The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-11
ALLDID NOBLY
Brief Stories of the Fight Be.
tween Spaniards and Amer
leans at Malate.
Tenth Pennsylvania, First Cali.
tornia Third Regulars and
Utah Battery,
All Covered Themselves With
Glory, Routing the spaniards
With Great Loss.
Total American Dead Number
Thirteen, With Ten More
MOrtally Wounded.

LONDON, Aug. 10. "A dispatch from
Hong Kong says: The German
steamer Petrarch left Manila Aug. =,
and has arrived here. She reports
that the Spanish soldiers at Manila at.
tackled the American camp on the
night of July 81. The Spanish forces
We're over 5000 strong. They charged
the American line several times. The
American fire broke the Spanish center
and they reiterated. Later they made
a second charge, but shortly retreated
to the bushes, keeping up an incessant
fire. Eleven Americans were killed
and 81 wounded. Spanish losses re.
ported great During the fighting the
rebels remained neutral.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-A special
to The Examissr from Manila, dated
July 81, via Hong Kong, Aug. s, says:
ga heavy engagement took place to-
night between the American and Span.
ish forces at Malate. The Spanish
made an attack, attempting to turn our
were repulsed. The troops engaged
were the First battalion California vol.
unteers, Tenth Pennsylvania, First
battalion Third artillery regulars and
Battery A, Utah. Our loss was 9
killed and A wounded. The Spanish
loss was upward of 900 killed and 800
wounded. Our volunteers made a
glorious defense against upwards of
5000 of an attacking force. The battle
ragged for three hours"
NEW YORK, Aug. l0.-A copyrighted
cablegram from Manila Bay, Aug. 4,
via Hong Kong, Aug. 9, to The Even
ing World gives the following particu-
lars of the fighting near Malate on the
night of July 81:
General Green's force, numbering
1000 men, had been advancing and en-
trenching. The arrival of the third
expedition filed the Spaniards with
rage and they determined to give bat.
tie before Camp Dewey could be rein.
forced. The trenches extended from
the beach, 500 yards to the left flank Of
the insurgents.
Sunday was the inspreent feast day,
and their left flank withdrew, leaving
the American right flank exposed.
Companies A and E of the Tenth
Pennsylvania, and Utah battery, were
ordered to reinforce the right flank.
in the midst of a raging typhoon,
with a tremendous downpour Of rain,
the enemy's force, estimated at 5000
men, attempted to surprise the camp.
Our pickets were driven in and the
trenches assaulted.
Stood Their Ground Nobly.
The brave Pennsylvania men never
fiinched, but stood their ground under
a whitening fire. The alarm spread
and the FIRST California 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 reinforcements arrived and
never was the discipline of the regulars
better demonstrated than by the work
of the Third artillery under Captain
O'Hara. Nothing could be seen but
flashes of Mauser rifles Men ran right
up to the attacking Spaniards and
moved them down with regular volieys.
Utah Battery Covered With Glory.
The Utah battery, under Captain
Young, covered itself with glory. The
men pulled their guns through mud
ak .e deep. Two guns were sent around
in flank, and poured in destructive
enfilading fire. The enemy was re.
pulsed and retreated in disorder. Oar
infantry had exhausted its ammunition
an /. did not follow the enemy.
Not an inch of ground was lost. and
the scene in the trenches was one never
to be forgotten.
During the flashes Of lightning the
dead and wounded could be seen lying
in blood red water, but neither the
elements OF heaven, nor the destruc-
tive power OF man could wiring cry
of protest from the wounded. They
encouraged their comrades to fight and
haaded ever their cartridge belts.
During the night the Spanish scouts
were seen carrying off the dead and
wounded of the enemy. The American
dead were buried next day in the Con-
vent of Maracaiban.
Ga the night Of Aug. |. the fighting
was renewed, but the enemy had been
tau 1nt lesson and made the attack at
long range with heavy artillery. The
U,An battery replied and the artillery
duel lasted an hour.
o ie man was killed. He was Fred
Spi. n.stead. First Colorado. Two men
were wounded.
On the night Of Aug. Q. the artillery
duel was renewed.
{ Two men were badly wounded and
are now reported dead. which bring.
the total dead to IS, with 10 in hospital
morally hurt.