The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-14
TOOK TWO TOWNS
Americans Continue to Gain Vic
tories Over Filipinos.
Some Severe Fighting Necessary Be-
fore Filipino StronghoIds Were
Occupied by the Americans
Many Gallant Deeds
Performed.

-Many Gallant Deeds
Performed.
Manila, June 12.--The Filipino occur
patton of the province of Cavite H.
been broken and, as the result of the
present movement, the Americans now
control the important coast towns of
Paranaque and Las Pinas, while
long line of insurgent trenches facing
our south line has been cleared.
The insurgents have again proved
their facility as dodgers, between 5000
and 1000 warriors, who seemed des-
tined to be captured, having disap-
peared, the majority sliding away un-
der cover of the night, after fighting
the Americans all day. Some others
came to meet our troops, with protes-
tations of friendship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one
man killed and six wounded; the
Fourteenth infantry three wounded.
the Ninth infantry one man killed and
five wounded, and the First Colorado
volunteer regiment IL wounded.
Saturdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched across the entire isthmus
from Laguna de Bay to the harbor.
While the troops were advancing the
army guhboat Napidan, in the river
near Taguig, shelled the enemy, kill
ing several of them.
The monitor Monadnock and the
gunboat Helena shelled Paranaque and
Las Pinas all day with the full power
of their batteries.
The whole country proved to be
succession of small hills, with boggs
ground between the high, thick grass,
and bushes in the hollows, which
greatly added to the difficulty of the
advance, but gave shelter that saved
many from the enemy's bullets. Our
men threw away their blankets, coats
and even haversacks, stripping to the
waist and trusting to luck for food.
Water could not be obtained and
there was much discomfort after the
canteens were emptied.
At the outset the Colorados, the
Ninth infantry and the Twenty-frst
infantry forced the line of insurgent
trenches, wheeled to the left and drove
the enemy toward the lake. During
this maneuvre the Filipinos in con-
cealed trenches on the right opened an
eniilading fire, but the brigade, part
ly owing to the high grass, had few
hit.
The Ninth infantry crept around to
the right, flunking the trenches, driv-
ing out the Filipinos and killing many
of them.
The Colorado regiment advanced to
the lake. Two companies encoun-
tered trenches on top of a knoll, where
the Filipinos stood waist-high above a
trench, pouring a volley upon the ad-
vancing Americans. The Colorado |
troops charged and drove them out
In the meantime Gen. Wheaton's col
umn advanced one and half miles to.
ward Paranaque, where the Americans
found a strong trench on a ridge, out |
OF which they drove the Filipinos by |
hard fighting.
The enemy tried to flank the dis |
mounted troops of the Fourth cavalry,
accompanying Gen. Lawton. and at the
same time they made their only ad-
vance, throwing n skirmish line to
flank the Fourteenth infantry. But |
they We're easily repulsed, the Ameri- |
can artillery coming to the crest of the
hill and shelling them.
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon
Wheaton's brigade, headed by Gen.
Lawton, who, in his white clothing
and helmet, on big black horse, was
a shining mark for the enemy's |
sharpshooters, circled to the south of |
Las Pinas, encountering large force
of Filipinos in the shelter of the trees. |
Lawton had a narrow escape. In |
the first volley of the enemy the horses
of three of his staff officers were shot
from under them. The Colorado regi- |
ment bore the brunt of this attack and |
dispersed the Filpinos. Hardly had
they finished off that lot when a large
force appeared in the rear, which the
Ninth infantry and part of the Col.
orado regiment drove away. BY this
time nearly the whole division was
around Las Pinas.
Sunday morning Gen. Wheaton ad-
vanced upon Las Pinas with troop OF
cavalry, the Twenty-frst infantry, the
Colorado regiment, part of the Ninth
infantry and two mountain guns,
crossing two streams and entering the
town without firing shot. He then
upon Paranaque.
The women and children and, for
that matter many men, remained in
the town. No houses were destroyed,
though many were torn by the shells
from the warships. Everywhere the
Americans found white flags flying.
So far as can yet be ascertained, the
Filipino loss is about 50 killed. about
$50 wounded. and 90 taken prisoners.
Found a Big Stock OF Arms.