The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-09
MALoLos. p. l., April Is, 1899.

los, or in and around the city, as we
have been since April lst Part Of the
Bird Artillery are doing police duty
in the city. We are pretty well
rested now and another foot race will
probably occur in the near future,
1t sometimes strikes one rs almost
funny the way We have done We
start out and run the natives until
they ought to be satisfied and we are
exhausted, then we stop and ask
them if they are not whipped and
post n proclamation saying what we
will do if they don't quit. 1 don't
know whether they answer or not
but about the third night they make
an attack on us. When we got to
Malolos and captured the city
thought the back bone of the re-
learned that the Filmros do not
seem TO Apr ciate Il e fac. Since
arriving here, hut a few nights ago,
April IL, the detachment guarding
the railroad few miles in our rear,
was attacked by a large body of in
surgents. There were two Americans
killed and sixteen wounded. A bout
forty Filipinos were killed and
wounded. On the 18th and 18th the
outpOsts were attacked and in one
case battery II of the 3rd artillery,
were entirely surrounded and cut Off
from the other forces They are
posted about two miles west OF Ma.
lolOs. Several of them were killed
and wounded. One night the bullets
that one Of the horses and one of the
mules in the goth Kansas train were
shot. Nearly all of US got behind
rice dykes that night. Gen. Law ton
fought the insurgents and drove them
out of Santa Cruz on the 9th, killing
and wounding about $50. One Ameri-
can killed and three wounded. The
insurgents were surrounded in such a
way that they were compelled to re-
treat through storm of bullets from
machine guns on the gun boats.
Santa Cruz is on Laguna de Bay
which is southwest of Manila. So
you see they are all around yet. We
expected 10 advance TO Calumpit, the
next large ttwn, before this, but have
not started yet. 1t is said to lie
strongly fortified with trenches and IA
swamp. Faint rumors say that no
further advance is to be made until
after the raiuy season: that Maloles
Will he made military post and
held of course. 1t is evident that this
city is an intended base of supplies
as train loads Of travel rations have
been stored here.
promised TO tell you something OF
the advance from La Loui church to
Malolos but after the start | know
but very little. One could see part of
n regiment here or there going into
the brush or across field and hear
some fighting in first one place and
then another but you could get but
line of advance might be. Every
regiment was sweating and straining
TO keep up, aud the right end which
was at the end OF the whip cord
never saw after the first morning
Before the advance our lines around
CAlOocau were rs follows. The 10th
Kansas extended from a swamp on
the left Of the road in front of North
CalOocau, aud at right angles with it,
east for abouh three-fOurths of a mile
The right end Of the line curved of
a little back toward the south. Where
our line crossed the railroad which
was on knoll, wa built II fort Of
dirt which we called Fort McArthur
Four guns Of the 9th Utah (also q
Mortar and Gatling gum artillery
who were located here to help hold
tine line. Along toward the last we
a 80 had five barrel revolving
HOtchkiss one pound cannon down
near the left end of our line, Malo.
bon, good sized city, was just little
way in front of US about "a mile tc
our left. Some of the city extended
ona peninsula past the left end o
our line. 1t was cross fire down
through our trenches from this
peninsula that made our trenches
90 uncomfortable. We lost seven OF
eight pen and several wounded while
we were waiting there those six
weeks. Where our right ended Mon
tana began and completing the turn
extended back south. Then came the
3rd artillery as infantry, and 10th
Pennsylvania, which extended to and
past La Iona church. This churct
is on hill and about mile and 1
half south and little east of Calico
can. The Nebraska, South Dakotf
and 10th Pennsylvania extended south
then incining o the east entered tn,