Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27
SEVEN Of OUR
SOLDIERS SLAIN
Colonel Stotsenberg, Of the First
Nebraska, Falls in Fight
With the FIipinos.
LIEUTENANT slssoN ALSO KILLED
Two Nebraska Privates and Three
Sixth Cava|rymen the
Other Victims.
SEVERAL IOWA BOYS WOUNDED
Fifty-First Regiment Sees Its First
Fighting in Il Hot Encounter
ut Quingua - l'ilipinos
Finally Routed.

Manila, April "a, $3.50 p. MIN an
encounter with the Filipinos today
near Quingua, about four miles north
killed and forty-four wounded. The
following were killed:
COLONEL JOHN NJ. STOTSEN-
BERG, of the First Nebraska regiment,
formerly of the Sixth cavalry.
LIEUTENANT SISSON (perhaps
Lieutenant August G. Sisson), of the
same regiment.
TWO PRlNATES, of the Nebraska
regiment.
THREE PRIvATEs, of the Fourth
cavalry
Most of the wounded belong to the
First Nebraska regiment. The Fill
pinos rctreated with small loss.
The engagement developed into a
disastrous though successful fight.
The insurgents had a horseshoe trench
about Il mile long encircling rice
field ON the edge of wood.
Major Bell, with forty cavalrymen,
encountered strong outpost. One of
his men was killed and five were
Wounded by volley. The Americans
retired, carrying their wounded under
fire and with great difficulty, being
closely pursued, u fog enabling the en-
envy to creep up to them.
Two men who were carrying a COM
rade We're shot in the arms, but they
continued with their burden.
Major Bell sent for achievements
to rescue the body of the killed caval-
ryman, and a battalion of the Nebras-
la regiment under Major milford ar
rived and advanced until checked by
volleys from the enemy's trenches.
Tile Americans lay about 500 yards
from the trenches, behind rice furrows,
under fire, for two hours.
Several men We're sunstruck, one dy-
ing from the effects of the heata they
lay there waiting for the artillery to
come up.
Finally the Second battalion arrived
and then Colonel Stotsenberg, who had
spent the night with his family at Ma
Mia, came upon the field. The men
Immediately recognized him and
raised cheer.
Stotsenberg Killed.
Colonel Stotscnberg, deciding to
charge as the safest way out of the
difficulty. led at the head of his regi-
ment. He fell with Il bullet in the
breast, dying instantly about 200 yards
from the breastworks.
Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bull
let in his heart, the bullet striking him
near the picture of a girl suspended by
a ribbon from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had
arrived and shclled the trenches.
The l'ilipinos stood until the Ne
braska troops were right on the
trenches, then they bolted to the sec
ond line of entertainments, Il mile
back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two pri-
Yates killed and had many wounded,
including two lieutenants. The Iowa
regiment had several wounded.
The Utah regiment had one officer
and three men wounded.
Thirteen dead FiIipinos were found
i'm the trenches. Their loss was COM
paratively small on account of their
safe shelter.
The Americans carried the second
trench with small loss and are holding
the town tonight.
Colonel Stotsenbcrg had won repu-
tation as one of the bravest fighters in
the army. lie always led his regiment
and had achieved remarkable popu-
larity with his men since the war be-
gun, although during his first
colonelcy the volunteers who were not
used to the rigid discipline of the reg
ular troops, though him hard officer.
The loss of the Nebraska regiment
in the campaign is the greatest sus-
tanned by any regiment and today's
disaster has greatly saddened officers
and men. who promise to take fierce
vengeance in the next fight.