The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-06-21
MANILA FALTERs.
The City May Fall Into Dewey's Hands Be
fore Arrival of the TrOOps-AuSusti
About tn Surrender.

OOuIAdl says.
The most severe and important bat
tie since Adm. Dewey's annihilation of
the Spanish feet has occurred at Ma
Mia. One thousand insurgents at
tackled 1900 Spaniards infiicting heavy
LOSSES and almost forcing the entrance
to the city.
The insurgents under Gen. Aguinal-
do and the American sailors and
marines of Adm. Dewey's fleet COM
pletely surrounded Manila
The foreign residents have fed to
the ships.
Gen. August is reported to be will
ing to surrender to the Americans in
order to prevent the insurgents from
capturing the capital, setting it on
fire and killing the Spaniards The
archbishop however is opposed to sur
render and has overruled August.
The success of the insurgents is
wonderful. The Spaniards taken
prisoners in the two weeks campaign
aggregate 5000, including 1000 sol
diers of the regular army. Prominent
among them are Gems. Garcia and
Cordoba.
The governors of the provinces of
Cavite, Balucan and Bataan were also
made prisoners.
Two million rounds of cartridges
were seized id the fortified cathedral
of Old Cavite. The large garrison of
Old Cavite has surrendered, thus Civ
ing the insurgents command of the
shore of the entire bay.
All interior sources of supply are
now cut off from the Spanish forces in
Manila
The Americans can take Manila
within "a hours after the arrival of
the troops. The city is now at the
mercy of the American fleet.
Adm. Dewey's conduct during the
blockade has been admirable.
Agreat fire is raging north of Manila
The insurgents have captured the
waterwOrlls, on which the supply of
the city depends.
Gen. August has issued an order de-
claring that all males above the age of
is shall join the army and do military
duty.
MANILA, June 6, via Hong Kong,
June 1S.-Spanish power is crumbling
in the Philippine islands.
Gen. Pena and a thousand Spanish
soldiers have surrendered at Santa
Cruz Similar surrenders have taken
place at La Guna and at Pampanga,
and in each case hardly anybody was
killed.
1t is reported that RI Adm. Dewey
is unable to restrain the insurgents,
but their conduct has been salts
factory so far There is no
necessity for interference, as no ex-
cesses whatever have been committed.
This is partly due to the merely nomi-
nal assistance furnished the insur-
gents. The latter proposed to form a
republic under Anglo-American tute-
lage and threatened to visit with Sc
we're penalties the insurgents who have
become tUrncOats, especially in the
case of Palermo, a prominent native
protege of the Spaniards.
There was desultory firing to-day in
every quarter on the outskirts of the
town, with no material result, al
though there were several artillery
accidents and one explosion which
killed six Spaniards and wounded
many others.
The ammunition of the Spaniards is
utterly untrustworthy because it is old,
rotten and has never been tested.
The Spaniards are impotent with
rage, bewilderment and despair.
The insurgents yesterday rushed the
passage of the Zapota river and also
descended from the lagoon. took the
Spaniards in flank and captured sew
eral guns. The Spanish soldiers made
a good stand until they were ordered
to retreat. Probably their ammuni-
ton was inadequate.
The insurgents to-day captured Las
Palmas, Parangue, Tugalo, Mali Bay
and Pineday, all on the. coast line.
The Spaniards lost 90 men killed and
wounded and 1000 returned here I'M
hurt.
The insurgents are now firing into
Halate, the southernmost quarter of
Manila, and a mile and half from
the center place containing the fort,
magazine, telegraph Office and club
house.
The captain general held a council
of war, at which it was proposed tc
surrender, because resistance is clear
ly useless and a deplorable expendi-
ture of blood and heroic efforts would
be rendered futile by lack of training.
insufficient supplies and the smallness
of the force.
The council was furious at this "hu-
initiation by mere natives" and he re-
signed 90 and was superseded by his
second in command, who counter
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