The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-03
Utah Batteries We're Under His
Command at Manila.
ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE
SPANISH RESISTANCE WAS
WEAKER THAN EXPECTED,
But the Result Would Have Been
the Same Had the Spaniards
Shown Greater Strength = Engi-
neer Corps Built a Bridge Under
Fire-Details of the Fight.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 1.-The re-
port of Major General F. V. Greene,
who commanded the Second brigade,
| Second division OF the Eighth army
corps at Manila at the time of the bat
tie there on the 18th of August last.
has been made public. General Greene
was then brigadier general, His br1-
| gade consisted of the First Colorado.
| First Nebraska and Tenth Pennsyl-
vania and the First and Second battai-
| iChs of the Eighteenth infantry, batter
| les A and Il of the Utah artillery,
detachment of company a, engineer
! battalion, First California, First and
| Third battalions, Third artillery, COM
pany A. engineer battalion.
General Greene describes in detail
the part performed by his command in
the battles about Manila, recapitulat-
| ing in the following:
This brigade reached Manila bay
| July Il, landed and established camp
July 1921; was attacked by the Span
| iards July 81, Aug. l, Aug. 2, and Aug.
captured Manila Aug. 13. Our losses
were 16 killed and 66 wounded. It is
| impossible TO give any accurate f1gures
| of the losses OF the Spaniards, but 1t Is
| probably safe to say that their losses
from Aug. to Is were at least 4O Killed
| and 100 wounded. The manner In
which the troops performed their du-
ties, whether fighting, working in the
trenches, or sitting still under fire with
strict orders not to return it, is worthy
of the very highest praise.
1.-The resistance encountered on the
18th was much less than anticipated
and planned for, but had the resist
ance been greater the result would
have been the same, only the loss
would hove been greater. Fortunately
the great result of capturing Elis city,
the seat of Spanish power in the east
for more than 300 years, was accom-
plished with a loss of life compare
lively insignificant"
General Greene'S account of the
events from the day of his landing up
to the 18th of August, the date or the
decisive battle, shows that his troops
were constantly on the defensive, and
that all of them were employed IN
skirmishes of greater or lesser import
ance.
THE DECISIVE BATTLE.
General Greene gives an account of
what took place on various dates, until
the 18th, the American forces remain
ing on the passive defense. OF the bat
tie of the 18th he says:
AT 1915 1 sent forward the First
battalion of the First Colorado, along
the beach and in the field on its right,
and followed this up with the Second
and then the Third battalions of the
same regiment, at distances of about
200 yards. They met light fire from
the woods on their right flank, in the
rear of the Spanish trenches, and in
the direction of Cingalon and Paceo.
They replied to this with volleys, and
the companies nearest the beach forded
the creek, advanced through Zhe water
on the beach, turned the right flank or
the trenches and entered Fort Antonio
de Abad from the rear, hauling down
the Spanish flag and hosting the
American flag, about IL a, IN.
Seeing the fort captured without re-
sistance, 1 ordered the Eighteenth
United States infantry TO move by the
left flank over the trenches and along
the road to Manila in column of fourS,
not anticipating any resistance. AS
they showed themselves, however,
sharp fire was met from the woods near
Cingalon, and the Second battalion de-
ployed to the right of the road in the
formation for attack. Although the
enemy could not be accurately located,
on account of his using SmokeleSS pow
der, this fire was replied to by voileys,
which had the effect of subduing IL.
The battalion then moved forward by
rushes, followed by the First battalion,
until it reached the Spanish trenches,
three dead
when the Eighteenth United States
infantry advanced l sent orders to the
Third United States artillery to ad-
vance to the front from it's position on
the right, and their advance was made
in the formation for attack at the same
time as the Eighteenth United States
infantry. They were subject to the
same fire from their right and front
near the Cingalon woods, to which they
replied, subduing it, and then advanc-
ing to the Spanish trenches, which they
found deserted.
Just as the advance Of the Eight
zenith infantry and Third artillery be-
gan, the commanding officer of the re-
serves, which had been ordered up by
the division commander, reported to me
and l directed them TO follow by the
beach, and ordered the artillery to fol-
low on to Manila as soon as they could |
get the assistance of the infantry to
haul their guns. AS the bridge near the |
fort appeared to be broken by artillery |
fire. I directed the engineer company to |
carry forward some large trestles and |
flooring of bamboo, which had been ]
prepared the previous day, and this |
was done under fire.
ENGAGEMENT AT MALATE.
Having made these dispositions, I |
rode forward rapidly by the beach and !
the creek TO the fort. A por- |
ton of the First Colorado was in the
Spanish trenches, replying to a fire |
from a second line of defense running |
along the road from Maiate to Cinga-
lon; the rest of the Colorado regiment |
and all of the California were in the
houses a few hundred yards in our
front, replying to this same fire from
the flank. The engagement here lasted
about 10 minutes before the enemys
fire was subdued.
1.-The First Nebraska and Eighteenth
United States infantry having now
come up, directed them to move for
ward, the former along the beach and
The latter along Gale Real. The Colo
RADIO regiment was directed to protect
The right flank from any possible at
tack from Cingalon and Paceo. The
California regiment was already in ad-
vance on Gale Real. In this way the
brigade moved through Malate from
street to street, meeting a struggling
ire from the direction of Paceo, but no
serious resistance.
After advancing through Malate and
5rmita, the open space at the Luneta,
ust south of the walled city, was
cached about l p. m. A white flag
vas flying at the southwest bastion,
Ind l rode forward to meet it under a
leavy fire from our right and rear on
he Paceo road. AT the baStion / was
informed that officers representing Gen
raj Merritt and Admiral Dewey were
IN their way ashore TO receive the sur
ender, and l therefore turned east to
he Paceo road.
ION the morning of Aug. IA 1 was ap-