Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-19

World from Manila gives the following
complete list OF the killed and wounded
In the fighting At the capture Of Manila
KILLED.
NJ. X. Holmes, first sergeant, Astor bat
terry; d. Cremins second sergeant, AstOr
battery; Samuel Howell, Fourteenth regu-
lars; VIM. Lewis, Nebraska volunteers;
Robert McCann, Fourteenth regulars;
Edward 0'Neil, California volunteers; A..
z. Patterson, private Minnesota yolun-
teers; Charles ]. Phoenix, private Colo
RADIO volunteers; August Thollen, private
Twenty-third United States infantry.
WOUNDED.
Astor battery-R. II Sillman, sergeant;
II, VanHorne coporal; Privates b. Baker,
g, Bewtell G Dunn, I, J, Hayden, -. II.
Seymour and G. *. Vanpelt.
Minnesota y'lunteers Capt. BjOrnsted
Bursen. Capt. o. Seebaeh, Priyates Carl.
son, Kahl. Moore aud Tetzoif.
Twenty-third egulars-Privstes Bak-
or. Mccain, Morgan, Newman and Parker
California volunteers Dunmore
and Albert Hammerson.
The Spanish loss ia estimated at not
less than 2OO, including both killed and
wounded, and in the neighborhoCd OF
5000 captured.
Vast stores Of military and naval sup
plies were seized.
The casualties on the American side
were confined 10 the land forces; not a
man on the fleet was injured. Through
four lines of entertainments, extending
two miles, the enemy was driven in
panic TO the walled portion OF Manila
THIS the Spaniaris surrendered.
The enemy had two lines Of entrench-
ments In front OF General Greene, and
OK OF those lines was Rio Cingalon. a
small stream. Next beyond was the
powder magazine OF an ancient fortress,
mounting one 6 inch gun. Immense
sandbag walls and trenches surrounded
the fortress on the south and seawaId
sides. General Anderson was in com
mand OF the division, which was com
posed Of two brigades.
AZ $50 a. IN. the Olympia opened lire
with her starbOard 5.inch guns at a
range Of 1000 yards The Raleigh and
Petrol opened with their inch aud
q inch guns at $500 yards. Shell after
she'll burst in the fort and drove the
Spaniards panic stricken toward Manila.
Eyery shot was marked by debris hurled
high in the air. Soon the enemy de-
serted the trenches in front of General
Green but ran of to the right into the
bamboo swamps. Two whole shots from
the battery in the magazine was the
only reply given to the f,et ire. Both
fell 300 yards short.
The gunbOat CallaO and launch Bsrcelo
advanced to within 1000 yards and began
sending a deadly hail from their rapid
6re and machine guns.
by this time the fort was deserted and
the feet signalled to cease firing, after
which orders TO advance were given.
The Colorado troops formed in column
with the flag dung 10 the breeze, and
dashei into the Rio GingalOn, wsding
waist deep. The Californians followed.
The enemy's Mausers began to crack in
the bushes in front and on the left, but
the shoot ng was wild. The Colorado
men ran up to the fort and took pos
session.
Private Phoenix. of company /, climbed
to the ramparts and pulled down the
Spanish flag, and as he was raising the
American standard he was shot dead.
Thereupon Sergeant Richard G. Holmes,
company |, seizsd the II * and ran it up
on the pole.
The Colorado men, the Californians
and the Eighteenth infantry drove the
spaniards through the streets of Mslate
AT dead run. The enemy threw away
their guns aud ammunition In their
tight, The troops followed, capturing
the Lunetta battery and chasing the
enemy into the walled city
Meanwhile Gen. MacArthuT's brigade,
over on the right wing, was having the
seyerest kind of lighting Two guns of
the Utah battery opened on blOckhouse
No IA, and soon knocked II into splnters.
Then the troops advanced by the Pasy
road towards the city with the AstOr
battery In the lead and had the hottest
lighting Of the day at the junction Of the
Cingalon road.
The Spanish soon retreated, and Gen.
Macarthur entered the city and estab-
lished his headquarters In Malate.