Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-15
UNDER GOVER CT MIGHT.
Filipinos Escaped Capture by Their
Artful Dodging in the
Darkness.
THE HARDEST WORK OF THE CAMPAIGN.
as Kidding the Province OF Cavite of
Armed Rebels-The Generals Narrow
Escape-The 0unboats Did Good and Eff
fectiye Work.

Escape-The 0unboats Did Good and Eff
fectlve Work.
Manila, June 12.-The Filipino &C.
cupation of the province of Cayitc has
been broken and. as the result Of the
present movement, the Americans now
control the important coast towns of
Paranaque and Las Pinas, while long
line of insurgent trenches facing our
south line has been cleared.
Proved Good Dodgers.
The insurgents have again proved
their facility as dodgers, between 5000
and 1000 warriors, who seemed des-
| tined to be captured, having tisap-
peared, the majority sliding away I'M
der cover of the night, after fighting
the Americans ali day. Some others
came to meet our troops, with protes-
| taticns of friendship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one
man killed and six wounded; The Ninth
| infantry, one man killed and five
wounded; the Fourteenth infantry
! three wounded and the First Colorado
volunteer regiment II wounded.
The Hardest WORK of the Campaign.
Yesterdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire 18th
mus from Laguna de Bay to the har-
! Dor. While the troops were advancing,
the army gunboat Napidan, in the riv-
er near Taguig, shelled the enemy. kill
| ing several of them.
The GunBonts Helped.
The Monitor Monadnock ard the
gunhoat shelled Paranaque and Las
Pinas all day with the full power of
| their batteries.
The rebel sharpshooters kept hiding
until the American lines had passed
and then attempted to pot straCgiers
! from the trees. Thanks to their poor
craftsmanship, this was without re-
suit.
| A Difficult Advance.
The whole country proved success
sion CT small hills, with DOGGY ground
! between and high, thick grass, and
! bushes in the holloWs, which greatly
added to the difficulty of the advance,
! but gave shelter that saved many from
| the enemy's bullets. Our men threw
away their blankets. coats and even
| haversacls, stripping to the waist and
| trusting to luck for food. Water could
not be obtained, and there was much
| discomfort after the canteens were
emptied.
Forced the IpsurGent Trenches.
At the outset the Colorados, the
Ninth infantry and the Twenty first
infantry forced the line of insurgent
| trenches, wheeled to the left and drove
the enemy toward the lake. During
| this maneuver the Filipinos, i'll con-
cealed trenches on the right, opened an
! enfilading fire. but the brigade, partly
owing to the high grass, had lut few
hit.
The Ninth infantry crept round to
the right, thanking the trenches, driv-
| ing out the Filipinos and killing many
| OF them.
The Colorado regiment advanced to
| the lake. Two companies encountered
trenches on the top of a knoll, where
the Filipinos stood waist high above a
| trench, pouring volley upon the adj
vancing Americans. The Colorado
troops charged and drove them out,
Lieut.. Col. Moss being wounded i'll the
arm as he jumped into the trench.
In the meantime Gen. Wheaton's
column advanced one and a half miles
toward Paranaque, where the Ameri-
cans found strong trench on ridge,
out of which they drove the Fiiipinos
by hard fighting.
only Advance Quickly RepuIscd.
The enemy tried to flank the dis
mounted troops of the Fourth cavalry,
accompanying Mai.,-Gen. Lawton, and
at the same time they made their only
advance, throwing skirmish line to
flank the Fourteenth infantry. But
they were easily repulsed, the Ameri-
can artillery coming to the crest of the
hill and Smelling them.
Gen. Lawton Has Narrow Escape.
About three o'clock in the afternoon,
Gen. Wheaton's brigade, headed by
Gen. Lawton, who, in his white cloth
ing and helmet, on a big, black horse,
was a shining mark for the enemy's
sharpshooters, circled to the south of
Las Pinas, encountering a large force
of Filipinos in the shelter of the trees.
Gen. Lawton had a narrow escape.
In the first volley of the enemy the
were shot from under them.
The Colorado regiment bore the
brunt of this astack, and dispersed the
Filipinos.
Hardly had they finished off that lot
when a large force appeared in the
rear, which the Ninth infantry and a
part of the Colorado regiment, drove
away. By this time, nearly the whole
division was around Las Pinas.
The Americans camped for the night
south of the town, and in a heavy
rain.
Las Pinas Captured.
At six o'clock yesterday morning
Gen. Wheaton advanced upon Las
Pinas, with a troop of cavalry, the
Twenty-first infantry, the Colorado
regiment, part of the Ninth Infantry
and two mountain guns, crossing two
streams and entering the town with
out firing a shot. He then advanced
upon Paranaque.
The women and children, and for
that matter, many men remained in
the town. No houses were destroyed,
though many were torn by the shells
from the war ships. Everywhere the
Americans found white flags flying.
So far as yet can be ascertained the
Filipino loss is about so killed, about
$50 wounded and 20 taken prisoners.
The whole country is net-worled
with trenches, and the enemy scu-ried
from shelter to shelter.
Wonderful Changes Wrought.