The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
TAKEN BY NAVY
ILOILO WAS CAPTURED BY MARINES
FROM DEWEY's SHIPS.
Detachments Landed from the Boston
and PetreI. and the American Flag
Hoisted over the Fort.
TROOPS NOW In POSSESSION
AND GUARDING ALL THE APPROACH
Es TO THE PANAYAN CITY.
Little Damage to Property of For
eigners from the Fire Started by
the Fleeing Insurgents.
--A-
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S ADVICES
LOSS OF THE FILIPINOS, HE SAYS, Is
BELIEVED TO BE LIGHT.
--A--
CabIcgram from General Otis Report
ing the Shipment Home of About
1000 Spanish Prisoners.
Little Damage to Property of For
eigners from the Fire Started by
the Fleeing Insurgents.
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S ADVICES
LOSS OF THE FIIIPINOS, HE SAYS, Is
BELIEVED TO BE LIGHT.
CabIcgram from General Otis Report
ing the Shipment Home of About
1000 Spanish Prisoners.

! MANILA, Feb 14-Particulars of the
| capture of Iloilo by the United States forces
under Brigadier General NJ. d. Miller on
Saturday last, have been received here. On
| the morning of Friday, Feb TO- General
! Miller sent an ultimatum to the commander
! of the rebel forces on shore notifying him
! that it was his intention of taking Ilolo,
| by force, If necessary. Noncombatants and
| foreigners were warned to leave the town
within twenty-four hours. The rebels were
! also warned that they must make no fur
| ther belligerent preparations. The gunboat
| Petrol was then moved to a position close
in shore and near the rebel fort, while the
cruiser Boston took up her station at the
other end of the town.
| Friday passed quietly. During the day
many refugees left the town of Iloilo. The
majority of them were taken on board for
| egn ships lying in the harbor. Searchlights
| from the United States waTships were kept
all night long Illuminating the town and
its defenses. The rebels, so far as the look
outs on the ships could discover, remained
! quiescent throughout the night.
At o'clock on the morning of Saturday.
Feb. II, the gunboat Petrol signaled to the
cruiser Boston that the rebels were working
in their trenches. In return the Petrol was
] OTueFeQ 10 IRE WdIHluB SHOtS on the lOWu
| from her 3-pounders. This was done, and
the rebels replied with harmless fusilade
The Boston and Petrol then bombarded the
rebel trenches, completely clearing them of
occupants in a very short space of time.
Soon after the bombardment began flames
broke out simultaneously in various parts
| of the town. Thereupon, forty-eight ma
rines, acting as infantry and artillery were
h.,
pany was sent ashore from the gunboat
Petrol. These detachments marched straight
into the town Of Ioilo, and, hoisting the
stars and stripes over the fort, took possess
sion in the name of the United States
The capture of the town and it's defenses
having been accomplished, the marines and
| soldiers who had been sent ashore, proceeded
to the task of saving the American English
and German consulates from destruction by
the fire which was raging among the frail
and infiammable buildings of the town. The
Swiss consul's residence, in the same
row as the consulates named, was burned.
The entire Chinese and native sections of
the town were destroyed, but foreign mer-
camille property escaped with slight dam
age There was some desultory firing by
the enemy in the outskirts of Iloilo, but not
a single American was injured
General Miller's force had complete con-
troll of the situation when the gunboat Pc
trel sailed from uoilo for Manila. The Sixth
United States Artillery Regiment occupied
a position commanding both the bridges
leading into the town, and the Tennessee
Volunteers and the Eighteenth United
States Infantry were occupying the
trenches that had been constructed by the