The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-20
,m,lilrcly supporting the As.
,er Battery. Which Led
the Charge.
mos q, Several More Of the
Minnesota Boys Who We're
Wounded.
n Marched in Mud to the Shoe
,o.s :. Some lnsurgent
Plundering.

Nsw YoEk. Aug. -. "A dispatch to
L. W5rlt from Manila ciiy. dated
a.. 10. va Hong Kong. says:
| TIE hardest nsh,ing ut tho capture
! Manila was done by tho Astor bat.
! ". which !el tho advance. Brigadier
eae.a. McAr,Apr. mmanding tho
,,ale compltmentci ihc mon In the
ksae.. terms righ, in the middle o!
b ta.,le tar their valor aud success
.ae A,,ar battery led tho column.
k,ps.el y the Minnesota volunteers
b. IL Twenty third regulars The
(;aa ta..err, guns were too heavy &c
tore ,1:aaca the swamps. The march
- a.ga- .as road on the right OF tho
'e' P4,.s. waere tho tlect could give
a"!s.Nce. Al tho junction OF tho
ia.a.a rad tho vanguard came
FHaoa: warnin; upon . strong span.
el,'eacamen, Suddenly the enemy
h'2ei heavy iire upon tho Amer,.
AZ, s..ias two of the Astor battery.
N'seaa' Holmes aud Second Sergeant
.'slans, and ono Minnesota man.
H'a,e Patterson. at tho Same time
0-al!IsA a score Of others. Sergeant
''eIans, after he was shot. started to
qua, tired II. aud next moment
e.' dead. Iae As,or battery was forced
Ia. back from tho murder.
" a'e' temporarily leaving two guns
~ TIE reserves under Colonel Oven.
-'ae came NJ promptly aud with their
-pp'H the As'ors charged tho enemy
"l only rcyolvers for wca pons.
WAY sesAiaoi their guns and put
- INTO acton again with increased
~. lAe Spaninrds were then
.sa'.y put 10 flight. Tho following
rs -" rs oi casualties In tho battery
"'.sa-tirst Sergeant NJ. Holmes
'vpA0 n. Sergeant ID. Crenanx
"0aaaed- Sergeant r. II. Stillman,
fs.pa' f~pofa' II. Vanhornc. Privates G.
As', +. hawtcll. G. Dunn, 7. J. Hay
II. '" Il seymour and c. 4. Van
'"Sa'e Dunn's wound 10 serious
no o'nef wounded mon will get we'll
it4,s' ''sses We're pretty evenly divided
bow,ns the two brigades. Tho FOL
,,n "s are tho names OF killed ant
battery. ou'''uo o' tho Asto
s1nl,s 'sa Samuel Howell. Fourteenth
,oIpn,s' I's' William Rogers, Nebrask,
tau,rv. y D. McCann. Fourteenth In
P D., ~. ueorge O'Neill. California; A
Aup 1Tr,erson. y, Minnesota volunteer
uul,ea1 a1So.'en. S.. private. Twenty.th{f,
biz. s Ca, states infantry; Private Phoe
w. colorado volunteers.
.o,a uu,aed-A. w. B1ornstad, Mime
Captain M1'eors. M' severely y; o. Sssbact,
B,t tnlhnesota volunteers. seriou.
ala,s'' 'lrke', rsei, private Twenty.shird rea
,olun,.a.na'l aa'l Carlson. private, Minnesot
caliiorn,,s John Dunsmore. privat,
,a,,, 'sn,a M'"'ol volunteers; George Kahl, pr
Cam, anesota n1, volunteers; II,
Private M,a'e' M' Twenty.third regular'
Private Wore. M. Minnesota volun tser,
priva,'ss a Morgan, Private N,wmar
Private ra. ra.Aer. r. Twenty third regular,
'''Aoff. Minnesota volunteer,
Tho 9 ''"''h Loss w.s Large.
less than pan'sh ans loss is estimated at no
Wounded ~,o' including both killed an
1900 can,n ana IN tho neigh ghborhood {
.ad naval 1''a' =" Vast stores OF militar
Casualties supplies were seised. Th
oa the l, ~ the American side wer
dset ", W.. land md side. Not one 1 on I'll Il
a'endipsoa lou, Tour lines Of sntrsnchmen
'0' two miles. the ensu