The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-05
CONTINUE FIGHTING.
For Every Foot of Ground Held By
the Americans.
Shipments Of Arms Reach the Rebels
From Japan and Australia, and
Cartridges of United
States Make.

The Chicago Tribune's special CORE,
pondence from Manila under date c
June 26, says: The next campaign ca
hardly begin sooner than November
although the country may dry nj
enough towards the middle of Octobe
to permit the American troops TO tax,
the field then. The American arm,
during the rainy season can hardly b,
expected to do anything more than holC
what it has gained and prepare for the
next campaign. The ground to defend
is not very great.
On the south of Manila we have linus,
about 10 miles away, where the Fourth
and Fourteenth infantry, with several
guns from the Sixth artillery, are sta
toned. This territory was gained only
within the last two weeks by the hard
lighting at Paranaque, at which even the
rattle of the rifles can be heard i'm Ma
Mia. We hold the road that runs TO
linus through Paranaque and Bacoor,
every inch of which was gained only by
hard fighting.
Northward the farthest point in the
control of our soldiers is San Fernando,
Al miles from Manila, on the railroad
The railroad is l49 miles in length i'm
all, but the insurgentst control all the
track between San Fernando and Dagu-
pan, the northern terminal of the road.
The Americans hold Candaba, east of
San Fernando 10 miles. They hold all
the towns along the railroad, OF course,
to San Fernando and Baluag, seven
miles east of Pullian.
Reports continually come from
Baliuag that the town Is entirely sur
rounded by the enemy and is about 10
be carried by assault But Colonel
Page and the Third infantry have so far
driven the rebels back with disastrous
loss every time they have assaulted the
town, and he declares that he can hold
it for an indefinite time, although his
position there is by no means an easy
one. Supplies and mail can only be
carried over TO Baliuag from the railroad
under an escort of not less than l50
men, who are invariably attacked some
where along the road, both going and
coming.
At San FrCncisco two determined at
tacks along the whole rebel line
were made last week. The sec
ond engagements lasted three hours,
when the insurgents were driven back
with heavy losses. Bullets hy continu-
ally over both places and stray bullets
frequently find victims. Heavy ship
ments of arms are said 10 be constantly
arriving from Japan and Australia and,
il said, even from our own country.
Cartridges picked up in the insurgents
trenches bear the trade mark Of a big
manufacturing firm in the United
States. The insurgents have three fac
tories where they manufacture cart
ridges and other munitions of war. II
they were kept on the run they would
have no time 80 to equip themselves that
they could return after defeat, better
able to fight than they were before.
They are learning things in every en-
counter with the Americans. The
papers in Manila have continually re-
ferred TO the fact that the rebels were
prone to shoot 10 high, and they seemed
finally 10 have learned the lesson and
now they are getting their shots well
down and showing a great improve
ments in Workmanship.
The few Americans who came over %
Manila week ago Tuesday on the Es-
meralda, from Hong Kong, were aston
ished few hours after sunrise, when
their ship had steamed out to quaran-
tine TO hear heavy cannonading from
the monitor MonadnOck, which was in
plain sight down the coast about five
miles below Manila. Some Of the pas
sengers thought il was some sort Of
salute in honor Of the arrival of some
naval or army hero and
they eagerly questioned a soldier, who
sat ON the stern Of the health officers
launch.
That" said the young man, chats
nothing That'sjust battle" II was
some time before the passengers could
believe that the Americans and insur-
gents were fighting within the sight and
sound Of Manila, where the war had
started some six months before. The
battle ragged all day and at o'clock in
the afternoOd the rattle of small arms
could be distinctly heard, and late in
the evening the health officer told us
the fighting bad been at Paranaque.