The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-02-16

the town from tn
w. SOUTH they set on fire a number n
nuts IN which some natives had con
" ceaieu themselves for the purpose O
y nring upon the rear OF our troops. Th
natives fled in a hurry.
! our losses were very slight. bu
5: those Of the enemy were heavv. tbei,
/: casualties having been chiefly inflictef
l. by shrapnel. Lieut.. Col. Bruce Wal
lace Of the 1st Montana, is among the
y wounded Americans.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The folIoc;r,
: dlspatch from Gen. Otis was received
J. Friday night:
MANILA Fec. lO.-Adjutant General.
ashlng'on: Insurgents collected
: considerable force between Manila and
Naloocan, where Aguinaldo is reported
10 DE- and threatened attack and m
rising in the city. Friday afternoon
swung LETT Of McArthur's division.
winch is north Of Pasig river. into Ca
ioocan, driving the enemy easy. Our
IeIt is now at CalcOcan. Our loss is
slght; that Of the insurgents consider.
ao'e' Particulars in the morning. At
TACK was preceded by one-half hours
firing from two of Adm. Dcwcv,s vee-
sells. (Sie,ne0 CO.. d.,
MANILA Feb. 1S.-Early Saturday
the Monadnocll and the cruiser Char
lesion began dropping shells into the
reoel camp between Caloocan and
Malabon.
Ihe oncmy's sharpshooters. in tho
jungle on the American left had boen
particularly annoying since daylight, /
SO the 81 artillery drove the rebels ont
OF the jungle at noon. In the mean.
time few more of our men were
wounded.
"AsHlNGToN, Feb 19.--The war de-
partment Saturday received the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Otis:
MANILA, Feb. l1.-McArthurs divis-
ION Is north Of Paa.g river Yesterday !
his left wing, Otis's brigade. made a
partial wheel to right, resting left Of !
the brigade on Caloocan. where the in
surgents, who were in considerable ,
force were sharply driven, leaving a |
good many dead. a
Troops in excellent conditions; sup
Piled with all necessities. Hospitals. Il
Notwithstanding wounded, have fewer i.
patients than before the engagements h
ot the fourth and fifth instants Fri. A
lays engagement most successful. Be- O
lef OF old residents that AguinaIdo 0
VIII be unable to gather in future any W
ohslueraoIe forces (Signed) Fl
Otis. D,
MANILA, Feb. 12.-The heat Saturday st
nocked ont many more of our men til
han the Filipinos bullets. especially 7
n the marsh lands north of Malabou.
there the Kansas regiment was sta III
oned. Fully score of them were
AIKEN to the hospital.
The following additional particulars
egardinS the capture Of Caloocan have
cen obtained: en-
The insurgents had been concentrate ate
g their torces for days at Caloocan ste
i'd Maj. Gen. Elwell ). Otis, the Amer no
an commander here, determined to say
tack them. lie instructed his com. scy
anders accordingly, and requested !
C assistance of the naval forces nm las
r the command of Rr. Adm Dewey. 10
al. Gen. Macarthur reported that all rec
IS ready and at 3 o'clock he received hca
e following message: wa.
THE commanding general orders 10
Il to go ahead with the programme. hou
(SigncdD BARRY" this
The attack began Immediately. Tho as f
'nitor MOnadnock and the cruiser sine
arleston shelled Caloocan and the pill
lntry north OF 1t for half an hour. had
n. MacArthur's artillery also did eff sno1
tive work from a hill in the rear. Bl
'rig. Gen. Harrison Gray Otis with mos
brigade. consisting Of the Kansas fore
iment the Montana regiment and dep;
Sd artillery, regulars, acting as in othe
try, advanced handsomely, pushing part
ward in the face of the Filipino low
lets as cheerfully as if they had busi
n snOwballS. bliz2
he enemy was utterly routed and I'll
to the mountains At o'clock inch
ase firing and Recall" were waite
lded. The troops were then well flood
oGgh Caloocan and north of II. date
. Macarthur established his left at
'ocan and strengthened his lines
The night. D0
he city is now quieter and business
stter than at any time since the r.
Freak of hostilties.
lie American losses Friday were ''0 -
e men killed and 90 wounded. l,i0' - -
ng the latter are gallant Lieut.. =
Bruce Wallace, of the Montana -, u
ncnt, and lieutenant of the I'd ''i
Try, who was shot through the
while leading charge across T.
open ground. The enemy lost hNo
ily. earth'
su,xcro,. ro,, % 7. L;.,. secon,
tch to the adjutant general, Otis '"n'
,sScs the opinion that the insur- ""' ~