Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-02-11
BLOODY FIGHT
AT MANILA
Long Expected Clash Between Amer
leans and FiIipinos Occurred
Saturday Night.
TWENTY OF OUR SOLDIERS SLAIN
Hundreds Of the Insurgents Are
WILL - I'll -
TWENTY OF OUR SOLDIERS SLAIN
Hundreds Of the Insurgents Are
Killed and Their Forces
Driven Back.
sAvE SITUATION WELL IN HAND
General Otis and Admiral Dewey
Send Reassuring Cablegrams
---Cruisers Take Part
i'm the Fighting.

Manila, Feb. 6.-The long expected
rupture between the Americans and
the %Filipinos has come at last. The
former are now engaged in solving the
Filipino problem with the utmost ex-
petition possible.
The clash came at $40 Saturday
evening when three daring Filipinos
darted past the Nebraska regiments
pickets at Santa Mesa, but retired
when challenged. They repeated the
experiment without drawing the SEN
tries fire. But the third time Corporal
Greeley challenged the Filipinos and
then fired, killing one of them and
wounding another. Almost immedi-
ately afterward the Filipinos' line,
from Caloocan TO Santa Mesa, COM
menced II fusillade which was inefrect-
nal. The Nebraska, Montana and
North Dakota outposts replied vigor-
ously and held their ground until rein
forcements arrived.
The Filipinos in the meantime con-
centrated at three points, Caloocan,
Gagelangin and Santa Mesa.
At about / o'clock the Filipinos
opened a hot fire from all three places,
simultaneously. This was supplement-
ed by the fire Of two siege guns at
Balik-Balik, and by advancing their
skirmishers at Paco and Pandacan.
The Americans responded with a ter
rifle fire, but owing to the darkness
they were unable TO determine its ef-
feet.
The Utah Eighth artillery finally
succeeded in siiencing the native bat.
terry. The Third artillery also id
good work on the extreme left. The
engagement lasted oxer an hour.
Cruisers open Fire.
The United States cruiser Charles
ton and the gunboat Concord, sta
toned off Mallona, opened fire from
their secondary batteries on the Fill
pinos' position at Caloocan and kept
it up vigorously.
At PAS there was another fusillade
along the firing line and the United
States double turrcted monitor Mo
nadnock opened fire on the enemy
from of Malate.
With daylight the Americans I'd
vanced.
The California and Washington
regiments made IA splendid charge,
and drove the Filipinos from the vii
lagos of Paco and Santa Mesa.
The Nebraska regiment also distin-
guished itself, capturing several pris-
oners and one howitzer and "a very
strong position at the reservoir, which
is connected with the waterworks.
The Kansas and Dakota regiments
compelled the enemy's right flank to
retire to Caloocan.
There was intermittent firing Mt va
rious points all day long.
The losses of the Filipinos cannot
be estimated at present, but they are
known to be considerable.
The American losses are estimated
at twenty men killed and l25
wounded.
The Ygorates, armed with bows
and arrows, made u very determined
stand in the face of a hot artillery fire
and left many men dead on the field.
Several attempts were made in this
yesterday evening to assassinate
American officers.
Have Their Fill for Awhile.
Manila, Monday, Feb. Go a. M
The Filipinos have apparently reached
the conclusion that the Americans
business, now that the barriers
nre removed. as there were no further
hostilities last night and no attempt
was made TO recover the lost ground.
It is possible, however, that they are
following the tactics they employed
the Spaniards, and will merely
lie off a few days to recuperate their
forces before returning to the attack.
1t is impossible to ascertain as yet
how the news has been received at
.\lalolos, the seat of the insurgent gov
eminent, but the Filipinos In Manila
EXPRESS the opinion hat the movement
for independence has received its
blow, and that annexation will 1
ioon be welcomed generally. ];
A Gun Camera.