The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-14

Manila, June IL, 4:10 p. m.--Flghting
at Las Pinas continued hotly all day
long. Lawton called out the whole
force of 5000 men, and at o'clock he
was only able to push the insurgents
back 800 yards to the Zapote river.
where they are entrenched. The insur-
gents resisted desperately and aggres-
sively. They attempted to turn the left
flank of the American troops. The
American loss is conservatively esti-
mated at 60 The battle continues.
4:4O p. NAT daylight to-day the reb
els al Cavite Viejo dropped two shells
from a big smooth-bore gun mounted
in front of a church, in the navy yard
The only damage done was splintering
the top of the huge shears on the mole.
The gunboats Callao, Manila and Mos
quito then proceeded to dsmount their
guns. ~.r .m.-..
After breakfast the rebels opened fire
along the beach to Bakoor. After si-
lencing the big guns at Cavite Viejo
the gunboat ran along the shore, bonn
harding the rebel position. The rebels
| replied with rife fire and with the fire
of some small pieces of artillery. SO
vigorous was the enemy's fire that at
920 a. m. the gunboat Helena joined
the small gunboats already named, and
the Princeton, Monterey and Monad-
mock from their anchorages dropped
occasional big shells among the rebels
This apparently only served to incite
the rebels, as they kept up an inces-
SAINT fire of musketry and artillery near
the mouth of Zapote river two miles
north of Bakoor. The fire of all seven
hi H1l I,
point shortly after noon, when the up
per bay presented the appearance of
being the scene of great naval bate.
The insurgents were eventually fore
ed to abandon their guns, after holding
out for four hours, only to be confront
ed by General Lawton's force on land
and in their rear where there was
heavy fighting. Beyond the destruction
of several buildings along the water
front, the effect of the bombardment is
not known.
sos p. m.--General Lawton unexpect-
edly stirred up one of the liveliest en-
gagements of the war south of Las
Pinas this morning, upon which occa-
sion the American field guns We're en-
gagged in the first artillery duel against
the Filipino battery. concealed in the
| jungles. Companies F and of the 21st
| infantry were nearly surrounded by a
| large body of insurgents, but the Amer
| leans cut their way out with heavy
| losses. The turret ship Monadnock and
| the gunboats Helena and Zafiro trained
| their batteries on Bakoor and the rebel
trenches near Las Pinas all the morn
| ing. Bakoor was once on fire, but ma
| tives stopped the spread of the flames.
During the night the insurgents can
non was fired three times at the Amer
leans on the outskirts of Las Pinas.
General Lawton this morning took a
battalion of the 14th regiment and two
companies of the 2lst regiment TO locate
the rebel battery, and then two guns of
the 9Th artillery and four mountain
guns We're placed against it. The rebels
had large gun, from which they were
| firing home made canister and bombs
loaded with nails. and two smaller
guns. Their shooting was most accu-
rate The first lot of canister burst
directly in front of Scotts guns, and
another shattered the leg of private
! in the 14th infantry. The country ira
versed was as bad as it is possible to
imagine, being mainly lagoons. mud
and water, fringed with bamboos. AS
soon as the fighting opened the Amer
leans were attacked by hidden rif1emen
on all sides, even the amigos" OF
friendly natives in the houses of the
town, shooting in their rear.
Companies of the 21st regiment skir-
mishing along the beach with amigo
guides found apparently a handful of
rebels, who retreated. The men of the
21st followed, and suddenly the rebels
opened a terrific fire on the troops from
the sides and rear. The soldiers with
drew to the waters edge. finding what
shelter they could, and were picked off
rapidly. After their ammunition was
nearly exhausted the companies of the
21st retreated. but Lawton dashed down
and rallied the men. The li'tle group
made desperate stand. LawtOn, Ma
jor Starr and Lieutenants Donovan and
Connolly, taking rifles from wounded
men, fired at the enemy. bringing down
some of the rebel sharpshOoters from a
tree. Finally their cartridges were all
gone and they We're forced to break
through the enemy's flank, carrying
their wounded to the main body of
troops. Lieutenant Donovan. whose
leg was broken. houndered for mile
through a bog after leading his men In
the fact of a greatly superior force