The record-union., 1898-06-07
A Hand -to-Hand Encounter Lasting
Seventy Hours,
During Which There Was a Great Slaughter
OF Spaniards, the Number Of Killed
Being Estimated at Over
a Thousand.

4"<A->ALA, May 81 WA HOngk0ngs
June 6).-(Copyrighted. 1898. by the
Associated Press).-The Spanish out
posts have been driven in all along the
line simultaneously, and with great
slaughter. 1t is said over a thousand
have been killed. There have been
fierce hand to hand fighting for seventy
hours despite the typhoon which is
raging.
The violent winds and torrents of rain
render the rifles Of the Spanish troops
unavailing. The natives easily win at
every step with their slashing knives.
To-day the insurgents hold Malabon,
Tarlac and Bacoor. They are now at
tacking San Tamesa and Morlate, the
suburbs of the city, which is completely
encircled for a distance of seven miles.
A native regiment under Colonel
Aguinaldo, cousin of the insurgent lead
er, yesterday joined the insurgents
Three rockets were dropped into the
city to-day. They are supposed to have
been a signal for the natives
The Governor has issued a despair
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gents to come to his aid. He is filing
the moats, testing the drawbridges and
placing strong guards on the principal
streets and artillery along the walls.
All the other troops are camping in the
suburbs. The weather is terrific
Later-It now appears that the rock
cts yesterday were not signals to the
natives, but warning from the Ger
man Consulate of the approach of the
typhoon, issued for the benefit of ships
in the harbor
1 visited Cavite without the Span
iards knowing it and found there 1871
wounded and SO prisoners, among the
latter six Spanish officers. All were
treated
Chief Aguinaldo, in the course of an
interview, has said that the insurgents
are eager to rush upon Manila forth
with, but that Admiral Dewey refuses
to 'allow hordes of passionate semi
savages to storm a civilized metropo-
lis" Admiral Dewey wants to await
the arrival of the American troops.
In the meantime the insurgents have
been forbidden to cross the Violate River.
seven miles south of Manila. Other
wise the Petrol will be stationed there
to lombard them. One German has en-
listed with the volunteers.
ADVANCING ON THE CITY.
HONGKONG, June 6.-The British
gunboat Swift, which has just arrived
from Manila reports that the insur-
gents have cut the railways outside the
town and advanced to within four miles
of the city.
Spanish regiment mutinied and shot
its officers
Fighting between the insurgents and
the Spanish troops is frequent, and the
former brought thousand prisoners to
Cavite
The Americans, it is reported at Ma
Mia, assist the insurgents with boats
and machine guns.
The Swift repeats rumor that the
insurgents had captured and tortured
a number of priests. The British res
dents, at the time the Swift left still
in Manila, but the foreigners
were taking refuge on the foreign ship
ping.
CITY WILL FALL. INTO DEWEY'S
HANDS.
LONDON, June THE Hongkong
of the Standard says:
tAdvices from Manila say Admiral
Dewey has gathered the steamers now
blockaded in the river to lie off Cavite
in readiness to receive foreigners. The
Spaniards are losing arms, ammunition
and field pieces almost daily, so pe--
sistent are the rebel attacks. The ma
tives are focking to Aguinaldo's stan
dard. He is on the whole conducting
the campaign on humane principles. In
the course of a pitched battle on May
30th a number of native auxiliaries de-
serted the Spanish lines for the insur-
gents. From the general tenor or the
news from Manila there is a right to
believe that the city will fall into
Dewey's hands before the arrival OF
the American troops.