Evening star., 1899-04-12
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party became jauHned and the Americans
and British were practically at the mercy
of the rebels. But retreat was sounded
three times before the marines and blue
Jackets retired.
Lieut.. Angel H. Freeman, first lieutenant
Of the TauTanga, who was In command of
the allied force, was shot through the
heart ro sg-ss
Lieut.. Philip Van Horn Lansdale of the
United States cruiser Philadelphia had his
leg shattered while endeavoring to fix the
jammed gun.
Seaman Hunt of the British cruiser Por-
poise had extraordinary escape. He re-
mained with Lieut.. Lansdale until dubbed
over the head and knocked senseless. The
bluejacket revived as the natives were cut
ting off his right ear and were turning him
over in order to cut of his left ear. At this
jlncture shell from the British cruiser
Royalist burst on the battlefield, soaring
the rebels. and Hunt succeeded In escaping
to the beach, although severely stabbed in
one foot.
The same night the friendhes found the
bodies of all the officers, headless
The bodies were buried with all honors at
Mulinuu on Easter Sunday, Their heads
were subsequently brought In by some
French priests and the graves were re-
opened apd the heads buried with the
bodies.
Lieutenants Freeman and Lansdale were
capable and popular officers. The former
was single and the latter was married in
June. s
The officers who returned are Lieutenant
George E. Cave of the Porpoise and Lieu
tenant c. M. Perkins of the Philadelphia.
All behaved splendidly. Lieut. Cave took
command of the retreat Capt. sturdee of
the Porpoise was away on expedition
with his cruiser, and Gaunt's brigade was
also absent on duty.
The loss of the enemy is not known, but
many were wounded. The bodies of three
rebels were found near the spot where
Lieut.. Lansdaie and Ensign Monaghan of
the Philadelphia were killed.
Priests buried thirty Eight rebels and
much blood was seen on the road over
which the Mataafans had been dragging
away their dead and wounded. There were
also pools Of blood behind the cocoanut
trees, the bullets from the American and
British rifles going right through thick
trees and killing men hiding behind them.
Some of the rebels fired from the tops of
cocoanut palms.
The rebels opened fire near the town last
evening. III
To Summon Another warship.
1t is now proposed to summon another
warship, to distribute more arms among
the friendlies. and to import additional
friendlies from Tutulea. 1t is also suggest
ed that troopstmight be obtained from New
Zealand or Sydney, New South Wales.
If a sufficient quantity of arms could be
obtained about two thousand friendlies
could be used against tbs; Mataafans. But
they are not brave and have not shown
fighting qualities, excepting those with
Gauntzs brigade. and that force may not
accomplish much. -
Admiral Kautz, Capt. E. White of the
Philadelphia and the American men and
officers generally have earned golden epin-
ions, as have Capts. Stuart and Sturdee of
the British navy.
They are doing everything possible and
every one recognizes that better men could
not have handled the situation. The Sa-
means say Mataafa on three occasions
had resolved to surrender, but the German
consul Herr Rose, advised him not to do
so, and he now says he will never give in,
but will fight to the death.
INTERVIEW WITH Won BUELOW.
Germany's Foreign Minister DeDIOres