The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-02-09
FlGHTATMANILA
Aguinaldo's Forces Make War
Upon Our Soldiers.
THEIR LOSSES VERY HEAVY.
They Have 1000 Killed, 3,Seo Wounded
and 5000 Taken Prisoners.
OUR LOSS IS THiRTY.EiGHT KILLED
THEIR LOSSES VERY HEAVY.
OUR LOSS IS THiRTY.ridKT KILLED

And Forty-two Wounded, Including Six
Pennsylvanians-The Killing of an In
surgent Who Had Repeatedly Broken
Through Our Guard Line Precipitated
the Battle-Shots From Admiral Dew.
ey's Ships Aided In Putting the Insur.
gents to Flight and in Enabling General
Otis to Capture Several Towns.
Manila, Feb. 6-The long expected |
rupture between the Americans and
Filipinos has come at last. The clash
came on Saturday evening. when three
Filipinos darted past the Nebraska
regiments pickets at Santa Mesa, but
retired when challenged. They re-
peated the experiment without drawing
the sentries' fire. But the third time
Corporal Greedy challenged the Fill
pinos and then fired killing one Of them
and wounding another.
Almost Immediately afterward the
Fiipinos' line. from Caloocan to Santa
Mesa, commenced fusillade. which
was Intellectual. The Nebraska, Mon
tana and North Dakota outposts re-
piled vigorously and held their ground
until reinforcements arrived.
The Filipinos in the meantime con-
centrated at three points. Caloocan,
Gagalangin and Santa Mesa At about
1 O'Clock the Filipinos opened a hot
fire from all three places simultane-
ously. This was supplemented by the
fire Of two siege guns at Balik- -Balik.
and by advancing their skirmishers at
Paco and Pnadacan. The Americans re-
sponded with terrific fire, but owing
to the darkness they were unable to
determine its effect The Utah light
artillery finally succeeded in siiencing
the native battery. The Third artil>
lery also did good work on the ex.
treme left.
The United States cruiser Charleston
and the gunboat Concord, stationed on
Malabon. opened fire from their sec
ondary batteries on the Filipino's po
sition at Caloocan and kept 1t up Wig
OrouS1y.
At PAS there was another fusillade
along the entire line and the United
States sea going double moaitor Mon
adnock opened fire on the enemy from
of Malate.
With daylight the Americans ad-
vanced. The California and Washing
ton regiments made a splendid charge
and drove the Filipinos from the vii.
lage of Paco and Santa Mesa. The Ne
braska regiment also distinguished It,
self, capturing several prisoners and
100 Howitzers and a very strong posi-
tion at the reservoir, which Is con-
nected with the water works. The
Kansas and Dakota regiments COM
PEELED the enemy's right flank to re-
tire to Caloocan.
The engagements proved q Teritable
slaughter for the Filipinos. Their dead
number 1000, the injured $500 and s.
600 were taken prisoners.
The casualties on the American side
foot up only 3S killed and AZ wounded.
The killed. with the regiments to
which they belonged, are as follows:
First Montana: Corporal Hayes and
Private John Serensen. First Colo
rado: Privates c. c. White (supposed-
ly drowned), Elmer F. Doran and
Charles Carlson. First South Dakota:
Privates Horace ]. McCracken, Fred
w. Green and William J. Lewis. Four
teenth infantry: Lieutenant James
Mitchell, Corporals Guy s. Soden and
Henry F. Thompson, Privates Jesse A.
Hale, Maurice l.. Seaman, Louis ".
Dietz. James Harvey Knight, Charles
r. Douglas Frank II. Issinghausen.
Charles A. Seitz, Alphonse Bonner and
Peter NJ. Stormont. Sixth artillery:
Private w. A. Goodman. First Idaho:
Major Ed McConville. Corporal Frank
R. Calwerel, Privates James Frazer
and George w. Hall. First California:
Privates j. ]. Dewar, Tom Bryan and
Joseph Maher. First Washington:
Corporal George w. MCGOWAN. Pri-
Yates Ralph w. Simonds. George B.
Reichardt, Frank Smith, Matthias H.
Cherry, Sherman Harding. Edward H.
Perry, Walter N. Hanson and Arno H.
Moickel. Colonel VILLAIN c. Smith,
Of the First Tennessee, died OF apop-
lexy at the head of his command on
the firing line Feb. 5.
In the list of wounded are six men
Of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment.
They are Major E. Brierer, flesh
wound in arm. slight; Lieutenant AL
bert ]. Buttermore, flesh wound. slight;
Sergeant Joseph Sheldon, slight flesh
wound in the thigh; Private Hiram
Congr, abdomen penetrated, serious;
Private Edward Caldwell, lung pene-
trated, serious; Private Default, flesh
u0und slight