The record-union., 1898-06-18

sociated Press)-It is now officially ad-
mitted here that the lack of food sup
plies has become a serious matter.
Gunboats conveying volunteers sent
into the Lagoon to search for food for
the city on Friday. June 3D., returned
here to-day Sunday and reported the
total failure of their mission. 1t has
been officially admitted that the troops
have been thirty-six hours without
food. The insurgents are gaining every
where, and are now firing into Manila
itself.
report that every lagoon and town is
hostile and that their garrisons have
probably been massacred.. The Span
sh fiotilla was unable to effect a land
ing in spite Of prolonged firing upon
the part of all the gunboats Nobody,
however, was killed. This removes the
last hope of provisioning Manila.
During the week all the garrisons
were simultaneously overpowered or
surrendered as prisoners. The latter
are well treated. A majority of those
who resisted We're slaughtered.
In the northern sections the insur-
gents have united near Passig on the
Passig River, driving the Spanish gun
boats to Dom. There We're a few
casualties. The scene of hostilities is a
defensive country, thickly
having an unlimited number
of natural advantages and several
and trenches Any aver
age army could easily defy ten times
their number.
On all sides can be seen the Span
ards retiring, moving the soldiers eff
fects and dismantling the barracks pre-
maturely, evidently anticipating de-
feat as a matter of course. The SOL
1iers are brave and desperate and hate
to retreat, but they are hopelessly in
and shamefully underfed.
Many of them have assured the COR
that they have never been
at target practice in their lives. Still
they are eager for an opportunity to
display 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. 1t
is pitiable sight. The native peas
antry charitably assist the starving
soldiers without compensation, and
some Englishmen yesterday gave a
treat to the soldiers guarding the out
post. They bought a wandering
hawker's store of eatables for few
shillings. and gave the food to the SOL
diers, who said it was the first food
they had tasted for thirty-six hours
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 boulevards, reviling the English,
while the men under their charge are
starving
The insurgents yesterday rushed the
passage of the Zapota River and also
descended from the lagoon, took the
Spaniards in the flank and captured
several guns. The Spanish soldiers
made good stand until they We're or
dered to retreat. Probably their am
munition was inadequate. 1t is almost
impossible to understand how such
positions can be abandoned
without a struggle.
The insurgents to-day captured Las
Pinas, Parague, Tungalo Malibay and
ards lost ninety men killed and wound
ed and several thousand returned here
unhurt.
The insurgents are now firing into
NOlate, the sOuthernmost part Of Ma
Mia. and a mile and a half from the
center place containing the fort, maga-
zine, telegraph office and clubhouse.
The horse cars are running, and la
dies are visiting within rifle shot Of
the enemy, apparently unconcerned.
The insurgents are also in every out
lying quarter Of Manila, awaiting the
signal to advance.
AT CaloOcan, suburban railway
station, there are still a few Spanish
troops in ridiculous little intrench-
nents. The village is full of insurgents
and the railroad line is broken outside
the station. The ties have been care
fully removed by the insurgents, who
promised to replace them after the
war.
Many Of the native troops make lit
tie secret of their intention to desert
tonight. There is a frantic scram BILE
for refuge inside the old walled citadel,
by the Governors orders, Of all the
The Captain General held a council Of
war at which it was proposed to sur
render because resistance is clearly
useless, and a deplorable expenditure
IF blood and heroic efforts We're render
ed futile by lack Of training, insufficient
supplies and the smal1ness Of the force
The council was furious at this thu
initiation by mere natives" and Cap
tain General Augusti resigned his mill
tary command and was succeeded by
his second in command, who counter
the withdrawal Of the troops
from the field.