The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-28
OUR LOSS IN KILLED FOUR
ATTACKING PARTY. 1000 STRONG
WE'RE NOT ALL ENGAGED.
THE fILIPlNOS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED
They Left Three Dead. There Was Much Shoot
ing by Amigos. Twelve filipincs
Captured With Guns. Spanish
Prisoners Released

PRISONERS heieaSe0'
Manila. July 27.-(7:4O r. NJ An ex-
pedition made up Of troops from San
Pedro Macati. Pas:g and Morong under
Brigadier-C,eneral X. II. Hall. yesterday
captured Calamba an important trading
Bay. There were two hours of sharp
fighting during which four spiders We're
killed and twelve wounded. The
trenches commanding the harbor were
i under water. but the swampiness Of the
land made the work harder.
The troops boarded cascoes Tuesday
night. The force comprised 100 of the
Washington volunteers, i3O of the
Twenty-First infantry. 40 OF the Fourth
cavalry and two guns of the .sirSt aril
lery. These and the gunboats Napidan
and Costo assembled opposite Calami,a
Wednesday afternoon. Crowds Of people
in CARTS and on foot were seen rushing
to the hills. Natives escal ing from
Calamba in canoes said a hundred nsur-
gents held the town.
A force Of the Twenty-First inea.ltry
under Captain McGfath aud Captain
Elktonherd, landed east of the tcm.l bu;
found a river intervening. Captain Me-
Grath and Lieutenant Batson swan
the river under a fire from twenty
Nauser rifles. Having crossed rhe
stream, the officers procured q casco 10
ferry the tFeeps over. The insurgents
rttreated through the town, s!.p.1ihg
from houses and bushes as :hcy iie.. 10
tile hills. Three members of the WASH
ingtOn regiment waded from tasc,.es
through swamps. often shoulder-deep.
while group of FiIipinos, concealed in
haystacks. We're shooting at them until
the Napidan focused her six-pou,l6crs
and Gatling guns on the stacks for II
few minutes. Most OF the work was
done before the Washington volunteers
could reach the town.
The Eilipinos left three dead. or the
casualties on the American side. two
Of the killed and three Of the wounded
We're members of the Fourth cavalry
and two killed ,and eight wounded he
longed to the Twenty I'irss infantry.
There was much shooting ny Amigos.
who emerged from the bushes with
white flags. After the fight dozen
lnen holding up their hands and shouting
"Castillanos met the American cavalry.
Even Spanish soldiers embraced the
Americans llystericany. There were
fifty Spanish prisoners at t,aIamba of
whom some were civil officials an,i
some soldiers. They had been given
the choice of joining the Filipino ar,rs
of becoming servants TO Filipinos and
chose the army. intending to surrender
at the first opportunity. Most of the
civilians reached the american lines
during the fighting. brt the Insurgents
took the others away with them in their
retreat.
General Hall captured twelve F;ljoi-
nos with guns.
Major General Henry w. Lawton
Professor Dean c. Worcester. of Amor.
ican-Phllippine commission: Airs. Gene
raj Lawton and General Lawton's son
accompanied the expedition on hoard
n launch and sat cooiy in an UNPROTECTED
beat close To the shore during the firht.
ing. the bullets spIasnng aboui ia,
General Hall today brought to Manila
the SpaniarGs whom the expedition had
released from captivity of more than a
year.
Lieutenant Larsen. commanding the
Napidan today found long missing
Spanish gunboat, which had been cover
ed with bushes and fish nets so as
not to resemble vessel. The Iilipinos,
having met reinforcemenis and thinking
that the Americans had evacuated the
town. descended from the hills today
intending to re-occupy Calamba. creme
raj Hall easily drove them back. Gene
raj Hall will leave garrison at Calam-
ba.
II is reported III Filipino circles in
Manila that the insurgents recently re-
ceived consignmenfs of saltpetre and
lead from Japan The insurgents had
been experiencing many difficulties in
the manufacture Of good powder, that
which they produced lacking power OF
penetration and range
The two friars who were recently ar
resied>here on snspiciof-1haf they were
the bearers Of messages 10 Aguinald0
from the Filipino Junta at Hong Kong
nave been liberated for want Of evidence
uDon which to prosecute them
The CAPTURE NOT IMPORTANT.
Washington. July 27.-Calamba is a
town on Laguna de Bay about 80 miles
southeast of Manila 1t is much farther
south than the United States try,ops have
yet penetrated on land. 1t is i'm the
Province OF Laguna, has a population
Of 11.476 and is -, miles from Santa
cruz ON the eastern shore of the bay.
It's capture is not considered of any
strategical Importance except as a part