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Fifteen Brave Americans Are Killed
and Forty-Four Are
Wounded.
The Spanish Loss Is Thought to
Be Very Heavy Enemy Re-
tires Under Heavy Fire.
Insurgents Remain Neutral During
the Bnttle-Graphic Description
of the Engagement.

Cavite, Manila Bay, Aug. 3, via Hong.
Kong, Aug. 1o.-The first shedding OF
American blood on Philippine soil took
place Sunday night, when IL We're
killed and Al wounded during a
skir1nish at the Malate trenches
between Cavite and Manila. No at
tack has yet been made on the Spanish
lines, but the Americans now occupy
the trenches formerly held by the in
surgents. In Sunday nights skir1nish
the following were killed.:
Corp. W. e. Brown, of the Tenth Penn
sylvania.
Private Brady. of the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania.
Private Bowker, of the First Wyoming.
Privates s. Hull, Bunton (RrintonD Moss
and Stillwagen, all understood to be of the
Tenth Pennsylvania.
First Sergt. Maurice Just, of the First
California.
Private Dawson. battery K, Third artil-
lery.
Private McKelrath (McIlroth?, battery
"a, Third artillery.
Private Winfield, battery H. Third artil-
iery.
On Monday night Private springstead, of
the First Colorado. was killed. Tuesday
night the following We're killed:
Private William Lewis Roddy, of the
Twenty-third infantry.
Private r. Bowers, of the signal corps.
Private Fred auckland. of the Thirteenth
Minnesota
Some of the wounded in Sunday
nights skirmish were struck by shrap-
mel.
Gen. Merritts Dispatch.
Washington, Aug. 10. = The war de-
partment Tuesday received the follow
Ing cablegram from Hong-Kong:
"Adjutaht General. Washington: Mac
Arthur's troops arrived the Slst. No cpl
demio sickness. Five deaths. Lieut. Kerr
engineer, died of spinal meningitis. Land
Ing at camp delayed on account of high
surf. To gain approach to city GREEN'S
outposts were advanced to continue line
from the Canine Real to Beach on Sun
day night. Spanish attacked sharply.
Artillery outposts behaved well; held posi-
zion. Necessary to call out brigade.
Spanish loss rumored heavy. Our loss,
killed; Tenth Pennsylvania John Brady.
Walter Brown; infantry, William e. Bril-
ton, JACOB Hull. Jesse Moss, William Still
wagon First California, Maurice Just;
Third artillery, Ell Dawson; First Colora-
do, Fred Springsted.
Seriously wounded: Tenth Pennsylvania.
serEt. AlVa Walter, Privates Lee Snyder,
R1ctor f1OlmeS, Y. >. carter, Arthur john
4efi First California, Capt. P. Richter,
Private Q. J. Edwards; Third artillery, Pri-
YAtsa Charles Winfield, j. A. McElroth.
Thlrty-eiEht slightly wounded.
"(signsd) MERRITT"
Gen. Merritt's force in the Philip
pines consists of the three expeditions
tghich have arrived there, amounting
to 400 officers and 10,464 men. They
are the First California, Second Ore
gon, Tenth Pennsylvania, First Colo
RADIO, First Nebraska, Thirteenth Min
nesota, First Idaho, First Wyoming,
Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty
third United States infantry, the First
California battery, the Aston ba ttery,
and batteries G, H, K and L. Third
United States artillery.
Washington, Aug. 10. Secretary
Alger regards the Manila fight aB the
beginning of the general attack on the
Philippine capital.