The Globe-republican., 1899-06-15
TROOPS STRIPPED FOR FRAY
Fought FiIipinos BraveIy Without
Food and Water.
HARASSING STYLE OF WAR.

MANILA, June l2.-The Filipino oc-
cupation of the province of Cavite has
been broken and, as a result of the
present movement. the Americans now
control the important coast towns of
Paranaque and Las Pinas, while a
long line of insurgcnt trenches facing
our south line has been cleared
The insurgents have again proved
their facility as dodgers, between
5000 and 1000 warriors, who seemed
destined to be captured, having disap-
peared, the majority sliding away
und er cover of the night, after fight
ing the Americans all day. Some
protestatiOns of friendship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one
man killed and six wounded; the
Ninth infantry one man killed and
five wounded: the Fourteenth infantry
three wounded, and the First Colorado
volunteer regiment eleven wounded.
Saturdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire 18TH
mus from Laguna de Bay to the har-
Dor. While the troops were advanc-
ing. the army gunboat Napidan, in
the river near Taguig, shelled the en-
envy. killing several of them
Tho monitor Monadnock and the
gunboat Helena shelled Paranaque
and Las Pinas all day with the full
power of their batteries
The rebel sharpshooters kept in
hiding unit, the American lines had
passed and then attempted to pot
stragglers from the trees. Thanks to
their poor craftsmanship, this was
without result.
The whole country proved to be a
succession of small hills, with DOGGY
ground between the high, thick grass
and bushes in the hollows, which
greatly added to the difficulty OF the
advance. but gave shelter that saved
many from the enemy's bullets. Our
men threw away their blankets, coats
and even haversacks, stripping 20 the
waist and trusting to luck for food.
Water could not be obtained and there
was much discomfort after the can
teens were emptied.
About o'clock General Wheaton's
brigade, headed by General Lawton,
who, in his white clothing and he'll
met, on a big black horse, was shin
ing mark for the enemy's sharpshoot-
ers, circled to the south of Las Pinas.
encountering a large force of Filipi-
nos in the shelter of the trees. Cen
eral Lawton had a narrow escape. In
the first volley of the enemy the
horses of three OF his staff officers
were shot from undcr them. The Col
orado regiment bore the brunt of this
attack and dispersed the Filipinos.
Hardly had they finished off that
lot when large force appeared in
the rear. which the Ninth infantry
and part of the Colorado regiment
drove away. BY this time nearly the
whole division was around Las Piuas.
The Americans camped for the
night south of the town and in the
midst of a heavy rain.
At o'clock Sunday morning Gen.
eral Wheaton advanced upon Las
Pinas with q troop of cavalry, the
Twenty-first infantry, the Colorado
regiment. part of the Ninth infantry
and two mountain guns, crossing two
streams and entering the town with
out firing a shot He then advanced
upon Paranaqae.
The Colorado regiment returned to
barracks in Manila last night. AS the
ragged and dirty men marched past
the Luneta, the fashionable gathering
place for Manilans, they were heartily