Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-02-11
FIGHT AT MANILA
Aguinaldo's Forces Make War
Upon Our Soldiers.
THEIR LOSSES VERY HEAVY.
They Have 2,Oos Killed, $500 Wounded
aud 5000 Taken Prisoners.
OUR LOSS is THIRTY.EIGHT KILLED

OUR LOSS is THIRTY.EIGHT KILLED
And Forty-two Wounded, Including Six
Pennsylvanians-The Killing Of an In
surgent Who Had Repeatedly Sroken
Through Our Guard Line precipitated
the Battle-Shots Fron Admiral Dew
ey's Ships Aided in Putting The Insur-
gents to Flight and in Enabling Genera,
Otis to Capture Several Towns.
Manila, Feb 6.-The long expected
rupture between the Americans and
Filipinos has come at last. The clash
came on Saturday evening, when three
Filipinos darted past the Nebraska
regiments plckets at Santa Mesa, but
retired when challenged. They re-
raated the experiment without drawing
the sentries' fire. But the third time
Corporal Greedy challenged the Fill
pinos and then fired, killing one Of them
and wounding another.
Almost Immediately afterward the
Filipinos' line, from Caloocan to Santa
Mesa, commenced fusillade. which
was Intellectual. The Nebraska. Mon
tana and North Dakota outposts re-
piled vigorously and held their ground
until reinforcements arrived.
The Filipinos in the meantime con-
centrated at three points. Caloocan,
Gagalangin and Santa Mesa. At about
l o'clock the Filipinos opened hot
fire from all three places simultane-
ously This was supplemented by the
fire of two siege guns at Balik-Balik.
and by advancing their skirmishers ct
Pace and Pnadacap. The Americans re-
sponded with terrific fire, but owing
to the darkness they were unable to
determine its effect. The Utah light
artillery finally succeeded in silencing
the native battery. The Third artil-
lery also did good work on the e1-
treme left
The United States cruiser Charleston
and the gunboat Concord, stationed OF
Malabon, opened fire from their sec
ondary batteries on the Filipino's po
sition at Caloocan and kept 1t UP Wig
orously.
At 2:45 there was another fusillade
along the entire line and the United
States sea going double monitor Mon
adnock opened fire on the enemy from
off Malate.
With daylight the Americans adj.
vanced. The California and Washing
ton regiments made a splendid charge
and drove the FilipinoS from the vii
lage of Pace and Santa Mesa The Ne
braska regiment also distinguished It
self, capturing several prisoners and
100 Howitzers and very strong posi-
ton at the reservoir, which is con-
nected with the water works. The
Kansas and Dakota regiments COM
PEELED the enemy's right flank to re-
tire to Caloocan.
The engagements proved yeritable
slaughter for the Filipinos. Their dead
number 2,0Oo the injured $500 and s.
UUU were TAKEN pClSOueTS.
The casualties on the American side
foot up only SO killed and AZ wounded.
The killed, with the regiments to
which they belonged, are as follows:
First Montana: Corporal Hayes and
Private John Serensen. First Colo
RADIO: Priyates c. c.. White Supposed,
ly drowned), Elmer F. Doran and
Charles Carlson. First South Dakota:
Privates Horace ]. McCracken, Fred
W. Green and William J. Lewis. Four
tenth infantry: Lieutenant James
Mitchell, Corporals Guy S. Soden and
Henry F. Thompson, Privates Jesse A.
Hale, Maurice L. Seaman, Louis v.
Dietz, James Harvey Knight, Charles
R. Douglas, Frank II. Issinghausen,
Charles A. Seitz. Alphonse Bonner and
Peter NJ. Stormont. Sixth artillery:
Private W. A. Goodman. First Idaho:
Major Ed McConville, Corporal Frank
r. Calwerel, Priyates James Frazer
and George w. Hall. First California:
Privates ]. J. Dewar, Tom Bryan and
Joseph Maher First Washington:
Corporal George W. MCGOWAN, Pri-
Yates Ralph W. Simonds, George B.
Reichardt, Frank Smith, Matthias H.
Cherry, Sherman Harding. Edward H.
Perry, Walter n Hanson and Arno H.
Moickel Colonel William G. Smith,
of the First Tennessee, died Of apop-
lexy at the head of his command on
The firing line Feb. 5.
In the list of wounded are six men
of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment.
They are: Major E. Brierer. flesh
wound in arm, slight; Lieutenant AL
bert ]. Buttermore, flesh wound, slight;
Sergeant Joseph Sheldon, slight flesh
wound in the thigh; Private Hiram
Congr, abdomen penetrated, serious;
Private Edward Caldwell, lung pene-
trated, serious: Private Default, flesh
wound, slight.