Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-13
HOW THI. i 1UTGHT.
oAJoR GENERAL GREENE MAKES HIS
REPORT.

oAJoR GENERAL GREENE MAKES HIS
REPORT.
High Praise for Manner In whinn 1eoons
Discharged Their lSutaes In the En~ace-
ments About Mannla-s+and I'm Wall
Under Sharp Fire From spaniards.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3.-The report Of
Major General F. " Greene, who com.
manded tho Second brigade. Second di.
vision of tho Eighth army corps at
Manila, at the time Of the battle there
On Aug. -, has been made public.
General Greene was then q brigadier.
His brigade consisted of the First Colo.
RADIO, First Nebraska and Tenth Penn
sylvania, and the First and Second bat
talions of the Eighteenth infantry, Bat
teries A and B of the Utah artillery, a
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, recapitulatlng in
the following:
"Ihis brigade reached Manila bay
July II, landed and established camp
July 1921; was attacked by the Span
iards July 81. Aug. /, Aug. and Aug.
.; led the advance in tho attack and
capture OF Manila, Aug. ID. Our losses
were l6 killed and 66 wounded. 1t is
impossible to give any accurate figures
of the losses of the Spaniards, but it is
probably safe to say that their losses
from Aug. to l3 We're at least 40 killed
and 100 wounded. The manner in which
the troops performed their duties,
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 resistance
been greater the result would have been
che same, only the loss would have been
greater. Fortunately the great result
Of capturing this city, che seat Of Spanish
power in the east for more than 300
years, was accomplished with a loss Of
life comparatively Insignificant.
Account of capitalization.
General Greene's account Of the
events from the day of his landing IN
to Aug. ID, the day of the decisive bat.
tie, shows that his troops were con-
stantly on the defensive and that all of
them We're employed in skirmishes of
greater or lesser Importance. General
Greene gives an account of what took
place on various dates until the 18th.
the American forces remaining on the
passive defensive Of the battle of the
18th he says:
cat 1915 o'clock I sent forward the
First battalion of the First Colorado
along the beach and in the field on it's
right, and followed this up with the
Second and then the Third battalions
OF the same regiment, at distances of
about 200 yards. This met a light fire
from the woods on the their right flank
in the rear Of the Spanish trenches, and
in the direction of Singalon and Pace.
They replied to this with volleys and
the companies nearest the beach forded
the creek, advanced through the water
on the beach, turned the right flank of
the trenches and entered Fort Antonio
de Abad from the rear, hauling down
the Spanish flag and hosting the
American flag about II IL. NJ.
Seeing the fort captured without re-
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United States infantry to move by the
left flank over the trenches and along
the road to Manila i'll column of tours.
not anticipating any resistance. AS
they showed themselves, however, a
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 volleys,
which had the effect Of subduing it.
The battalion then moved forward by
PUSHES, follawed by the First battalion
| until it reached the Spanish trenches.
which had been abandoned, leaving
three dead. When the Eighteenth
United States infantry advanced, sent
orders to the Third United States artil-
lery to advance to the front from its DO
sltion 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
subjected to the same fire from their
right and front near the Cingalon
woods. to which they replied, subduing
1t a':d then advancing to the Spanish
trenches, which they found deserted.
Movement of Troops.
Gust as the advance Of the Eighteenth
infantry and Third artillery began, the
commanding officer Of tn" reserve,
which had been ordered up y he divis-
ion commander, reported to me and /
directed them to follow by the beach
and ordered the artillery to follow on
to Manila as soon as they could get the
assistance of the infantry to haul their
guns. AS the bridge near the fort ap-
peared to be braken by the artillery
fire, directe h engineer company to
carry forward sv.no large trestles and