The Elbert County tribune., 1899-06-15
FIGHT NEAR MANILA.
coLoaADo soys WE'RE ~ II.
ss-ner-l IAwton Leads Movement that
Sweeps FiIIpinos from provinces Of
cavffe.

! Cavitc.
MANILA, June 11.-At daybrenk yes
ferday n force Of 400 men, undeI
Generals Lawton, Wheaton and Over
shine, advanced from San Pedro Ma
cati. sweeping the country between ths
bay OF Manila and Bay lake south q
Manila.
BY noon the country had been
cleared almost TO Paranque. Inc
Americans lost two officers Killed AMI
twenty-onc soldiers wounded. The
rebels resisted desperately at nc
stronger OF their positions and left M
ty dead In the trenches. Many more
wounded were left behind by the rebels
in their retreat.
The heat during the day wns over
powering and there were many pros
trntlons OF American soldiers from
that causc.
General Lnwton's force consisted OF
! two bnttalions each OF the twenty
first and Ninth infantry, six companies
of the Colorado volunteers and a de-
tachmcnt OF artillery
The Nevada cavalry was under Gen.
eral Wheaton and the Thirteenth and
the Fourteenth infantry, the Fourth
cavalry and detachment OF light ar
tillery were under General Overshine-
II WIS scarcely dawn when the
troops, in n long. silent procession,
wound up the hillside behind the
American trenches and formed a
skirmish line. Concealed In the jungle,
the advance rebel outposts fired few
shots before being seen The oppos-
ing forces occupied two ranges OF cres-
cent shaped hills.
The artillery, the Colorado infantry
and the Nevada cavalry swung around
the hill top to the left and opened the
battle at 6:30. The rebels made no re.
sponse from the hills. and the Colorado
men cautiously advanced through the
thick grass until they We're confront
ed by trench, from which n few
weak yolleys were fired. A spirited
response followed and n charge into
the trench found 1t TO be deserted.
In the meantime II part OF the Thlr
teenth and Fourteenth regiments
formed into slslrmish line, extending n
mile TO the right. and supported by the
rest of the regiments. swept down the
wiley and up the hillside toward an
other trench
Approaching through the morass SER
iously hnnpercd the Fourteenth, and
the rebels, taking advantage of this,
poured CALLING fire upon them for
thirty minutes. The Fourteenth was
twice compelled TO withdraw for the
purpose OF finding safe crossing In
the swamp. Finally the trench was
enfiladcd on both Hanks. The rebels
fled TO the woods and sustained severe
loss.
General Lawton then pushed his en-
ter of the isthmus until few miles
south OF Paranuue. when he swung
around and halted on account of the
heat
During the march men Were prostrat.
ed on all sides, owing to lack of water
and exposure 10 the sun. 1t Is est
mated that forty per cent. OF the troops
were exhausted.
The doublc-turretcd monitor Monad-
mock and the three other vessels
shellcd Paranquc this morning, and the
rebels promptly evacuated the place
Captain Nichols OF the Monadnock
died of sunstrokc during the day.
The Filipino occupation of the prov
ince of Cavite has been broken and
MS the result of the present movement
the Americans now control the impor-
taDt coast towns of Pnranque and Las
Pinas. while n long line of insirgcnt
trenches facing our south lines has
The Colorado regiment wns In the
fore front of the fighting all day and
had eleven men wounded. while Colo.
mel Moses was shot In the arm. >,
The Insurgents again proved their IA
cility as dodgers, between 5000 and A..
coo warriors, who seemed destined to
be captured. having disappeared. the
majority sliding awny under cover of
the night, after fighting the Americans
all day. Some others came to meet
our troops with protestations of friend
ship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one man
killed and six wounded: the Ninth In
fantry one man killed and five wound.
ed; the Fourteenth infantry three
wounded, and the First Colorado vol
untecr regiment eleven wounded.
Yesterdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire 18th.
mus, from Daguna lie Bay 10 the har-
bor. While the troops were advanc-
Ing. the army gunboat Nnpidnn, in the
river near Tagulg. shelled the enemy,
killing several OF them.