The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-18
VICTORIES At CALOOCAN
UNITED STATES TROOPS DRIVE
BACK FILIPINOS.
Aguinaldo Once More Gives Battle and
Suffers Defeat-Brilliant Work Both
by Fleet and Army.

NEW YORK, February 1O.-A cable
to the Sun from Manila, dated Febru-
airy 10, 1925 p. m, says: Victory has
once more rested on American arms
and the town of Caloocan, which was
undoubtedly the strongest rebel posi-
tion in the island of Luzon, is ours.
The place was not won without
struggle. For the past few days Agui-
naldo, the rebel leader, has been doing
everything in his power to draw sup
porters to his banner in order that he
might attempt to retrieve the disaster
which befell his followers when they
opened the attack on the Americans,
and to regain the prestige that he has
lost through defeat. The rebels had
regained some of their courage and
for three hours they held their posi-
tion. Then they could no longer stand
the American fire and abandoned their
Notifications.
NAVY OPENS BATTLE.
The plan for the attack on the place
provided that the war ships should
open the ball. At 2:30 o'clock, there
fore, the monitor Monadnock and the
gunboat Concord, which had been or
dered up the bay by Admiral Dewey,
opened fire on the town. Their
shells did much damage, in addition
to making the rebels very uncomfort-
able At the time that the war ships
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Utah Battery opened fire on the rebel
intrenchments on the landward sides
of the town.
THE TROOPS ADVANCE.
The artillery and war ships pound
ed away until 4 o'clock, when orders
were given for General Harrison Otis
brigade, except the Pennsylvania regi-
ment, which was held in reserve, to
move on the enemy's works. The men
had been impatiently waiting orders,
and as the word passes down the line
they responded with cheers. The move
ment was made in the following order
from left to right: Twentieth Kansas
infantry, First Montana infantry and
Third artillery, the Twentieth Kansas
and First Montana being supported by
the First Idaho infantry and the
Third artillery by the Fourth cavalry.
Not a single stop was made until they
reached the intrenchmentS, from which
most of the natives had hastily scram-
bled as the Americans drew near. The
former were attempting to make way
with all speed to the shelter afforded
by the town, but scores of them failed
to reach their goal, being stopped by
American bullets.
| BRILLIANT FLANK MOVEMENT.
Just at this time the enemy wa!
! thrown into worse confusion by th'
| discovery that they had been thanked
A company of the First Montana in
| fantry under command of Major Fran
kiln Bell, chief of the Bureau of Mil
| itary Information, whose services her,
have been invaluable, had volunteered
to execute flank movement, and NOV
| ing off to the east, without being de
| tected, arrived on the enemy's flanl
| back of town. The natives saw the!
| were trapped, and scattering they al
fled like sheep, many of them drop
ping their weapons in their anxiety t
escape.
TOWN CAPTURED.
After the capture of the town i
| was found that the warshpS ha
made the place too hot for the native
and they had abandoned this positio
without a struggle.
The losses of the Americans wer
slight, but the enemy lost heavily i
killed and wounded Most of the cas-
ualties to the Filipinos were cause
by shrapnel, the screaming and awf,
effect of which caused terror anon
the natives.
Among the Americans woundedS
Colonel Bruce Walker of the Firs
Montana infantry.
After the Americans were in posses
sion of the town it was found thf
there was only one house in town thf
had Flagstaff. This belonged to NJ
Higgins, an Englishman, who is pres
dent of the Dagupan railway. H
loaned the staff to General Otis, and
$50 o'clock the American flag We
floating over the town. It's appearanC
was greeted with enthusiastic cheerir
by the troops.
The insurgent troops were massir
to the support of Aguinaldo's forces
, Caloocan and Malabon when the figh
ing began 1t was reported this morl
! ing that there were 5000 rebels at II
two places, among them being the fl
nous Seventy third Filipino regimen
which, in the last rebellion killt
their Spanish officers and then deser
= ed to Aguinaldo.
= Aguinaldo himself is at Marila
making desperate attempts to REQ
ganize his demoralzed forces.
He cannot go to Malabon, as by
' doing he would again expose his arm
! to attack from the war ships, whit
could easily get within range of tn
place. 1t is likely that he will mo-
up the valley in the direction of Nal
q los, which he constituted the capt.
. of the so called Philippine republic,