The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-10
MORE Than FIVE HUNDRED SPANISH PAY
qHE PENALTY FOR ATTACKING AMERICANS
Only Fourteen Of Merritts Troops Killed While
Moving Down the Enemy at Malate
---Soldiers Do Not Budge.

estimated at 5000. attempted TO surprise
the camp. Our pickets were driven in and
the trenches assaulted The Pennsylvania
men stood their ground under a witherng
fire. The First California regiment. with
two companies Of the Third artillery. were
sent TO reinforce the Pennsylvanians.
Artillery Mowx the Spanish.
The enemy Was on top of the trenches
when these reinforcements arrived. and
never was the discipline of regulars bet
ter demonstrated than by The work of the
Third artillery under Capt. O'Hara. Moth
ing could be seen but the flashes of the
Mauser rifles. The men ran right up to
the attacking Spaniards and moved them
down with regularity. Utah battery. Capt.
Young. covered Itself with glory. The
men pulled their gun through mud knee
deep Two guns were sent around on the
flank and poured In a destructive enii,ad
ing fire. The enemy was repused and re-
treated in disorder.
Our infantry had exhausted its ammu-
milton, and did not follow the enemy. Not
an inch OF ground was lost, but the scene
in the trenches was one never TO be for
gotten.
On the night OF August the fghting
was renewed. but the enemy had been
taught lesson, and made the attack al
long range with heavy artilltry. The Utah
ed an hour. Fred Springstead. of the
First Colorado. was killed. and others
wounded.
On the night OF August the artillery
duel was renewed. Two men were badly
wounded. and are this morning reported
dead. which brings the total dead TO thir-
teen. with ten III the hospital
Oregon Troops at Cavite.
NEW YORK. Aug s.--A copyrighted
dispatch TO the World, dated Manila. Au-
gust T. says:
The United States monitor Monterey ar
rived today. Manila viii fall as soon as
the monitor Monadnock arrives. She IL
expected Thursday. Dewey's- ships are
the troops Of the third expedition have not
landed. Immediately after the arrival OF
the expedition. Gen. Merritt organized all
his forces for the attack on Manila. The
troops We're formed into one division. under
the command OF Gen. Anderson. The divi-
sion is composed OF two brgades. The
First. under Macarthur Is made up Of the
Twenty-thrd and Fourteenth regular In
fantry, and the Wyoming. North Dakota.
Idaho and Minnesota volunteers. and the
Astor battery The Second brigade under
Gen Green. with the regular infantry.
Third artillery. engineers, signal corr@.
California, Colorado, Nebraska and Penn
syIvanIa volunteers. and the Titan battery.
numbers 900 snen. The Oregon troops
garrison Caylte. Dewey's feet commands
the trenches and camps Of the Spaniards.
The situation In Manila Is critical. and
the lights OF the city are extingushed
Axuinaido Got Ont of the Way.
HONGkONG, Aug. s.-Dspatches from
Cavite under date OF August : report that
Manila was then s,il Spanish" The dis
patches say:
Al 1850 p. m. on SUNDAY the spaniarIs
attacked the American camp near Maiatc,
assaplIng the trenches occupied by the
/ Teuia Pennsylvania regiment. Battery 4.
Utah and two other companies OF Penn
sy.van.a troops. They charged the Ameri-
can right and nearly succeeded In cutting
OF the Pennsylvania companies. but the
Americans rallied and repalsed the Span
iards after desperate fighting. the Amer
can firing breaking the Spanish centsr
The Spaniar1s cha rg@9 again. hat xere
forced 10 retrea: 10 ihe Jungle. where they
kept up \ heavy fire On one OF the roads
leading 20 the American trenches. In or
der 10 prevent re,nfofcenents from arrly-
Ing. The Flrs. California regiment ani
the Utah battery came 20 the rescue
through q wiiher.ng fire. sna never ~a-
vered, though several were wounded. anj
/ Capt Richter WIS killed.
TIE Spaniards charged several times, but
they were met by steady Gre .rosn the
infantry and By shrapnel from the Utah
battery. 50 that eventually they retreat d
20 Maiate forthwith with a loss. Z, IL re-
ported. % ies killed and 80" wounded.
though these figures are probably exag-