The San Francisco call., 1898-06-08


 throughout the province. Aguinaldo has commenced his march on Manila from Cavite. He has arrived at the river near the Spanish outposts. The' Spaniards attacked the rebels in an entrenched position at Seapole on Mon day. May 30.
 After ten hours severe fighting the Spaniards were forced to re- tire, with heavy losses, leaving 400 killed and wounded.
 The rebels advanced and are occupy ing both banks at Seapole. Their posi- ton Is strong The rebels are now well armed, and they used field machine guns with deadly effect.
 The rebels. 5000 strong, engaged the Fourth. Sixth and Eleventh Cazadores, with several companies of the Sixty eighth and Seventy-fourth regiments.
 During the engagement the Seventy-fourth deserted, killing it's officers and annihiIatine a company Of Spanish infanteria marine, of which only twelve survived.
 On Tuesday typhoon increased the suffering of the Spanish troops, there being no food supply to forward to them. With 5000 endorsements the | Spaniards are now attacking the rebel position. There has been incessant fir ing for the last two hours. The railway from Manila to Dagupar has been cut in eight places. Aguinaldo wrote to the director apologizing that it was neces- 1 sary to stop the food supplies of Ma nila, as he did not wish to Lombard or cause a disgraceful massacre.
 At the railway station the rebels murdered three priests, and some Span iards were wounded. A lady and child one year old were trampled to death
 The province of Tarlac is in the rebels hands. Food Is still fairly cheap and plentiful, but with the rail- way cut and the rebels closing in SUD- plies will soon stop. Admiral Dewey allows foreign residents to embark on steamers in the bay for safety
 In a sharp fight in the province of Bulacan the Spaniards were outnum- bered and defeated. All the Spaniards in the provinces are in imminent dan ger. The Spanish losses were severe In the last three days. It is reported that the captain general has ordered the troops not to attack the rebels, but to defend the outposts, and, if they are untenable to retire to Manila.
 MANILA, June 3, via Hongkong, June 7.-The typhoon that came on last Monday blew itself out before Wednes- day morning. No injury was done to the ships. All day Wednesday there was severe fighting on the road be- tween Cavite and Manila, the Spaniards | having sent 5000 men to relieve their 1 troops in Cavite Province. A narrow defile on the road was successfully held | by the insurgents with 800 men and | four small field guns.
 Early yesterday the rebels at- lacked and captured linus, the principal interior town of the Ca vite province, taking 25O prison CTS and four or five Krupp field guns and large quantity of ammunition.
 About noon I crossed the bay in a na- tive canoe and went to the rebel camp Q Old Couitn oIt Brigadier General Thomas Mascado, commanding the troops. He gave me a guide to the front, where I found he had wholly surrounded the solid stone church in Old Cavite and was pre- pared to starve out the garrison I went to the bridge, where the rebel flag was hoisted last Monday. I found he had barricaded 1t with large stones taken from the coping on the rebel side.
 While I was taking photograph of this barricade and the rebels behind 1t the Spaniards in the church opened fire with Mauser rifles. As the distance was only two hundred yards they ought to have hit several, but they suc- ceeded in hitting only one man :n the jaw The firing had been caused ap- parently by the crowd around my ko- dak, for as soon as We had taken to cover and returned the fire the Span iards stopped.
 I found the country most difficult to traverse, except on few roads that penetrate it. There is thick tropical growth over most of the territory and the water is covered by green slime an inch thick. I saw many natives idling about matched houses in the different villages I passed through, but all looked underfed The young men, however are enthusiastic and brave, forming the bulk of the rebel fighting material
 The British gunboat Swift sails for Hongkong to-day (June 3 carrying dispatches and mail
 Aeuinaldo's troops last night