Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-06-17
BLOODY FIGHTING
SOUTH OF MANILA
The Country Between Luzon Capt.
tai and Bay Lake Swept
Clear of Rebels.
DESPERATE RESISTANCE MADE
Force OF 1890 Americans Engaged
Under Lawton, Ovenshine and
Wheaton--Two Omcers Killed,
Twenty Men Wounded.

Manila, June 10, 4:30 p. NAT day
break today a force of $500 men under
Generals Lawton, Wheaton and Oven
shine advanced from San Pedro Mac
att, sweeping the country between the
Bay of Manila and Bay lake, south of
Manila. BY noon the country had
been cleared almost to P~aranaque. The
Americans lost two officers killed and
twenty-one soldiers wounded, The
rebels resisted desperately at tho
stronger Of their positions, and left
fifty dead in the trenches. Many more
wounded were left behind by the reb-
els in their retreat.
The heat during the day was over
towering and there were many pros
trations of American soldiers from
that cause.
Advance Begins at Dawn.
Lawton's force consisted of two bat
talions each of the Twenty-lrst and
Ninth infantry, six companies Of Colo-
radoans and a detachment Of artillery.
Wheaton commanded the Nevada cav
airy, Ovenshine the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth infantry and Fourth cav-
airy and q detachment of light artil'
lery. 1t was scarcely dawn when the
troops, in long, silent procession,
wound up the hillside behind tho
American trenches and formed skir-
mish lines. Concealed in the jungle,
the advance of the rebel outposts fred
a few shots before being seen. Tho
opposing forces occupied two ranges
of crescent-shaped hills. The artillery,
Colorado infantry and Nevada cavalry
swung around the hilltop on the left
and opened battle at G:30. The rebels
made no response, and the Colorado
men advanced cautiously through tho
thick grass until confronted by q
trench from which a few weak volleya
were fired. A spirited response fol-
lowed and a charge into the trench
showed it was deserted.
Through Jungle and Morass.
Meantime part of the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth formed a skirmish
line, extending "a mile TO the right
and, supported by the rest of the regi-
ments, swept down the valley, up the
hillside toward the other branch. The
approach through a morass seriously
hampered the Fourteenth, and the reb-
els, taking advantage of this, poured
a CALLING fire Oh them for thirty min
1tes. The Fourteenth was twice com'
PEELED to withdraw for the purpose OF
finding a safe crossing in the swamp.
Finally the trench was enfladed on
both TANKS. The rebels fled to tho
woods and sustained a severe loss.
Lawton then pushed his entire COM"
mand south through the center of thu
isthmus until a few miles south OF
Paranaque, when he swung around
and halted on account of the heat
During the march Americans werd
Frustrated on all sides from lack OF
water and exposure to the sun. 1t Is
estimated 40 per cent Of the troops
were exhausted.
Death Of Monadnock's Captain.
Washington, June IA c~ablegraT
from Captain Parker, naval office
commanding at Manila, the
sudden death of Captain Henry Mich
OILS from sunstrcke. Captain Nichols
was commander of the monitor Mo-
nadnock.
General Otis cables: First Lieu'
tenant Richard b. Westnedge, sur
geon, died today of typhoid fever"