The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-12
FILIPINO POWER BROKEN.
Insurgents Driven From Their Posi-.
tiOns in the Province of Cavite.

MANILA, June 1.-THE Filipino occu-
patton of the province of Cavite has been
broken, and, as the result of the pres
ent movement, the Americans now con-
troll the important coast towns of Pa
ranaque and Las Pinas, while a long
line OF insurgent trenches facing our
south line has been cleared.
The insurgents have again proved their
Iaclllty as dodgers, between 5000 and
4.VcO warriors, who seemed destined to
De captured, having disappeared, the ma
Jcrlty sliding away under cover of one
night, after fighting the Americans all
oay' some others came to meet our
troops, with protestations of friendship
The Thirteenth infantry lost one man
killed and six wounded: the Ninth In
fantry one man killed and five wound
ed; the Fourteenth infantry three wound
ed, and the First Colorado volunteer
regiment eleven wounded.
Yesterdays work was the hardest our
army mas seen. The battlefield stretched
out across the entire isthmus, from La
Buna de Bay to the harbor While the
troops were advancing the army gunboat
Naploan, In the river near Tagu, shelIed
the enemy, killing several of them. The
monitor Monadnock and the gunhoat
Helena shelled Paranaque and Las Pinas
all day, With the full power of their bat
teries.
hiding
until the American lines had passed. and
then attempted to pot stragglers from
the trees. Thanks to their poor Marks
manShip this was without result The
whole country proved to be a succession
of small hills, with boggy ground be-
tween the high, thick grass and bushes
In the hollows, which greatly added to
the difficulty of the advance, but gave
shelter that saved may from the enc
my's bullets. Our men threw away their
blankets, coats and even haversacks.
stripping to the waist and trusting to
luck for food. Water could not be OBJ
tanned, and there was much discomfort
after the canteens were emptied
FORCED THE TRENCHES.
At the outset the Colorado volunteers.
the Ninth infantry, and the Twenty
first infantry forced the line of insur-
gent trenches, wheeled to the left and
drove the enemy toward the lake. Dur-
ing this maneuver the Filipinos in con-
cealed trenches on the right, opened an
enfilading fire, but the brigade. partly
owing to the high grass, had but few hit
The Ninth infantry crept around to the
right, nanking the trenches driving out
the F1lpinos and killing many of them.
Ihe Colorado regiment advanced to the
lake. Two companies encountered
trenches on the top of a knoll where
the F1lipinos stood waist high above a
trench, pouring volley upon the ad-
Vancing Americans The Colorado troons
charged and drove them out, Lieut.. Col.
Moses being wounded in the arm as he
jumped into the trench
In the meantime Gen. Wheaton's COL
UEnn advanced one and one-half miles
towards Paranaque, where the Ameri-
cans found strong trench on a ridge.
out of which they drove the Filipinos by
hard fighting.
The enemy tried to flank the dismount-
ed troops OF the Fourth cavalry, accom-
panying Mai Gen. Lawton. and at The
same time they made their only adj
vance, throwing a skirmish line to flank
the Fourteenth infantry. But they were
easily repulsed, the American artillery
coming to the crest of the hill and she'll
ing them.
About o'clock in the afternoon Gen
Wheator's brigade, headed by Gen. Law