Gilpin observer., 1899-06-15
FIGHT NEAR MANILA.
COLORADO BOYS WERE in 1T.
General Lawton Leads Movement tha.
Sweeps Filipinos from Province ~
Cavite.

Manila, June 11,-At daybreak yes
terday force Of 4,500 men, under
Generals Lawton, Wheaton and Over
shine, advanced from San Pedro Ma
cati, sweeping the country between the
bay of Manila and Bay lake south Of
Manila.
By noon the country had been
| cleared almost to Paranque. The
Americans lost two officers killed and
twenty-one soldiers wounded. The
rebels resisted desperately at the
stronger of their positions and left fif-
| ty dead in the trenches. Many more
wounded We're left behind by the rebels
in their retreat.
| The heat during the day was over
powering and there We're many pros
| trations of American soldiers from
that cause.
General Lawton's force consisted of
two battalions each of the Twenty
first and Ninth infantry, six companies
of the Colorado volunteers and u de-
tachment of artillery.
The Nevada cavalry was under Gen
eral Wheaton and the Thirteenth and
the Fourteenth infantry. the Fourth
! cavalry and a detachment of light ar
tillery We're under General Overshine.
| 1t was scarcely dawn when the
troops. in long, silent procession,
wound up the hillside behind the
American trenches and formed Il
skirmish line. Concealed in the jungle,
the advance rebel outposts fired n few
shots before being seen. The oppos-
ing forces occupied two ranges Of cres-
cent shaped hills.
The artillery, the Colorado infantry
and the Nevada cavalry swung around
the hill top to the left and opened the
battle at 6:30. Tie rebels made no re-
sponse from the hills. and the Colorado
men cautiously advanced through the
| thick grass until they were confront
ed by Il trench, from which n few
weak volleys We're fired. A spirited
response followed and a charge into
the trench found it to be deserted.
In the meantime part of the Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth regiments
formed into skirmish line, extending n
mile to the right. and supported by the
rest of the regiments, swept down the
valley and up the hillside toward an
other trench.
Approaching through the morasS SER
iously hampered the Fourteenth, and
the rebels, taking advantage of this,
poured calling fire upon them for
thirty minutes. The Fourteenth was
twice compelled to withdraw for the
purpose of finding n safe crossing IL
the swamp. Finally the trench was
enfiladed on both flanks. The rebels
fled to the woods and sustained severe
loss.
General Lawton then pushed his en-
tire command south through the GEN.
ter of the isthmus until few miles
south of Paranque, when he swung
around and halted on account of the
heat
During the march men were prostrat
ed on all sides. owing to lack of water
and exposure to the sun. 1t is est
mated that forty per cent. of the troops
were exhausted.
| The doublc-turreted monitor Monad-
mock an3 the three other vessels
shelled Paranque this morning. and the
| rebels promptly evacuated the place.
Captain Nichols of the Monadnock
died of sunstroke during the day.
The Filipino occupation of the prov.
ince of Cavite has been broken and,
as the result of the present movement
the Americans now control the impor-
tant coast towns of Paranque and Las
Pinas. while long line of insurgent
trenches facing our south lines has
been cleared.
The Colorado regiment was in the
fore front of the fighting all day and
had eleven men wounded, while Colo.
mel Moses was shot in the arm.
The Insurgents again proved their fa.
cility as dodgers. between 5000 and t..
GOO warriors, who seemed destined tc
be captured. having disappeared. the
majority sliding away under cover of
the night. after fighting the Americans
| all day. Some others came to meet
our troops with protestations of friend.
ship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one map
killed and six wounded; the Ninth in.
fantry one man killed and five wound.
ed; the Fourteenth infantry three
! wounded, and the First Colorado vol.
unteer regiment eleven wounded.
Yesterdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire 18th.
mus, from Dnguna de Bay to the har
Dor. While the troops were advanc
Ing the army gunboat Napidan, in the
river near Taguig. shelled the enemy
killing several of them.