The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-01
AMERICAN FORCES DRIVE FILL
PlNOS FROM THEIR TRENCH
ES AT PAVIA
GILMORE'S STORY is TOLD
BRAVE NAVAL LIEUTENANT WAS
SENTENCED TO BE SHOT AND
SAVED BY AGUINALDO
THRILLING TRIALS ENDURED

Within Hearing of the Guns of the
Americans, but Doomed to Not
Escape at That Time-Gen. Mac
Arthur Preparing to Close In on
the Remaining Forces of the Fill
ipinO Chief.
MANILA, Nov 30-Dispatches Just re-
ceived from noiIo, island of Panay, say
that at 10 o'clock on the evening of Sun
day, Nov. 26, the Eighteenth regiment
encountered an entrenched force of the
enemy at Pavia, who opened a heavy
fire. The leading battalion replied, and
after several vOlleys the Nineteenth
thanked the Filipinos driving them out
of their trenches. The enemy retreated
to the mountains. At the beginning Of
the fight one officer and one private Of
the Eighteenth were killed.
When the landing party from the Unit
ed States battleship Oregon, under
Lieut.. Commander McCracken took the
town of Vigan, province of South Hocos
last Sunday, they found there an escaped
prisoner, A L. Sonnenhein, who fur
nished the first authentic account Of the
experience of Lieut.. Davis Gilmore, of
the United States gunboat Yorktown,
who, with a party from the Yorktown,
were captured by the insurgents near Ba-
Ter, en- the east coast of Luzon, last April,
while making an examination of the
mouth of the river IN an armed boat. MI
Sonnenhein was imprisoned at Albra for
a long time with Lieut.. Gilmore and his
sailors, but contrived TO escape, carrying
a concealed note, written in naval char
acter. dated Albra, Nov. 10, addressed to
"any naval officer" and saying:
you may have perfect confidence in
anything the bearer says"
The note was signed Gilmore"
CAPTURE OF GILMORE.
According to Mr. Sonnenhein, when
Lieut. Gilmores launch entered the river
from Baler harbor, under cover of En-
sign w. II. Standley's guns, the party
We're received with three volleys Three
of the Americans were killed and two
mortally wounded. Every man was hit
Lieut. Gilmore receiving a flesh wound in
the hip, and his foot stuck fast in the
mud. 1t was choice between surren-
dering and being slaughtered. Lieut.. Gill
more asked terms Of release. The in
surgents promised it, he said, If they Sc
cured the delivery of the arms and am
munition of the Spaniards at Baler, I'M
dertaking if this was accomplished to
send the party and Spaniards to the
Yorktown. A sailor of Lieut. GilmOFe's
party carried this proposition to the gar
risOn. The Spanish commandant re-
piled that it was an insult to Spanish
arms, and expelled the sailor, Spanish
soldiers firing upon him as he went
The Americans were then bound hand
and foot and taken to Isidro, when Gen.
Luna ordered their execution They were
marched to the plaza and, in the presence
of a great crowd, were aligned TO be
executed. Lieut.. Gilmore said:
LAS an American officer and gentleman
I protest against being shot with my
hands tied
Aguinaldo interfered and prevented the
execution.
When Gen. LaWtOn approached San
Isidro, last June, the Americans We're re-
moved to Albra, where they were kept
confined in cells for two months. SUBJ
sequently they were allowed greater lib
erty, but the report that Lieut.. Gilmore
was given a house and servant is untrue.
He had the same quarters as the men.
and the Americans were given the same
allowance as the Spanish prisoners-5
cents a day, with which to buy rice and
bananas-virtually the only rations.
CLOSING IN ON FILIPINOS.
Gen. Macarthur Is now in BayOmbong
preparing to sweep the country on both
sides of the acknowledgement railway.
Gen Wheaton is at San Fabian and Gen.
Lawton at Tayug. a Gordon from San
FABIAN to San Isidro covers all the roads,
and occupies all the towns on the line
The American policy is to prevent any
more insurgents escaping to the north,
and to force them toward the country
west of the railroad
Mai. March, with a battalion of the
Thirty-third infantry, occupies Viguan,
having made a forced march from San
Fabian. The remainder of the regiment
is on the way
1t is learned that Auginaldo had a large
amount Of stores at Bayombong, province
of Neuva Visayas, which Gen. Lawton s
troops have probably captured.
The steamer Francisco Reyes has taken
a cargo of supplies to Dagupan, where
a base will be established. Stores have
been established at San Isidro, Cabatuan
and Tayug.
Many of the American troops are suf-
fering from exhaustion, fever or dysen-
terry, and are in need Of hospital treat
ment.
BRAVE AMERICANS