The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-16
WAR WITH THE
RECENT ALLIES


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General Otis could receive reinforce .
ments and before the Senate could vote
on the treaty Of peace ceIing the Phil .
ippines 10 I United States. had been
frustrated. The America soldiers
displayed the greatest valor charging
upon the native troops. who were their
superiOTs numerically and armed with
Mauser rifles. with recSIessnsss OF
death which scattered all before them.
They found delight in the battle. and
every man was rejliCed 20 Ce. into
action. An incident OF the lighting
was the death OF Colonel William :.
Smith Of the First Tennessee vu.uu-
teers from "A stroke OF apopleNy. He
was a Confederate veteran. and fought
under Lee from the commencement OF
the civil war until the surrender OF
las chief at Appomlttox. The excite
men, and the smell o. gunpovder were
too much TO- the old war horse. and
his life went on. amid the din OF rife
in the tar OIL Philippines under the flag
OF the Union in the defence OF which
he had volunteered his services. Al
though the Filipinos We're armed To a
great extent with MalIsers their marks
mansnIp was poor. and they lid less
Damage Than was to- have been eX-
pected. They. However. showed much
courage. and it is told OF the YgOrates.
that, although only armed with bows
and arrows, they made a determined
stand in the face OF a hot artillery fire.
anu left many dead on the field of bat
tie.
| ne of the most notable events OF
Sundays advance was the driving o.,
the Filipinos from their stronghold az
Pace ny the reserve, composed Cf a
few companies of the First California
regiment commanded by Lieutenant
lColonel Duooce. lac main road to the
viuage was lined by native nuts full
To- Filipino sharpshooters. After they
had been firing upon General King
and MS staff, killing a driver and fir
ing upon an ambulance OF the Red
Cross Socie, Y, Colonel DubUcs ordered
the huts TO he cleared and burned. The
Fiipinos concentrated in Pace Church
and convent. where they made deter
mined stand in the upper stories.
\ platoon OF Caiifornians stationed
on neighbor.ng bridge. maintained .
hot fire on the Filipinos, Ju, was va.
able 10 dislouge them. In the face O
a terrific fusillade Colonel Du5Oce Gut
few volunteers Gasaed into tn,
cnurch, scattered coal oil inside OF 81
set fire to the oil and retired.
In the meantime Captain Dycr's b1t
terry of the Sixth Artillery b1mb,rdeJ
the church. dropping a dozen shell.
into the tower and roJI. Company !
and part of Company C. OF Gle CJlifor
mans charged into the church. but wer,
unable TO ascend me single flight %
steps leading to the story above.
After the Californians had retired
company of the Idahos and the Wash
ington guards stationed on either sid,
of the building. picked OF the FLIP
mos as they were smoked out. Man!
of the Flipinos however. escaped int,
the brush in the rear OF The church
The Americans captured fifty-three an,
Iduring the fighting about the churC'
twenty of them were killed.
Another intensely exciting iHcidcu
. occurred during the engagement Tn
lWashing,ons and IdahOs and COmpl
MES X and NJ of the California mad
charges across the rice fields beiwscj
Pace and Sontana in the face OF ter
giole tusillade. The ground the mex
day over when they passed was GOV
cred with dead and wounded natives
1.-The former are being buried in group
Of five or six about where they Jas
and the latter are being taken % tn
hospital. Il was ut this stage OF tn
fighting and at Calvocan that the mn
tives suffered their heavieS. loss.
The Fourteenth regulars were in
particularly tight place near SiuEl.ur
and Colonel DuJoce was compelled @
rush past them with the reserve in OF
der 10 prevent the regulars from 1Ciu
cut on. In the last line twelve me
were killed before the Fuip.nCs retire.
Both sides cheersd frequently tur.u
> the engagement. The American thu.
rahs" We're almost invariably met D.
derisive -vivas.' Among the na,iv,
y gorO,es We're especially noticeable 10
their bravery, about zoo OF these make
slvageS facing artillery fire with The.
bows and arrows.
\ dispatch from Manila o. this ia,
says: Three companies OF the Kansl
regiment, unUer command Of Colon.
Funston, made 4 brilliant charge In.
evening against a body OF Filipino.
who We're hard pressing a recouuoitsl