Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-18
FIERCE
FIGHTS
Americans Have Several
Sharp engagements
With Spaniards.
Enemy Tries to Rout
Green's lien Near
nanila.
Our Loss Is Fourteen Kill
ed and About Fifty
Wounded.

Cavite, via Hong Kong, Aug. 10
The first shedding of American blood
on Philippine soil took place Sunday
night, when II men were killed and
A wounded during a skirmish at NAL
a1s trenches between Cavite and Ma
Mia. No attack has yet been made
on the Spanish line, but the Amer
leans now occupy the trenches for
merly held by the insurgents. In
Sunday nights skirmish the following
were killed: Corporal W. E. Brown,
10th Pennsylvania; Private Brady,
10th Pennsylvania; Private Bowker,
LIST Wyoming; Privates Hull, Brinton,
Moss and Stillwagen, 10th Pennsylva-
MIA; First Sergt. Maurice Justa, LIST
California; Private Dawson, battery
K, 3rd artillery; Private McKelrath,
battery A, 3rd artillery; Private
Winfield, battery II, 3rd artillery.
On Monday night Private Springstead
of the LIST Colorado was killed. Tues
Gay night the following were killed
Private William Lewis Roody, 23rd
infantry; Private r. W. Bowers, sig
nal corps; Private Fred. auckland
18th Minnesota. Some of the wounded
in Sunday nights skirmish were
struck by shrapnel.
Story of the Fight.
London, Aug. 10. The correspondent
of the Times at Cavite, under Green's
brigade, under date of August 3rd
says: "a heavy monsoon has bee
blowing since Sunday and the deluges
Of rain have greatly increased tn
difficulty of landing and moving t.
United States troops and multiple
the discomforts in camp, which are
already almost uncomfortable. AS |
anticipated, General Green's brigade
| is the focus of the active land cam.
| paign. Already the troops are in con-
slant and close touch with the enemy
| Friday a battalion consisting of the
LIST Colorado with four guns of the
! Utah battery occupied line fifty yard
in advance Of the insurgents between
the beach and Callereal, and 1900
yards from the formidable earthworks
situated at the southern end of Malate,
| the foreign residential quarter of Ma
Mia. After Is hours Of continuous
labor, the work of intrenchment was
| completed, the enemy not firing a sho
until the Americans INDUCED in sharp
shooting. Saturday was comparative
| ly quiet, and so was Sunday until
nightfail, when the 10th Pennsylvania
occupied the trenches after some de-
| sultory picket firing. At 11:30 p. m
! the enemy estimated at $500 stron
opened fire vigorously under cover OF
! the dense undLrgTowth. Their move
ment were further hidden by floods
| of rain. The Pennsylvanians met the
attack with a succession of volleys
covering their right with
| two companies stationed in a swamp
beyond the entertainments. After
three-quarters Of an hour, two com
panies of the 3rd regular artillery IN
der Major O'Hara arrived at double
quick to relieve the PennsylVanians
whose ammunition was almost ex-
hausted. They soon silenced the enc
my's fire. The list California anG
1st Colorado acted as supports. The
! affair lasted two hours. But, not
withstanding the tremendous fusilade
and the heavy shell fire, only ter
Americans were killed and As wound
ed, though there were some casualties
among the supports. The only officer;
wounded were Capt. Richter, of the
1st California, who was wounded Sc
lAOuS4y Ill LuC anu OcIPL. I1OOOS
Bird artillery, wounded slightly il
the leg. Although the engagement
scarcely attained the importance Of 6
battle, it thoroughly tested the quail
tiles Of the United States troops anC
has had an excellent effect, stimulat
ing their zeal and enthusiasm and in
spring them with confidence. The
Spaniards, whose losses in the en-
gagement are not known, are adopting
tactics intended to irritate the Amer
leans. Every night they have main
tanned an annoying fire. They have
now got the true range of the earth
works and their shell and shrapne
fire is very accurate. Monday nigh
the American losses were one killed
and five wounded, and Tuesday night
one killed and six wounded. This
percentage is heavy, considering thai
the men are well entrenched and thai
there has been hardly any fighting il
the open. Gen. MacArthur's brigade
which arrived Sunday, is landing to-
day through heavy surf"
Monitor Monterey Reaches Manila
New York, Aug. 10.-A copyrighted
dispatch to the World dated Manila
| August 4th, says: "The monitor
| Monterey arrived TO-DAY Manila will