Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-02-09

his followers.
The battle began on Saturday night at
S:45, when terrible fulisade was poured
out from along the entire line of TIE in
surgents. The American outposts re-
turned the fire and all our troops were
hurried out The firing then ceased for
about half an hour.
THE FIRING LINES.
At 10 O'Clock the fighting was resumed,
u, American firing line consisting of the
Third Artillery, tue Kansas and Montana
regiments, the Minnesota regiment, the
Pennsylvanians, the Nebraskans, the
Utah Battery, the Idahos, the Washing
tons, the Californians, the Fourth Cavalry,
North Dakota Volunteers, South Dakota
and Colorado regiments, Sixth Artillery
and Fourteenth Infantry.
The Filipinos concentrated their forces
at three points, Caloocan, Santa Mesa and
Galingatan, and maintained an intermitted
fusilade for some hours.
They brought their artillery into action
at Gaingatan at 10: 80, but only one gun
annoyed the Americans to any appreciable
extent, Howitzer, on the road beyond
Santa Mesa. The third Artillery siienced
the Galingatan battery by firing two guns
simultaneously by volleys from the infan-
try.
At about midnight there was a 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
Yhere was another lull until daylight,
when the Americans advanced.
During the night, in response to Rear
Admiral Dewey's signals, flashed across
from Cavite, the United States cruiser
Charleston. and the gunbout Concord,
stationed at Malabon, poured deadly
fire from their secondary battery into the
Filipino trenches at Caloocan.
After daylight, the United States double
turret moniter, Monadnock, opened fire
off Malate and kept shelling the Filipnos'
left flank while the other vessels shelled
the enemy's right flank for several hours.
By 10 O'Clock the Americans had ap-
parently completely routed the enemy
and had taken the villages of Polowpong,
Santa Mesa, Paco, Santana, San Macorte,
Pandocana and Passai, had destroyed hun
dreds of native huts, and had secured pos
session of the water main and reservoir-a
distance of over six miles. The Tennes-
seeaus Joined the firing line at 10 o'clock
on Sunday morning and assisted in
capturing Santa Mesa.
One of the most notable events of Sun
days work was driving the Filipinos out
of their stronghold at Paco by the reserve,
few companies of Californians, COM
manded by Colonel Duboce. The main
road to the village was lined by native
Ddts full of Filipino sharpshooters. After
they had been firing upon General King
and his staff, killing driver, and wound
ing one on an ambulance Of the Red Gross
Society, Colonel Duboce ordered the huts
to be cleared and burned.
The Filipinos concentrated in Pace
church and convent, where they made 8
determined stand in the upper stories. A
platoon of Californlans stationed on
neighboring bridge maintained hot fire
on the Filipinos, but was unable to dis
lodge them. In the face of a terrible
fusilade, Colonel Duboce and few volun
teers dashed into the church, scattered
coal oil inside of it, set fire to the oil anc
retired.
In the meantime, Captain Dyer's bat
terry, of the Sixth Artillery, bombardeC
the church, dropping dozen shells into
the tower and roof. Company L and par
of Company G, of the Californians, charged
into the church, but were unable to ascenC
the single flight of steps leading TO th'
story above.