The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-10

OF enemy armed with latest patterrd
Mausers. \
1.-Two Krupps and great many rifles
captured. Insurgents fred great
quantity of ammunition. Quite Al
number of Spanish soldiers in insur-
gent service. who served artillery.
insurgents constructed strong in
t~rcnchments near our lines, mostly in
bamboo thickets. These our men
charged, killing or capturing many of
the enemy.
'Our casualties probably aggregate
ESQ. Full reports to-day.
Casualties of insurgents very heavy.
Have buried some 500 of their dead
and hold $40 prisoners.
Their losses killed, wounded and
prisoners probably 1000.
Took waterworks pumping station,
six miles out, yesterday. Consider
able diminishing with enemy, who|
made no stand. Pumps damaged; will
be working in a week. Have number
Of condensers set up in city which,
furnish good water.
Troops in excellent spirits. Quiet
prevails. Otis"
A SHARP FIGHT MONDAY.
MANILA, Feb. Slate Monday Gem
eral Hale's brigade advanced and took
the waterworks at Singalon. Four
companies of the Nebraska regiment
and a part of the Utah battery, with
two field guns and two Hotchkiss|
guns, met the enemy On the hill a mile
out, and n shirp engagement took
place, in which the Nebraskans lost
one dead and three wounded.
The Filipinos were driven back, rel
firing in bad order and carrying with
them the valves and heads of the
steam chest and cylinder of the pump
ing machinery.
General Overshine's brigade adj
vanced and took Paranaque, c%apturing|
two field guns. They met with no OPP
position. General McArthur's division|
advanced beyond Gagalangin without
loss, the enemy retreating upon Calo-
can.
DIR. Young, formerly quartermaster|
sergeant in the Third artillery, was|
wounded. Filipinos captured and
murdered him. His body when recov1
cred was found to have been multi
ated.
SLAUGHTERED BY THE NAVY
After the engagement Of Saturday
night and Sunday was apparently at
end the cruiser Charleston and thd
monitor Monadnock poured shells into
the insurgent trenches at Malate,
south of Manila. The Fourteenth in1
fantry was forcing the insurgents
back when the war ships opened fire.
The result was shown in the heaps of
dead found in the trenches.
During one part of the engagement
west of the town the native forces be
came panic stricken. They tried to es1
cape to the rice fields, but the LagunaI
n captured Spanish gunboat, threw
shells into them, aud the Filipinos ran
into the river in droves.
Soon after the fight opened Satur1
day night, Brigadicr General Otis
with the Twentieth Kansas, First
Montana, Third artillery and thd
Tenth Pennsylvania, joined thd
brigade of Brigadier General Hale
consisting of the First South Dakota|
First Colorado and First Nebraska
and, supported by Batteries A and II
of the Utah Light artillery, undeI
General Macarthur, surrounded thd
city from north to south, forming
semi-circle about the bay.
They were soon joined by Brigadie1
General King with the First Califor|
mia, First Idaho, First Washington
and First Wyoming, which was ad
companied by the brigade under Gem
eral Oyershine, comprising the Fourth
cavalry, Fourteenth infantry and Flrs|
North Dakota, These brigades werI
supported by the Sixth artillery dl
vision under General Anderso n.
MOVED DOWN ON THE NORTH
The slaughter at Malate was repeat
ed on the north of the city. A larg|
number of the now terrified native|
had fed to the beach upon th|
approach of the brigade. includ
ing the Kansas regiment, undo
Brigadier General Otis, They sooI
: fouad themselves in u trap for a gun
: boat had u cleaa sweep and in an I'M
slant she began work. At the SAM
: time the Concord and the Charlesto|
sen six and eight-inch she'll
ripping toward the shore and the nd
tives' ranks were moved down witt
a appalling rapidity. The Filipinos wei
torn to pieces by the shells and TIL
phase Of the fight was soon at an end
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