The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-06-24
CITY OF |N|Ah||I 4 STARVING
Last Desperate Effort to Cot
Provisions. 3
VICTORY FOR REBELS.
Governor Of the Island 40 Likely to
Surrender to Dewey to Protect
an Life and Property. 81

Mania, June 8 via Hong Kong, June
10.--lt is now officially admitted here
that the lack Of food supplies has become
. serious, matter. Gunboats conveying
volunteers, sent into the lagoon to search
for food for the city on Friday, June S
returned here today, Sunday, and reported
the total failure of their mission.
Later--It has now been officially admit.
ted that the troops have been thirty-six
hours without food. The insurgents are
gaining everywhere and are now firing
into Manila itself. .s. W. s.g &
The commanders of the gunboats also
report that every lagoon and town is hos.
tile and that their garrisons have proba.
bly, been massacred. =$5s 4
The Spanish fotilla was unable to effect
q landing in spite of prolonged firing upon
h the part Of all the gunboats. Nobody,
This removes the last hope of provision.
ing Manila. ~
During the week all the garrisons were
simultaneously overpOwered or SURRENDERED
as prisoners. The latter are well treated
l a majority of those who resisted We're
j., In the northern sections the insurgents
have united near Passig, on the Passig
river, driving the Spanish gunboats to
Doa. There were few casualties.
The zone of hostilities is a magnificent
defensive country, thickly wooded, hav-
ing an unlimited number of natural am
buscades and innumerable blockhouses
and trenches. Any average army could
easily defy ten times their number.
On all sides can be seen the Spaniards
retiring, removing the soldiers effects and
:dismantling the barracks permanently, eyi:
IDENTIFY anticipating defeat as a matter of
course. The soldiers are brave and des-
perate and hate to retreat, but they are
hopelessly incompetent and shamefully
underfed. Many of them have assured
the correspondent that they have never
been at target practice in their lives. Still
they are eager for an opportunity to dis
play their valor and are confident that the
enemy is equally Impractical.
Whole companies Of Spaniards have
had nothing to eat for two days and
some of them are literally crying. It is
a pitiable sight. The native peasantry
>charitably assist the starving soldiers
without compulsion and some Englishmen
yesterday gave treat to the soldiers
guarding an outpost. They bought q
wandering hawker's stock of eatables for
a few shillings and gave the food to the
soldiers, who said it was the first food
they had tasted for thirty-six hours. :
Officers Neglect Their Men. ~
There is no doubt, as one person re-
marked, that somebody deserves lynch
ing for the state of affairs existing.
Scores Of bloated officers of the Spanish
forces are to be seen daily loafing about
the beer shops and cafes along the boule-
wards, reviling the English, while the men
under their charge are starving.
The insurgents yesterday rushed the
passage of Zapota river and also descend
ed from the lagoon, took the Spaniards
in flank and captured several guns. The
Spanish soldiers made good stand until
they We're ordered to retreat. Probably
their ammunition was Inadequate.
1t is almost impossible to understand
how such, magnificent positions can be
abandoned without struggle.
The insurgents today captured Las
Pinas, Parague, Tungalo, Mali bay and
>Pineda, all on the coast line. The Span.
iards lost ninety men killed and. wounded
and 1000 returned here unhurt. Z
The insurgents are now firing into Ma
late, the southern-most quarter of Manila
and mile and a half from the center
plaza containing the forts, magazine, telc.
graph Office and clubhouse. ~: ID
The horse cars are running and ladies
are visiting within rifle shot Of the enemy,
apparently nneoncerned. s45ssss 81 SIS s53
The insurgents are also In every O1ltIy-
ing quarter of Manila, awaiting the signal
to advance. ... r. = rs
At Caloocan, a suburban railroad sta
ton, there are still few Spanish troops
in ridiculous little entertainments. Tie
village is full OF insurgents and the rail-
road line is broken outside the station.
The ties have been carefully removed by
the insurgents, who promised to replace
them after: the war;. =, ,.'>... .-..-....
Many Of the native troops make. little
secret Of their intention to desert tonight.
There is a frantic scramble for refuge in
side the old walled citadel, by the gov
errors orders, of all the townspeopIe.
The captain general held q, counc il Of
war at which it was proposed to surren-
der because resistance IL clearly useless
and deplorable expenditure of blood and
heroic efforts would be rendered futile by
lack Of training, insufficient supplies and
the smallness of the force. 80. ri =
The general was furious at this "mutila-
ton by mere natives" and he resigned
and was superseded by his second in com
mand, who countermanded the withdraw
q lof the troops from the field.