The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-06
FIGHTING
FlLIPINOS.
5'he Insurgents Attack Our Troops
AT Manila
AND MEET WITH HEAVY LOSS
Our Own Casualties Number q Hundred
and Seventy.five.
VERY FEW WILL RESULT FATALLY.

The Killing of an Insurgent Who Had Re.
peatedly Broken Through Our Guard Line
Precipitated the Battle-Shots From Ad-
miral Dewey's Ships Aid in Putting the
Insurgents to Flight and in Enabling Gen.
eral Otis to Capture Several Towns-An
Unconfrmed Spanish Dispatch Says
Towns Were Destroyed.
Manila, Feb. 6.-The long expected
rupture between the Americans and
Filipinos has come at last. The former
are now engaged in solving tho Philip
pine problem with the utmost expe-
dition possible. The clash camo at s:45
Saturday evening, when three daring
Filipincs 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
Filipinos' line, from Caloocan to Santa
Mesa, commenced a fusillade, which
was Intellectual. The Nebraska, Mon
tana and North Dakota outposts re-
Piled vigorously and held their ground
until reinforcements arrived.
The t'ilipinos in the meantime con-
centratcd at three points, Caloocan,
Gagalangin and Santa Mesa. At about
o'clock the Filipinos opened ho!
fire from all three places simultane-
ously. This was supplemented by the
fire of two siege guns at Ball- Dalils,
and by advancing their skirmishers at
Paco and Pnadacan. The Americans re-
sponded with terrific fire, but Dying
to the darkness they were unable to
determine it's effect. The Utah light
artillery finally succeeded in silencins
the native battery. The Third artil-
lery also did good work on the ex-
treme left. The engagement lasted over
kn hour
The United States cruiser Charleston
end the gldlboat Concord station ed off
Malabon, opened fire from their sec
ondary batteries on the Filipino's po-
sition at Caloocan and kept 1t up viS-
Orously.
At 245 there was another fusillade
along the entire line and the United
States sea going double monitor Mon
adnock opened fire on the enemy from
OF Malate.
With daylight the Americans ad-
vanced. The California and Washing
ton regiments made splendid charge
ind drove the Filipinos from the vii
lase of Paco and Santa Mesa The Ne
braska regiment also distinguished it.
self, capturing several prisoners and
100 HowitZers and very strong posi-
tfon at the reservoir, which Is con-
nected with the water works. The
Kansas and Dakota regiments COM
PEELED the enenly's right flank to re-
tire TO Caloocan. There was internit-
tent firing at various points all day
long.
The losses Of the Filipinos cannot be
estimated at present, but they are
l:nown TO be considerable. The Ampri-
can losses are estimated at 20 killed
and 125 wounded. The Ygoratcs, armed
with bows and arrows, made a very de-
tarmned stand in the face OF hot
ertillory fire and left many men dead
en- the field
Several attempts were made in this
city Saturday evening to assassinate
American officers.
The engage mcnts have proved vcr-
itsbln slaughter for the E'ilipinos, their
killed being reported as amounting to
thousands. The American forces could
scarcely have been better disposed. 1t
Is now known that the attack was fuliy
expected and that every preparation
had been made to meet the contiI-
Gency.
Firing slackened at noon yesterday,
the enemy being apparently demoral-
lied. The American troops. however,
are fully equipped to meet a possible
attack.
Aguinaldo's private secretary has
Teen Arrested as spy in Manila.
More than hundred wounded Fill
pinos, taken from the trenches, are be-
Ing cared for in the American hos
pitals.
The splendid police system pre-
vented a general outbreak in the city,
though several soldiers were attacked
by natives in the strcets Lieutenant
Charles Hogan and Sergeant Wall were
shot by three natives, the former be-
ing seriously wounded and the latter
slightly. Lieutenant Colonel Cotton
was attacked by native with sword,
while riding in carriage to the front
He killed his assailant with his re-
volver A sharpshooter within the
American lines shot and killed SER
Eeant while he was sitting at window
of the Second reserve hospital. Colonel
William c. Smith died of apoplexy
Many OF the insurgents were driven
into the Pasig river and drowned, and
several hundred were taken prisoners
Caloocan, where much of the fight
Ing occurred, is about five miles north
Of Manila and a mile inland. Maabona
Is about two miles to the northwest OF
CalobCan and on the water front. 1t