The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-06
GERMANS
ACCUSED
OF TREACHERY.
Further Details of the Ambush
OF the Americans and British
Forces in Samoa.
HOW OFFICERS WERE MISLED
By Information Given Them by
Capt. IIufnagcl Manager of
German Plantation.
ENSIGN MONAGHAN'S HEROISM
Refuses to Leave Lieutenant
Landsdalc to his Fatc, and
Meets Death With him.

>hSSlo DSbtH WIFI lllIIls
SAN FRANCISCO. May 5.-The regu-
lar correspondent OF the Associated
Press writing from Apia, Samoa, under
date of April 90. gives detailed account
OF the fighting In which Lieutenant
Lansdale and Ensign Monaghan, OF the
American navy and Lieutenant Free
man, Of the British navy lost their lives,
On April landing party made up
OF sixty American sailors and marines
and slsty-two English sailors and about
l2O natives proceeded to Vaillec, to
break up m hssemhage OF rebels who
had been committing depredaHons IN
the vicinity. The party was under com
niand Of Lieutenant Angel Freeman,
first officer OF the Tauranga, and with
nlm were Lieutennnts Cave, Of the
Porpoise. and Hickman, OF tho Royalis..
Tho Americans were under tho COM
inand OF Lieutenant Lansdak, who had
with him Ensign Monaghan. and Lieu
tenaIrt Perkins. of the marine corps.
DIR. Lung, OF the Philadelphia, also
accompanied the expedition. When the
party had reached the German planta-
ton. Lieutenant Cave asked Cuptuin
HufnagPl, the German manager. II
there werp any Samoars In the vicinity.
The manager said that none had boon
there that day. AT that very moment
and within few hundred yards of the
expedition was n large body Of rebels.
Hufnagcl advised that n return home
be nnde by the way Of the main road
through the plantation, as everything
was quite safe and no rebels had been
seen about. Three or four Germans
were with Hufnagel and heard this con-
versation. No one gave any warning Of
danger.
Tho return march to the beach was
commenced and no sooner had the men
got out OF tho plantation when at
bend In the road 800 yards away, large
numbers OF rebels were scc.l. A Colt
automatic gun. Of wh!ck tho natives
have great dread. wns Immediately
brought forwnrh II rnrpacd m no,
The rebels got or clear and halt was
made to fix the gun. This took half nm
hour and then Liautennnt Iansdo,h
fired n few trial shots. Tbe rnn ,rorl,ed
all right nnd IN, march ,vo, ,,,s,,n,ea
with the friendly natives In tho lead.
~
Misled Dy thc Information OF Hufna-
gel IL was decided TO return by the main
foao' The open space where the Ger
mans had Deeh massacred by alatnafans
years ago whs passed. and the troops
marrhed down the road to narrow
guiley, the sides OF which were covered
with Dutfnio grass. On Top OF the slope,
just nfter the last on tho troops had be-
gun TO march through the SulleJ. the
rebels hred upon them. The line was
about 500 yards In length. The rebels
werN lying In the long grnss. some were
49,, .,i,, So, 80
Lieutenant Lansdale was irving to fix n
ho was wounded In tho kneo Al Pho
beginning OF the fight IIcutenan, r-ra.-
man was shot through tho chcs, ona
fell dcnr Friendly natives re,rooted mr.
the first fire. the white force was IN,
weak 10 cope with the 1rbe,s md tho
whole force was thrown into confusion
To retrent was Impcrativ. md tho
automatic gun was accordingly ohon-
donpl nrtcr the ammunition bod hoau
scattered and tho brooch takan owar
rendering If useless Tho ol,,oa rorcos
were nttacl,od from, three aIdes Thro,yh
tho scrub md prass rc,,red I.,,sdo,.
be,nr assisted nv h,s mon Tho nr,,o
of the rc,,ols was scrcrc. r.,ns1o,a who
was hs,ny osistel bv Ers,r, n,ororh,r
md two mon soe,na that he c,u,d no.
r.t ,,rsv urcpI ,hou IN ,,,,. b,,,, %
hi. ,o,, Ono NJ tho s,I,ors ,,.,o ,ho,
neod nnd mo o,h.r sse,nr bo co,,d NOT
GOV. hi. oo,rcrs retr.,,ed and o.,co-,.,
M"haahahs hcro'c Action.
Monaghan refused to 20 and stayed
by his fellow officer. Next morning
their hcadlcss bodies were found on the
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