Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-15
FIGHT NEAR MANILA.
COLORADO BOYS WERE IN IT.
General Lawton Leads . Movement thas
Sweeps FnIpinos from Province NJ
Cavite.

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Manila, June 11,-At daybreak yes.
terday n force Of $500 men, under
\ Generals Lawton, Wheaton and Over.
shine, advanced from San Pedro Ma
cati, sweeping the country between the
bay of Manila and Bay Like south Of
Manila.
BY noon the country had been
cleared almost to ParanQue. The
Americans lost two officers killed and
twenty-one soldiers wounded. The
rebels resisted desperately ut the
stronger of their positions and left tif.
ty dead In the trenches. Many more
wounded were left behind by the rebels
in their retreat.
The heat during the day was over
powerlng and there were many pros
trations Of American soldiers from
that cause.
General Lawton's force consisted Of
two battalions each OF the Twenty
first and Ninth infantry. six companies
Of the Colorado volunteers and de-
tachment Of artillery.
The Nevada cavalry was under Cen
eral Wheaton and the Thirteenth and
the Fourteenth infantry, the Fourth
cavalry and detachment of light ar
tillery We're under General Overshine.
1t was scarcely dawn when the
troops, In n long, silent procession,
wound up the hillside behind the
American trenches and formed n
skirmish line. Concealed In the jungle
the advance rebel outposts fired few
shots before being seen. The oppos-
ing forces occupied two ranges Of cres-
cent shaped hills.
The artillery, the Colorado infantry
and the Nevada cavalry swung around
the hill top to the left and opened the
battle at 6:3O. The rebels made no re-
sponse from the hills. and the Colorado
men cautiously advanced through the
thick grass until they We're confront
ed by trench, from which n few
weak volleys were fired. A spirited
response followed and II charge into
the trench found 1t to be deserted.
In the meantime part of the Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth regiments
formed into skirmish line, extending n
mile to the right, and supported by the
rest Of the regiments, swept down the
valley and up the hillside toward an
other trench.
Approaching through the morass SER
iously hampered the Fourteenth. and
the rebels. taking advantage of this.
poured CALLING fire upon them for
thirty minutes. The Fourteenth was
purpose Of finding n safe crossing ir
the swamp. Finally the trench was
en1iladed on both TANKS. The rebels
fed to the woods and sustained severe
loss.
General Lawton then pushed his en-
tire command south through the GEN.
ter of the isthmus until few miles
| south of Paranque, when he swung
around and halted on account Of the
heat.
During the march men were prostrat.
ed on all sides. owing to lack of water
and exposure to the sun. 1t is est
! mated that forty per cent. of the troops
were exhausted.
The doublc-turreted monitor Monad-
mock an3 the three other vessels
shelled ParanQue this morning, and the
rebels promptly evacuated the place.
Captain Nichols of the Monadnock
died Of sunstroke during the day.
The Filipino occupation of the prov.
ince of Cnvite has been broken and,
as the result of the present movement,
the Americans now control the impor.
tant coast towns of Paranque and Las
Pinas. while Il long line of insurgent
trenches facing our south lines has
been cleared.
The Colorado regiment was In the
fore front Of the fighting NIL day and
nau eleVen men wounded, while Colo.
mel Moses was shot In the arm.
The insurgents again proved their In.
cility as dodgers, between 5000 and T..
600 warriors, who seemed destined to
be captured. having disappeared, the
majority sliding away under cover OF
the night, after fighting the Americans
all day. Some others came to meet
our troops with protestations OF friend.
ship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one man
killed and six wounded; the Ninth in.
fantry one man killed and five wound.
ed; the Fourteenth infantry three
wounded, and the First Colorado vol.
unteer regiment eleven wounded.
Yesterdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire 18th.
mus, from Daguna de Bay to the har
Dor. While the troops were adyanc
Ing. the army gunboat Napidan, In the
river near Taguig. shelled the enemy