The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-17
IHajRGENT loss WAS HEAVY
OVER TWO THOUSAND WERE KILL
ED IN THE BATTLES.
OUR LOSS MORE THAN REPORTED.
Besides the Tillpinos Killed, over Three
Thousand Were Wounded And Five
Thousand Taken Prisoners.

Further advices from Manila state
that careful estimates place the
Filipino losses up to date at 1000
dead, $500 wounded and 5000 taken
prisoners.
It now develops that ffty-four
Americans were killed in the battles
of Saturday night and Sunday and
the list of the wounded will probably
reach 200.
Owing to the area embraced in the
scene of Sundays engagement, semi
circle of fully II miles, details regard
ing individual fighting have been ex-
tremely difficult to obtain. SO far as
can be gathered, the brush commenced
at 8:45 o'clock on Saturday evening
by the firing of a Nebraska sentry at
Santa Mesa upon Filipinos who were
deliberately crossing the line, after
repeated warnings, with the evident
purpose of drawing our fire.
The first shot from the American
sentry was evidently accepted as pre-
arranged signal, for it was followed
almost Immediately by terrific fusl-
lade along the entire Filipino line on
the north side of the Pasig river.
The American outposts returned the
fire with such vigor that the Filipino
fire was checked until the arrival OF re-
endorsements. All the troops in the
vicinity were hurried out and the Fill
pinos ceased firing for half an hour,
while their own re-enforcements came
up.
At 10 O'Clock the firing was resum-
ed, the American firing line consisting
of the Third artillery, the Kansas and
Montana regiments, the Minnesota
regiments, the Pennsylvanians, the
Nebraskans, the Utah battery, the
Idahos, the Washingtons, the Califor
mans, the Fourth cavalry, the NORTH
Dakoka volunteers, South Dakota anC
Colorado regiments, Sixth artiller!
and Fourteenth infantry.
The Filipinos concentrated thel
forces at three points-Calooean, SAINTS
Mesa and Galingatan-and maintaine'
an intermittent fusilade for som
, hours. q
They brought artillery into actor
, at Galingatan at 1890 o'clock p. m.
but only one gun annoyed the Amerl
cans to any appreciable extent, how
itzer on the road beyond Santa Mesf
a The Third artillery silenced the Ga
g ingatan battery by firing two gun
9 simultaneously, which was followe
g Immediately by volleys from the IL
:. fantry.
# At about midnight there was lu
/ in the firing, lasting until 3:45 a. n
L Sunday when the Filipino line r,
l. opened fire. The Americans poured
2; terrific fire into the darkness for twel
le ty minutes and there was another lu
ID until daylight, when the American
generally advanced.
During the night, in response
al Rear Admiral Dewey's signals, fias
IN ed across from Cavite, the Unite
States cruiser Charleston and the gu
boat Concord, stationed at Malabo
q poured deadly fire from their seco1
~ battery into the Filipino trenches
q Caloocan.
90 After daylight the double-turret Sc
~ going monitor Monadnock opened II
ne off Malate and kept Smelling the Fl
y, pinos' left flank, while the other We
al sells shellod the enemys right flank +
90 several hours.
ng By 10 o'clock the Americans had C
so parently completely routed the ener
nu and had taken the villages of Pala
los pong, Santa Mesa, Paco, Santa Al
9w San Pedro, Macorte, Pandocan a
n9 Pasai; had destroyed hundreds of I
~ tive huts, and had secured possessi
III of the water main and reservoir a d
Ia lance of over six miles.
ny The Tennesseeans joined the fri
hu line at 10 o'clock on Sunday morni
-oh and assisted in capturing Santa Me
Ore of the most notable events
Sundays work was driving the F
10 pinos out of their stronghold at Pi
Ills by the reserve, a few companies
vas Californians commanded by Colo
ect Duboce.
ty.