The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-13

| Manila. June 10-At day break to-
| day a force Of 800 men under Generals
Lawton, Wheaton and Overshine ad-
| vapced from San Pedro Macati, sweep
ing the country between the bay Of Ma
| Mia and Bay Lake south of Manila.
| By noon the country had been cleared
| almost to Paranaque. The Americans
| lost two officers killed and twenty-one
soldiers wounded.
! The rebels resisted desperately at the
stronger of their positions and left fif-
! ty dead in the trenches. Many more
! wounded were left behind by the rebels
| in their retreat. The heat during the
| day was overpowering and there were
many prostrations of American SOL
diers from that cause.
General Lawton's forces consisted Of
| two battalions each of the Twenty
| first and the Ninth infantry, six COM
| panies of the Colorado volunteers, and
detachment of artillery. The Nevada
cavalry was under General Wheaton
and the Thirteenth and Fourteenth
infantry, the Fourth cavalry and a de-
| tachment of light infantry were under
| General Overshine
1t was scarcely dawn when the troops
| in a long, silent procession wound up
| the hillside behind the American
trenches and formed a skirmish line.
| Concealed in the jungle, the advance
| rebel OutpoSts fired few shots before
being seen.
! The opposing forces occupied two
ranges of crescent shaped hills.
The artillery, the Colorado infantry
and the Nevada cavalry swung around
the hill to the left and opened the bat
tie at $50 o'clock. The rebels made
no response from the hills and the
Colorado men cautiously advanced
through the thick grass, until they
were confronted by a trench, from
! which few weak volleys were fired.
! A spirited response followered and
charge into the trenches found it to be
| deserted.
In the meantime part of the Thir-
teenth and the Fourteenth regiments
formed in skirmish line, extending a
mile the right, and supported by the
. lCoI VI luC lO6lIiChlC SNNPl w" IL tHO
valley and up the hillside toward an
other trench. Approaching through
the grass seriously hampered the
Fourteenth and the rebels taking ad-
vantage of this, poured a CALLING fire
upon them for thirty minutes. The
Fourteenth was twice compelled to
withdraw for the purpose of finding
safe crossing in the swamp F,lally
npG1 n1 hCf
fianks The rebels fed to the woods
and sustained severe loss.
General Lawton then pushed the en-
| tire command south, through the CEN
ter of the isthmus until a few miles
south Of Paranaque, when he swung
around and halted on account of the
heat.
During the march, Americans were
prostrated on all sides, owing to lack
of water and exposure to the sun. 1t
is estimated that 40 per cent. of the
troops were exhausted.
The double turreted monitor Monad-
nook and three other vessels shelled
Paranaque this morning and the rebels
promptly evacuated the place.
SPAlNIARDS RIOTING IN HAVANA.
Havana, June 1O.-An immense
Spanish flag with a picture of General
Weyler pasted on it was borne today
at the head of party of fifty Spaniards
who were on their Wy to embark for
Spain As the party proceeded, its
members cried viva Espana"
Two Cubans, Carlos Cruzado and
Miguel Atieza, were met by the Span
iards who endeavored to compel them
to hurrah for Spain. This the Cubans
refused to do, replying with shouts Of
viva Cuba" The leader Of the mob,
Vincente Morente, attacked Atieza and
was assisted by his companions. Att
eza was roughly handled, ard received
number of severe bruises. The po-
lice interfered and arrested Morente,
but sent the remainder Of the party
board ship.
The cab strike is still on. Private
stables are reaping harvest, charging
for conveyances at the rate OF "a In
gold per hour, and all their vehicles
are engaged.
OUR TROOPS SUFFER FROM WANT
OF SHELTER
The soldiers at Camp Columbia are
still living in tents, the barracks for
their accommodation not having been
finished. The daily heavy rains are
causing great annoyance. All the tents
are OF new brown hospital canvass,
which was thought TO be the best OBJ
tainable for the climate, but has prov
ed utterly unfit. The chemicals used
in the dye eat the fibre and make the
tents leak after a week of exposure.