The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-10
AS SEEN BY BRITISH EYES.
81 aDhic Description of the Fighting
in the Philippines.


companied the United States troops, and
who witnessed the fighting of March Is
and 26, during which Col. Egbert was
Killed, has furnished an interesting account
Of the fighting under Gems. Macarthur
and Wheaton for the Hong Kong Times
Of April 10, which has Just been received
here. His description Of the fighting is
graphic and interesting, but all the prin-
c'pal facts have been anticipated in Off
cial and press dispatches The writer,
however gives a number of incidents
which came under his personal observa-
ton that are worth reproducing. Here is
an incident following the capture of Mol
abon, which explains the action of the
Ftlipinos when wounded, or just prior to
capture, in disposlng OF their arms and
ammunition. Says the writer:
zone prisoner was captured in the VII
lage. The first thing he did was TO light
a cigarette. To the northeast of the
church and village lay an open tract of
country, across which the rebels were
scampering in hundreds, with the object of
reaching the woods that lay beyond. Sew
erai of them We're shot as they rem. and
fell dead or wounded in the field. I found
one Filipino captain shot through the
head; his rife had been carried off BY
| another Filipino, but, as he had fallen on
| to his cartridge bag no time had been al
lowed to remove this in the general STAN
! pede. / appropriated KS cartridges. and
later on in the day counted 1870 rounds of
| ammunition Ghe brass bulleO. I mention
! the fact to show how well these men are
| armed. Further on I came across another
/ poor fellow shot through the heart and
lungs. Blood was yelling up from his
mouth and he was practically moribund.
| Not far from the latter l saw a strug-
! Cling form endeavoring to conceal himself
In The bush
Never shall I forget the look of terror in
| his eyes as 1 ran up to him; he thought
! ne was about to be done away with. His
! left thigh had been pierced by a Krag-
Jorgensen bullet However, he Gained
down when he found that my intentions
| were not murderous, and evinced every
| sign of gratitude when proceeded 10 dress
| his wounds, even offering to go halves
with the remainder of water in his BAN
! boo water carrier. l found his rifle an
1896 Mauser, not far away, but the back
| had gone; he mad thrown it away, and al
! ternate coaxing and threatening on my
part was futile in making him say what
| he had done with it or Indicate where he
! had concealed it. Aguinaldo has issued
orders that whenever d soldier feels him
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| should any soldier come across a deaa
! comrade, he is TO appropriate the arms
and ammunition of the latter in order that
they may not fall into the hands of the
American ana British Compared.
| The British surgeon, after his experience
with the Americans on the fighting line.
gives an opinion of the American volun
| teer in comparison with the British regu-
lar solder. which win be read with inter
est He says;
There is great deal Of difference be-
| tween the american soialer ana our own
~ lilu ,lV'' iooh upon 'ne IoIiher'
ootn physicaily anu Iheutaiiy' as our su-
ilois' az 's'l'ieIS
| nut IN shother way the american soluler
| ~ pet'S., Pl"paoly' tha" me Hnsllsh' puI
| an hnSlish reslheht Is Detter thah an
AHe.iean' a ty'ie"l so4ulel should De,
! speaking Droauly' noh-thihkihS unit OF
an oIsdn,@eu Whole ne 'lloulo De one Oh
| the Wheeis "lthlh Wneels OIL complicated
nhachlne' Ieaus 10 ooey III an instant the
oruer OF the oIiicer Immediately over MIN,
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may eii'ei TAM a. 70 tiie UNITY OF inutlllty
OF 'hat oruer' VOW the american soldier
~ NOT TINS, ne oiscusses anu crlticlses me
tactics Oh ms general with as much free
aoih as ne Woula me Weather. Another
point WIN when one IS particularly
struck - 'neir lhollerehee TO dan
| ger amounting al times 10 calious reck-
f,aioooa, - eoiaie,. ~ ' No., rom
seen playing baseball. though fully ex-
! posed to the fire of the rebel trenches
| Every two or three DAYS a life was LOST
through mere carelessness. on asking one
of the men why he SO EXPOSED himself
he said: well. we've been in these