The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-24
SERIOUS LOSSES SUSTAINED
DISA SERIOUS THOUGH SUCCESSFUL
 FIGHT WITH FILIPINOS.
Col. Stotsenberg and Lieut.. Sisson of the listed Men Killed-Enemy Driven from Strong Entrenchments Northeast of MalolOs-Otis Reports His Casualties as Quite Severe-A Considerable Number of Wounded.
of Wounded.


 Manila, April 23.-Four men of the Nebraska regiment, including Colonel three men of the Fourth cavalry were killed and forty-four wounded in an en- gagement at Quengua to-day. The Eli pnos retreated with small loss. The en- gagement developed into disastrous though successful fight. The insurgents had a horseshoe trench about mile long, encrcling rice field, on the edge of the woods Captain Bell with forty cavalrymen, encountered strong out post, one of his men was killed and five were wounded by volley.
 The Americans retired, carrying their wounded under fire and with great diff ficulty, being closely pursued, the fog enabling the enemy to creep up to them. Two men who were carrying comrade were shot In the arms, but continued with their burden, Captain Bell sent for endorsements to rescue the bodies
  talion of the Nebraska regiment, under Major Nufford,' arrived and advanced until checked by voleys from the ene- my's trenches. The Americans lay about eight hundred yards from the trenches behind rice furrows, under fire for two hours. Several men were sun struck, one dying from the effects of the heat as they lay there waiting for the artillery to come up.
 Finally the second battalion arrived, and then Colonel Stotsenberg, who had spent the night with his family at Ma nila, came upon the field. The men immediately recognized him and raised a cheer. Colonel Stotsenberg, deciding to charge as the cheapest way out of the difficulty, led the attack at the head of his regiment. He fell with bullet in the breast, dying instantly, about two hundred yards from the breast works.
 Lieutenant Sisson fell with bullet in his heart, the bullet striking him near the picture of a girl suspended by ribbon from his neck. In the mean time the artillery had arrived and she'll ed the trenches. The Filipinos stood until the Nebraska troops were right on the trenches, and then they bolted to the second line of intrenchments, mile back.
 The Nebraska regiment lost two pri- yates killed and had many wounded, in- cuding two lieutenants. The Iowa reg iment had several wounded. The Utah | regiment had one officer and three men wounded. Thirteen dead Filipinos were found in the trench. Their loss was comparatively small on account of their | safe shelter. The Americans carried | the second trench with small loss, and | are holding the town tonight.
 Colonel Stotsenberg had won a repu- taton as one of the bravest fighters in the army. He always led his regiment | and had achieved remarkable popular ity with his men since the war began, although during his first colonelcy the volunteers, who were not used to the rigid discipline of the regular troops, thought him hard officer. The loss of the Nebraska regiment in the cam paign is the greatest sustained by any regiment, and to-day's disaster has greatly saddened officers and men, who promise to take fierce vengeance in the next fight.