The record-union., 1898-08-10
TACTICS OF
SPANISH
| FORCES.
Lay Low Their Trenches
During the Day,
Making Their Attacks Under
Cover Of Darkness.
Insurgents Causing the Americans
Considerable Trouble.
General Green Sends kguinaIdO a Message
Warning Him That Il Our Troops Are
Further MOIeSted He Would
DiSarm All The Fiipinus.

LONDON, Aug. 1O.-The Times
correspondent at Cavite with Green's
brigade, under date of August Sd, says:
A heavy monsoon has been blowing
! since Sunday, and deluges of rain have
greatly increased the difficulty Of land
ing and moving the United States
troops and multiplied the discomforts
liz camp, which were already almost
! unendurable
''As | anticipated, General Green's
! brigade is the focus of the active land
campaign. Already the troops are in
constant and close touch with the
enemy. On Friday morning a battalion
consisting of the First Colorado, under
Lieutenant Colonel Mccoy, with four
guns Of the Utah Battery commanded
by Captain Young, grandson of the
Mormon prophet. occupied the line
fifty yards in advance of the insur-
gents between the beach and Gale Real
and 1,300 yards from a formidable
earthwork situated at the southern end
of Malate, the foreign residential quar-
ter of Manila. After sixteen hours Of
continuous labor, the work of intrench-
ment was completed, the enemy not
| firing a. shot until the Americans in
dulged in sharp shooting.
Saturday was comparatively quiet,
and so was Sunday, until nightfan.
when the Tenth Pennsylvania, Colonel
Hawkins commanding, occupied the
trenches after some desultory picket
fr.in I T. acti
mated at $500 strong, opened fire Wig
orously under cover of the dense under
growth. Their movements We're further
hidden by the floods of rain. The Penn
sylvanians met the attack with a sue
oession of volleys. covering their right
with two companies stationed in the
swamp beyond the intrenchments.
after about three-quarters of an
| hour, two companies of the Third Reg
uIar Artillery under Major O'Hara ar
rived at double quick time to relieve
the PennsyIvanians, whose ammuni-
t!on was almost exhausted. They soon
silenced the enemy's fire. The FIRST
| California, under Colonel Smith, and
the First Colorado, under Colonel Halls,
acted as supports.
'The affair lasted two hours, but not
withstanding the tremendous fusillade
! and the heavy shell fire, only ten
| Americans We're killed and forty-six
wounded, though there were some casu-
alties among the supports, while during
the advance Of the relieving battalions
| the only officers wounded were Captain
Richter of the First California wound
ed seriously in the head, and Captain
Hobbs of the Third Artillery, wounded
! slightly in the leg.
Although the engagement scarcely
attained the Importance of a battle il
/ thoroughly tested the quality of the
United States troops. and mad an ex-
cellent effect, stimulating their zeal and
enthusiasm and inspiring them with
I confidence.
| THE Spanards, whose losses in the
engagement are not known are adopt
| ing tactics intended to irritate the
Americans. Every night they maintain
an annoying fire. They have now got
! the true range of the earthworks, and
their shell and shrapneI fire is very
accurate
ION Monday night the American
losses We're one killed and five wounded
and on Tuesday night, one killed and
six wounded. This percentage is heavy.
considering that the men We're well in
trenched and that there has been hard
| ly any fighting in the open.
General McArthur'S brigade, which
4 arrived Sunday, is landing to-day
| through the heavy surf Nothing more
serious than thorough wetting mas
occurred as yet, although the operation
is not without considerable danger.
Hardly any cases of sickness are re-
| ported
AGUINALDO'S SGUERRILLAS CAUSE
AMERICANS TROUBLE.
| LONDON, Aug. 10.-The correspond
! ent of the Times at Cavite, under
date of August 1st, says:
yesterday / visited Camp Dewey
! and the American intrenchments be-
! fore Malate Captain Grant and Cap
| tain Young of the Utah Artillery were
busily engaged throwing up advanced
earthworks for guns, under protection
| of the Nebraska Volunteers. From the
upper floor of an European house form
| ing an alignment with the earthworks
/ was observing the Spanish positions.
when a Nebraska sharpshooter beside
me fred the first shot discharged by
the Americans upon the Spaniards, who
were crouching in the forward trench.
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