The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-25
SUNDAYS BATTLE
Particulars Of the Fight Near
Mal0lOs in Which NebrAs-
kans Fared Badly

MAIllNNH AIWA aA Nsl' lfIs tli A tNl fii7 |
counter with th. Filipino today near
Qungna about four miles cast of Ma
iolos sevon Americans were kued and
40 wounded
The following were killed
Colonel John NJ s,otsenhurg. of the
FIRST Nebraska rcgim .nt formerly of TIE
sixth cavalry
Lieutenant siason perhaps Lieutenant
August g. sisson), of the same regiment
Two prvatts of the Nebusk reggie
ment
Three privates OF the fourth cavalry
Most OF ihe wounded belonged To- The
First Nebraska regiment
The Filip'nos retremed with small loss
Ihe ensasemen' developed INTO dl-
astrous' though successiu hsht Inc 'n-
suisehls mao morse shoe reheu 'po't
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Tho Americans retired carrying ,barr
wounded under fire and with great tf-
nculty. being closely pursued. "a fog enc
abllng Che enemy to creep mp 90 them.
7 WI Ii'N WHN Ntit 'aiA NliA N ''iiI hN'
were shot in the arms, but they continued
with their burden.
Captain Bel sent for r.inforccments TO
rescue the body of the killed cayalrymo1
ana % battalion of the Nebraska regi-
ment under Major Munord. arrived ANA
advanced untI checked 10y volloys from
the ,"fn-Es trenches.
-he Americans Fay about N' yards
from Vne 'renches' peh'nd rice burrows.
unaer iir' Tor TWO A'ufs.
severe" mon were "u"f ''"'N' one oS ,''E
from the 'heeis 'i the neat as 'h'y Jay
'"'Ie "''''ns TOT '"' ''''''e'F '' come
up.
FINALLY inc second battalion arrived.
ana then colonel stoisenburE' VINO h24
spent the night with his i'iher ~ Mann D..
Tho men Immediately recognized him AMI
raised " cheer
Col stotsenburg decided TO charge &t
the weakest poin. ana led the attack
at the head of the regiment lie fen with
"a bullet iu his breast, dying Instantly,
about twenty yards from the breast
works.
Lieut.. sisson fen with bullet in hs
heart. The bullet striking him near the
lpicturo of n girl. suspended by a ribb71
from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had ar.
rived and shelIod the trenches
! The Fulpluos stood until the Nebraska
frooDs were right on the trenches. ana
then they boited TO the second line Of
trenches a mile back
The Nebraska regiment lost two pr
Yates and had many wounded. incudiae
two Heutcnants.
rhe Iowa regiment had several woun :.
lea
Tho r-tob regiment had ono officer ant
two nrivotss wounded
,rhtr,o,p dad rpininos were found IN
l4bo ,roncbee Tbeir loss vos compnrativo.
E,. sr,,u an ocoount ~ tbelr safe sbl.
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"tu "'u
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'hoosn uuI'uB ms "I9l c'i''e'v'' '"'
volunteers VINO were not u7'o TO ''e .'B
ld discipline OF the regular '"ops' 'n'r
Thought MIN q hard oihcer'
The loss or me Nebraska regiment IN
The campaign is the greatest sustnln't d
by any regiment and today disaster
has greatly saddened officers ana men
who promise 90 take fierce vengeance ir
the next ight.
Washington. April Authorization Re-.
celved at the war department ndlcates
that Gen. Otis is about TO execute anoth
err important movement the initial fea
tures of which are shown by todays press
Iadvices from Manila. The objective poln
Lis the insurgent town Of Calumpit beinl
about eight miles northwest of Malolos
It was here that the insurgents C<acen
trated after being driven out OF thel
capital, setting up new capital and max
Ing It the base Of their operation. In
moving on this stronghold General Otu
proposes to conduct two distinct opera
lions. The first one, under Major MacAr
thur. has for It's purpose pusring
STRAIGHTFORWARD from Malolos along an,
irallroad and striking at Calumplt from
the south. The second one is under Ma Jon
General I.awton, who. with his nyinl
| olumn. ls moving far around to the north
east To- the large town Of Norzagay. from
which point he will turn abruptly west TO
ward CaIumplt.
| This double operation makes alupmlt th,
conter fot the next few days while atten.
don vii De divided between Macarthur.
column advancing from Alalolos and Law
tons column on lts ten days march by
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