The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14
Show their Superiority Over the Philippines
by Cool Courage
CHARGINGTHE ENEMY'S WORKS
Our Soldiers With Bayo
one valor Triumphant Everywhere
The Philippines Driven Back-A Aguinado Through the
Philippine Junta a Proclamation Charg
ing Beginning Fight.

Manila. Februay 11.-11:55 a. m.-The
following additional particulars regard
ing the capture Of Caloacan have been
obtained:
The insurgents had been concentrat-
ing their forces for several days at CAL
oacan. General Elwell S. Otis deter
mined to attack them He instructed
his commanders accordingly, and re-
uuested the assistance Of the naval
forces under the command of Rear Ad-
miral Dewey. Major General McAr-
thur reported that all was ready and at
8 o'clock he received the following mes
sage:
1.-The commanding general orders you
to go ahead with the programme.
BARRY"
The attack began Immediately. The
monitor Monadnock and the cruiser
Charleston shelled Caloacan and the
country north Of it for half an hour.
General McArthur's artillery also did
effective work from a hill in the rear.
Brigadier General Harrison Gray Otis,
with his brigade, consisting of the
Kansas regiment, the Montana regi-
ment. and the Third artillery, regulars,
somely, pushing forward in the face of
the Philippine bullets as cheerfully as
if they had been snow balls. The ene-
my was utterly routed and fled TO the
mountains. At o'clock cease firing"
and recall were sounded. The troops
were then we'll through Caloacan and
north of 1T.
General Macarthur established his left
at Caloacan and strengthened his lines
for the night.
BY the capture of Caloacan the con-
troll of much Of the rolling stock Of
the Mani1a-Dagupan railroad was OBJ
tained.
The city is now quieter and busines
is betted than at any time since the
outbreak of hostilities.
The American losses yesterday were
three men killed and thirty wound
ed. Among the latter are gallant Lieu
tenant Colonel Bruce Wallace, of the
Montana regiment, and lieutenant Of
the Second cavalry, who was shot
through the lung while leading charge
across the open ground. The enemy lost
heavily.
Manila, February 11.-2:3O p. m.-Ear-
ly today the monitor Monadnock and
the cruiser Charleston began dropping
Shells~~f1to the rebel camp between
Caloacan and Malabon.
The enemy's sharpshooters in the jun
gle on the American left had been par
ticularly annoying since daylight, SO
the Third artillery drove the rebels out
of the jungle at noon.
Bass, an artist representing Har-
per's Weekly, was shot in the arm yes
terday. The loss of the enemy is fully
fifty killed and wounded to one Amer
ican killed or wounded.
500 p. m.-The heat today knocked
out many more Of our men than did
the Philippine bullets, especially in the
marshlands and north of Malabon
where the Kansas regiment was sta
toned. Fully a score of them were
taken to the hospital. Among the in
cidents of the day, it Is cited that Pri.
Yates Hartley and Fitch, Of the Thir-
teenth Minnesota regiment were both
wounded in the legs by the same bullet
and Private Mitchell, of the KANSAS
while assisting a couple Of men to the
rear, was shot in the left arm.
The railroad is now open to Caloacar
and supplies for the troops are beins
forwarded by rail.
A GALLANT CHARGE.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
Company from Manila, describing tn,
capture OF Caloacan, dwells upon tn,
excellence of the American plans and
khe precision with which they were
Carried out. The dispatch adds:
AT o'clock, pm, the American ship
ceased firing. Then the artillery free
three guns, at an interval Of ten sec
onds, signalling the advance Of tn,
whole line, the Kansas regiment lead
ing through the jungle. The rebels
left wing was diverted by Major Bel
and hundred men. 1t was like clock
work. There was no hitch anywhere
The rebels, estimated to have mum
bered 10000 nrosS, were demoralized b,
the shells. The Americans advance,
in open order. At 500 yards there wa
halt and then charge and the rebel
stampeded from their trenches, whic1
were admirably constructed. TIL
Americans refrained from wasting am
munition, but rushed on without firms
and used their bayonets and the butt
OF their rifles. There was heavy slaugh
ter.
The railroad is practically uniniured
Today the ships are shelling beyon
Caloacan. The Americans will proba
bly, reach Malabon today and Malolo
in p. fortnight.
Dispatches to The Globe from Hon
Kong say the Philippine junta ther
hsa received, by steamer from Ma
ma, further news Of the recent fight
ing.
The Philippine agents say the Ameri
cans placed vessels along the shores o
the bay and commenced hostilities "un
expectedly at midnight on SATURDAY
simultaneously bombarding the de
fenceless towns of Fond, Malak an
Malabon." The agents of the rebel
also say: The slaughter of womer an
children was frightful, the American
burning and devastating all befor
them, conducting a war of extermina
vALio2 and shooting every Philippine. -
NThe gaents OF the Philippines deelar
their intention of appealing to Chris
Atendom." and say their indignation
against the Americans is intense.