The record-union., 1898-08-20
Was Done by the Men Sent to the Philip
pines From New York.
Charged the Enemy With Only
Pistols for Weapons, and Put
the Spaniards to FHght-Min-
resota Volunteers and Twenty
third Regulars Also Did Gal
liant Service.

NEW YORK, Aug ia dispatch to
the World from Manila, dated Au-
gust 18th, via Hongkong, says: The
hardest fighting at the capture of Man.
ala was done by the AStor Battery,
which led the advance.
Brigadier General Macarthur. COM
manding the brigade, omplimented the
men in the highest terms right in the
midst of the battle for their valor and
success.
The Astor Battery led the column,
supported by the Minnesota Volunteers
and the Twenty-third Regulars. The
Utah Battery'S guns We're too heavy
to move through the swamps.
The march was along the Pasay road,
on the right of the River Pasig, where
the fleet could give no assistance. AT
the junction with the Cingalon road
the vanguard came without warning
upon a strong Spanish intrenchment.
Suddenly the enemy rained deadly
fire upon the Americans, killing two
men of the Astor Battery, First Ser
geant Holmes and Second Sergeant
Cremins, and one Minnesota man, Pri-
vate Patterson, at the same time
wounding a score Of others.
Sergeant Cremins after he was shot,
started to his gun, fired it and the next
moment fell dead beside the piece.
The Astor Battery was forced to fall
back from the murderouS fire tempo
rarily leaving two guns. But the re-
serves, under Colonel Ovenshine, came
up promptly, and with their support
the Astors charged the enemy with
only revolvers for weapons, quickly re-
gained their guns and put them into
action again with increased vigor. The
Spaniards then We're shortly put to
flight.
The following is the list of casualties
in the AstOr Battery:
killed-M F. Holmes, First Sergeant;
d. Cremins, Second Sergeant.
Wounded-R H. Sillman, Sergeant;
H Van Horne. Corporal; C. Baker,
private; c. Bewtell. private; C. Dunn,
private: T. j. Hayden, private; w. Fl.
Seymour, private; G. E. Vanpelt, pri-
vate
Private Dunns wound is serious. The
other wounded men will get well.
The losses We're pretty evenly divided
between the two brigades. The follow
ing are the names of the killed and
wounded soldiers, outside of the Astor
Battery:
Regulars; William Lewis, Nebraska
Volunteers; Robert Mccain, Fourteenth
Regulars Edward O'Neil, California
Volunteers; A P. Patterson, private,
Minnesota Volunteers: Phoenix pri-
vate, Colorado Volunteers: August
Thollen. private Twenty-third United
States Infantry.
Wounded-Bjornsted Bursen, Captain
Minnesota Volunteers, seriously; o.
Seebach, Captain Minnesota Volun-
teers, seriously; - Baker, private
Twenty y-third Regulars; - Carlson.
private, Minnesota Volunteers; John
Dunmore, private. California Volun-
teers; Albert Hammerson, private, Cal
ifornia Volunteers; - Kahl, private,
Minnesota Volunteers: - McCann,
private Twenty-third Regulars; Pri-
vate Moore, Minnesota Volunteers; Pri-
vate Morgan, Twenty third Regulars;
Private Newman, Twenty third Regu
lars; Private Parker Twenty third
Regulars; Private Tetsoff, Minnesota
Volunteers.
The Spanish loss is estimated at not
less than 300 including both killed and
wounded. and in the neighborhood Of
5000 captured. Vast stores of military
and naval supplies were seized.
The casualties on the American side
We're confined to the land side. Not
man on the fleet was injured
Through four lines of intrenchments,
extending for two miles, the enemy was
driven in panic to the walled portion
of Manila This the Spaniards surren-
dered. AS the Stars and Stripes were
raised over the official residence of the
Governor. Captain General Jaundenes
burst into tears and his suite hid their
faces in their hands. Almost impreg-
nable Notifications had been stormed.