The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-02-10
|NSURGENT LOSS WAS HEAVY
OVER TWO THOUSAND WERE KILL
ED IN THE BATTLES.
OUR LOSS MORE THAN REPORTED.
thousand Were Wounded And Five
thousand Taken Prisoners.

Further advices from Manila state
that careful estimates place the
Filipino losses up to date at 1000
dead, $500 wounded and 5000 taken
prisoners.
1t now develops that fifty-four
Americans wero killed in the battles
of Saturday night and Sunday and
the list of the wounded will probably
reach 200
Owing to the area embraced in the
scene of Sundays engagement, q semi
circle of fully II miles, details regard
ing individual fighting have been ex-
tremely difficult to obtain. So far as
can be gathered, tho brush commenced
Mt S:i5 o'clock on Saturday evening
hy the firing of Nebraska sentry ut
Santa Mesa upon Filipinos who were
deliberately crossing the line, after
repeated warnings, with the evident
purpose of drawing our fire.
The first shot from the American
sentry was evidently accepted as pre-
arranged signal, for it was followed
almost Immediately by terrific fusl-
lade along the entire Filipino line on
the north side of the Pasig river.
The American outposts returned the
fire with such vigor that the Filipino
fire was checked until the arrival of re-
endorsements. All the troops in the
vicinity were hurried out and the Fill
pinos ceased firing for half an hour,
while their own re-enforcemcnts came
up.
At 10 o'clock the firing was resum-
ed, the American firing line consisting
of the Third artillery, the Kansas and
Montana regiments, the Minnesota
regiments, the Pennsylvanians, the
Nchraskans. the Utah battery. the
Idahos, the Washingtons, the Califor
mans, the Fourth cavalry, the North
Dakoka volunteers, South Dakota and
Colorado regiments, Sixth artillery
and Fourtcenth infantry.
The Filipinos concentrated their
forces at three points--Cnloocau, Santa
Mesa and Galingatan--aud maintained
an intermittent fusilade for some
hours.
They brought artillery into action
at Galingatan at 1890 o'clock y. m. =.
but only one gun annoyed the Amerl
cans 10 any nppreciable extent, how
itAer on thc road beyond Santa Mesa.
The Third artillery silenced the Gal
in2atan battery hy firing two guns
simultaneously, which was followed
Immediately Ivy volleys from the in
fantry.
A. about midnight there was lull
in the firing. lasting until $40 II. IN.
Sunday when the Filipino line re-
opened fire. The Americans poured n
terrific fire into the darkness for TWEEN
~ minutes and there was another lull
until daylight. when the Americans
generally advanced.
During the night, in response to
Rear Admiral Dewcy's signals, flash
eel across from Cavite, the United
States cruiser Charleston and the gun
boat Concord. stationed at Malabon,
poured deadly fire from their second
battery into the Filipino trenches mt
| Caluucau.
After daylight the double-turret sea
going monitor Monadnock opened fire
! OF Ma!atc and kept shelling the Fill
! rnoS' left flank. while the other YES
sells shelled tho enemy's right flank for
| several hours.
BY 10 O'Clock the Americans had ap-
parca.iy completely routed the enemy
and had taken the villages of Palaw-
! pong, Santa Mesa, Paco, Santa Ana,
San Pedro. Macorte, Pnndocan and
Pasai; Lad destroyed hundreds of ma
ti,c huts, and had secured possession
Of the water main and reservoir dis
tancc of over six miles.
The Tcnnessecans joined the firing
line at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning
and assisted in capturing Santa Mesa.
One of the most notable events of
Sundays work was driving the Fill
pinos ont Of their stronghold Mt Paco
by the reserve, few companies of
Cnlifornians commanded by Colonel
Dubt ce.