Sunday is landing today through the heavy surf. Nothing more serious than a thorough wetting has occurred as yet, al- though the operation is not without con- siderable danger. Hardly any cases of sickness are reported"
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