The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-07
GREAT LOSSES OF FILlPINOS
CAREFUL ESTIM1TES PL.ICE THE
DEA ID AT 1000.

Captured 5,OOO-The Insurgents Suf-
fered Their Greatest Losses on the
Rice Fields of Paco and ut CoIoacan -
Naked Savages' Bravery.
Manila, Feb. 6.-Careful estimates
place the Filipino losses up to date at
1000 dead, $500 wounded and 5000 taken
prisoners.
Manila, Feb. 6.-The fighting of Sat-
urday night and Sunday extended along
the opposing lines for distance of sew
enteen miles. Hostilities commenced at
S:45 o'clock Saturday night by the firing
of Nebraskan sentry at Santa Mesa
upon Filipinos who We're deliberately
( crossing the line, after repeated warn
ings with the evident purpose of draw
! ing our fire. The first shots from the
American sentry acted like a prear-
ranged signal, for they were followed
almost Immediately by a terrific fusil-
ade along the entire Filipino line on
! the north side of the Pasig rived.
The Filipinos concentrated their
forces at three points, Coloacan, Santa
Mesa and Galingatan, and maintained
an intermittent fusilade for some hours.
They brought artillery into action at
Galingatan at 10:30 o'clock, but only
one gun annoyed the Americans to any
appreciable extent, a howitzer on the
road beyond Santa Mesa. The Sd artil-
lery slenced the Galigatan battery by
firing two guns simultaneously, which
was followed Immediately by volleys
from the infantry.
At about midnight there was lull in
the firing lasting until 3:45 a. M, when
the whole Filipino line reopened fire.
The Americans poured terrific fire
into the darkness for twenty minutes,
and then there was another lull until
daylight when the Americans gener-
ally advanced.
During the night, in response to Rear
Admiral Deweys signal, flashed across
from Cavite, the United States cruiser
Charleston and the gunboat Concord,
stationed at Malabon, poured a deadly
IRE from lHelT secondary UdltSTleS iltO
the Filipino trenches of Coloacan.
After daylight the United States
double turreted sea going monitor Mo-
nadnock opened fire off Maltate, and
kept sheling the Filipinos' left flank
while the other vessels shelled the en-
emy's right flank for several hours. BY
ten o'clock the Americans had appar-
emily completely routed the enemy and
had taken the villages of Palawpong,
Santa Mesa, Paco, Santana, San Pedro,
Macorte. Pandocan, and Pasai, had
destroyed hundreds of native huts,
and had secured possession of
the water main and reservoir. |
The Tennessee's joined the firing line at
10 o'clock on Sunday morning and as
sisted in capturing Santa Mesa. One Of |
the most notable events on Sunday was
driving the Filipinos out Of the rebel |
stronghold at Paco by the reserve, a |
few companies of Californians COM
manded by Colonel Dubece. The main |
road to the village was lined by native |
huts full of Filipino sharpshooters. Af- |
ter they had been firing upon General |
King and his staff, killing a driver, and |
firing upon an ambulance of the Red |
manded by Colonel Duboce. The main |
the huts to be cleared and burned. The |
Filipinos concentrated in Paco church |
and convent, where they made de-
termined stand in the upper stories.
platoon of Californians stationed on
bridge, maintained hot
fire on the Filipinos, but was unable
to dislodge them. In the face of ter
rife fusilade Colonel Duboce and a few
volunteers dashed in the church, scat
tered those inside and set fire to oil and
retired.
In the meantime Captain Dyer's bat
terry of the 9Th artillery bombarded the
dropping a dozen shells into the
tower and roof Company l. and
party of Company G of the Californians
charged into the church, but were un-
able to ascend the single fight of steps
leading to the story above.
After the incendiaries had retired a
company of the Idahos and the Wash
ington guards, stationed on either side
of the building, picked off the F'ilipinos
as they were smoked out. Many of the
rebels, however, escaped into the brush
in the rear of the church. The Ame1i-
cans captured fifty-three Of the rebels,
and during the fighting about the
church twenty of the rebels were killed
Some $500 women, children and nom
,ombatants were allowed to enter the {
American lines after promising to go
to the houses of friends and remain
there. l.
Another intensely exciting incident Y
occurred during the engagement. The c
Washingtons and Idahos and Compa- a
hes K and M of the Californians made l.
charges across the rice fields between +
oaco and SAINT Ana in the face of a S
errific fusilade. The ground to-day 5
,ver which they passed is covered with i
lead and wounded natives. The former t
ire being buried in groups of five or six, Y
lbout where they lay, and the latter c
ire being brought to the hospital. 1t t
vas at this stage of the fighting and at v
goloacan that the Filipinos suffered [
heir heaviest losses. The Fourteenth )
egulars were in a particularly tight I
,lace near Singalon, and Colonel Du- S
,oce was compelled to rush past them "
With the reserve in order to prevent L
he regulars from being cut off. In the
asst line twelve men We're killed before
he rebels retired Both sides cheered