The Mena star., 1898-08-10
rhe spaniards Attack the American
 Forces Under Gen. Green Dur ing Raging Typhoon.
TIE ENEMY IS FORGED TO RETIRE.
..,. Green Comments the Courage shown nv Our Troops-Cablegram from Gen. merritt-rwo Accounts of the Battle The Monterey and Three Transports Arrive at Cayite.

New York, Aug. 9.-A copyrighte d
 oobleqram from Manila bay August 4.
 va Hong Kong August 9, to the Evening
 World gives the following particulars
 of the fighting near Malate on the
 nicht of July 31: Gen. Greens force,
 numbering 4,000 men, had been ad-
 vaneing and cntrenching. The arrival
 of the third expedition filled the Span
 ards with rage and they determined
 to give battle before Camp Dewey
 could be reinforced The trenches ex-
 tended from the beach 300 yards to the
 left flank of the insurgents. Sunday
 was the insurgent feast day and their
 left flank withdrew, leaving the Amer
 ;ean right flank exposed. Companies and E, of the Tenth Pennsylvania and Utah battery were ordered to re-
 inforce the right flank.
 In the midst of a raging typhoon
 with tremendous downpour of rain,
 tue enemy's force, estimated at a,00a men, attempted to surprise the camp. Our pickets were driven in and the trenches assaulted. The brave Penn sylvania men never finched, but stood their ground under a whitening fire. The alarm spread and the First Cali fornia regiment, with two companies of the Third artillery, who fight with rifles, were sent up to reinforce the Pennsylvanians. The enemy were on top of the trenches when these re- Inducements arrived and never was the discipline of the regulars better demon strated than by the work of the Third artillery under Capt. OHara Moth ing could be seen but flashes of Mauser rifles Men ran right up to the at tackinP Spaniards and moved them down with regular volleys. The Utah battery, under Capt. Young, covered itself with glory. The men pulled their guns through mud axle deep. Two guns were sent around in flank and poured in a destructive enfilading fire. The enemy was repulsed and re- treated in disorder. Our infantry had exhausted it's ammunition and did not follow the enemy. Not an inch of ground was lost, but the scenes in the trenches was one never to be forgotten.
 During flashes of lightning the dead aud wounded could be seen lying in blood-red water, but neither the ele- nents of heaven nor the destructive power of man could wiring a cry of protest from the wounded. They en- outraged their comrades to fight and handed over their cartridge belts.
 During the night the Spanish scouts were seen carrying off the dead and wounded of the enemy. The Ameri- can dead were buried next day in the convent of Maracaban. On the night Of August the fighting was renewed, but the enemy had been taught les con and made the attack at long range with heavy artillery. The Utah bat tery replied and the artillery duel lasted an hour. Gen. Green has since Issued an address to the troops, com mending the courage shown by them.
 Cabiegram from Merritt
 Washington, Aug. 9.-The war de- partment to-day received the follow Ing cablegram from Hong Kong:
 Aolutant General. Washington: MacArthur's aoops arrived 3Ist No epidemic sickness rive deaths Lieut. Kerr, engineers, died of spinal meningitis. Landing at camp delayed on account of high surf To gain approach to .ay ureens outposts were advanced to con- sinue line on the Camino real to beach on Sun uay night Spanish attacked sharply. Artil- ,sry outposts behaved we'll; held position. Necessary to call out brigade Spanish loss iunored heavy Our loss, killed: Tenth Penn syWania s,,'I John Brady, Walter Brown; infantry, ", " nlian F. Brinton, Jacob Hull, Jesse Moss, " v unam Stillwagon: First California, Maurice Sust; Third artillery, Eli Dawson First, Colo rauo, Fred Springstead.
 e seriously wounded, Tenth Pennsylvania, Sssg oergt Alva Walter. Privates Lee Snyder, r.is ric'or Holmes c. S. Carter, Arthur Johnson; ' yrst @ California, Capt R. Richter Private c. V V,,i LuWards' Third artillery, Privates Charles v, winfield, J. A. MeElroth. Thirty-eight slight y wounded Merritt.
 Another Account of the Battle. oan Francisco, Aug. 9.-A special to ,s tue oall from Cavite August6, via Hong ,nong !, August 9, says: The American iorces engaged the enemy before Ma .a.e on last Sunday night and com peiied them to retreat with heavy ,osses' Our troops lost IS killed and v wounded. It has been impossible < " ascertain the exact losses of the 'panish. The fighting lasted four 4ours' The American troops engaged z. we're part of the Tenth Pennsylvania, irst California and the Third regular The Spanish led in the at .ack attempting to dislodge our troops " hanking movement from the 'o'ong position they have been hold ng near the enemy's lines. The posi- "on Is still held by our troops.
 >paniards Attack the Americans.
 london, Aug 9.-A dispatch from