The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-17
MANILA STARVING
Spanish Troops Thirty-siz
Hours Without Food
Insurgents Push
ing On.
[By Cable. Copyright. 1898. by The Associated

IBy Gable. Copyright. 1898. by The Associated
Press.l
MANILA, June 5. 1895. (via HONG
Kong, June 17)-It is now offlcially adj
mitted here that the lack of food sups
plies has become serious matter. Gun:
boats, conveying volunteers, sent int1
the lagoon to search for food for ths
city on Friday, June 3, returned here tos
day, Sunday, and reported the total fail
ure of their mission.
Later it was officially admitted that the
troops have been thirty-six hours with'
out food The insurgents are gaining
everywhere and are now firing into Ma.
Mia itself.
The Commanders of the gunboats alsQ
report that every lagoon and town is hos
tile and that their garrisons have probs
ably been massacred.
The Spanish fiotilla was unable to ef<
feet a landing in spite of prolonged
firing upon the part of all the gunboats
Nobody, however, was killed.
This removes the last hope Of pro
visioning Manila.
During the week allthe garrisons were
simultaneously overpowered or surren-
dered as prisoners. The latter are well
treated A majority Of those who re-
sisted were slaughtered.
In the northern sections the insurgents
have united near Passig, on the Passte
River, driving the Spanish gunboats e
Doa There were a few casualties
The zone of hostilities is magnificent
defensive country, thickly wooded, hay
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 premature
ly evidently anticipating defeat as "a
matter Of course The soldiers are brave
and desperate 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 op7
porfunity to display their valor and are
confident that the enemy is equally un-
practiced.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Whole companies of Spaniards have had
nothing to eat for two days and some Of
them are literally crying. 1t is pitabla
sight. The native peasantry charitably
assist the starving soldiers without COM
pulsion and some Englishmen, yester-
day, gave a treat to the soldiers guard
ing an outpose. They bought wan
dering hawker's stock of catables 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.
There is no doubt, as one person re-
marked, that somebody deserves lynch-
ing for the state of affairs existing.
Scores of bloated officehs Of the Spanish
forces are to be seen daily loafng about
wards, 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 flank and captured several
guns. The Spanish soldiers made good
stand until they were ordered to retreat
Probably their ammunition was made
quate.
It is almost impossible to understand
how such magnificent positions can pc
abandoned without struggle.
The insurgents, today, captured Les
Pinas, Paranague. Tungalo, Mali Bay and
Pineda, all ON the coast line. The Span
iards lost ninety men killed and wounded
and seven thousand returned here uE-
hurt
The insurgents are now firing into Ma
late. the southernmost quarter OF Man
la. and mile. and half from the cen-
tre Of the place containing the fort,
magazine. telegraph office and club house.
The horse cars are running and ladies'
are visiting within rifle shot OF the ene-
my. apparently unconcerned.
The insurgents are also In every outiy-
ing quarter of Manila. awaiting the sig
nal to advance.
AT Caloocan a suburban railroad STA
zion. there are still a few Spanish troops
in ridiculous little entrenchments.
The village is full Of insurgents and the
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