Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-02-16
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| Manila, Feb. S.-A second incurSlol
of small bodies of insurgents, result
ing in the retiring of the Nebraskal
outposts from Santa Mesa yesterday
created some excitement last night
but not shot was fired, matters belpl
amicably adjusted. The Filipinos al
rest all Americans within their lines
Several of our soldiers are reporte'
to be missing, but there is no officia
confirmation of this report.
The situation is deemed sufficient.
critical to warrant a reissuance o
emergency orders. The recently con
verted gunboat is patrolling the rive
nightly, and is having good effect
upon the natives. 1t carries two six
FOUNDERS forward, two Nordenfelt
amidships and four Gatlings in tn
improved turret aft, and has crew O.
sixty men. s
The insurgents continue to concen
trate their forces around the city, tht
latest addition being two hundred
naked Ygodoras, armed with spears
from the station at Calloacano. Native
papers make a great fuss over these
volunteers.
AS SEEN BY RIOS.
Madrid, Feb. S.-General Rios, the
commander of the Spanish forces in the
Philippines, today cabled his govern
ment as follows: 1.-The Americans re-
pulsed the Filipinos after twenty
hours of hard fighting. The Filipinos
now occupy our old advance posts.
The American artillery and a squadron
of gunboats destroyed several villages
in the neigborhood of Manila. They
are treating the population with much
severity. Many arrests have been
made in the city. Troops occupy the
streets. The natives are not allowed to
circulate, although hostilities have
ceased. I have no news from the rest
of the archipelago. 1 am anxious
about our prisoners.
London, Feb 8.-The Filipino junta
here today received cablegram from
Agoncillo, Aguinaldo' s emissary to the
United States, who is now in Montreal,
Canada, in which he declares that he
"deplores the hostilities which have
had the effect of securing the ratifica-
tion of the peace treaty" "and that the
Filipinos were ''far from being the ag-
gressors, having been taken by surprise
and unprepared."
Manila, Feb. 9, 1890 a. m.-The
rebels have selected Malabon as the
base of operations for the next encoun-
ter. A considerable force is now con
centrating there. Many small bodies
are struggling in from the interior.
Aguinaldo is reported to have estab-
lished his headquarters at Malabon,
where he will rally his forces for de-
cisive blow. In order to cover their
the rebels opened fire on
our outposts. The rebels kept up a
Ere for twenty minutes from the jungle
effect. The Americans re-
served their fire until a detachment Of
the enemy emerged from the bamboos
when their volley made the rebels scut-
tie for cover.
Manila. Feb. 10. $40 p.m.-In antici
patton of an uprising unusual pre-
cautions were taken in this city last
night, but they proved unnecessary.
No vessels have cleared from Manila
for other Philippine ports since Satur-
day, and no news has reached outside
points. Even the detachment of the
Pennsylvania regiment on guard duty
at the convalescent hospital on Core
gidor Island knew nothing of the
opening of hostilities until a supply
boat notified them yesterday.
Manila. Feb. 10, 7:3O Op.m.-Our forces
attacked CaloOcan thfs afternoon. The
action was short and decisive. The
Filipinos were driven out Of their in
trenchments, our soldiers charging
fiercely over all obstacles and engaging
in hand to hand fight with the rebels
who fled in all directions and we're
moved down under our fire. 1t is esti.
mated that fully twenty Thousand ma
tive troops were intrenched. Our
losses were comparatively small. The
rebel loss was heavy. The fighting
lasted three hours. General Otis was
in command. The land forces were
assisted by the gunboat Concord and
the monitor Manadnock. In response
to Admiral Dewey g threat to bombard
San Rogue the rebels hoisted white
flag. The Fifty first Iowa, on entering
shortly after, found the village evacu
ated and burning.
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