The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-17

sistance But Finally Retreat-Death
of Major Logan.
Manila, Nov. 16.-The severest pun.
lshment since the fight at Zapote
River, near linus. has been inflicted on
the Ftlipinos through the brilliant
work of the 39d Volunteer Infantry.
under command of Col. Hare. Sew
eral hundred men in this regiment
We're recruited in Texas and some of
them were formerly in the Rough
Riders
After the fight, which took place
near san Jacinto. the bodies OF seven
tE-SeFen dead natives were found on
Vhe heId. IWenty-nine prisoners. forty
seven Mauser5 and tifty-siX Rcming-
tons We're captured. Seven Americans
We're killed and fifteen wounded.
Ieh. W beai0u received Information
that the Fiiuuos We're concentrating
IN lhc direction of san J8cint0. where.
upon he ordered the &ad with one Cat.
Ing Gun to eHudwe The position. which
was three miles to the southeast of
San JaciutO. An advance guard of
elEht Texan shrps, uoters. uuC.r the
personal direction of Major John 4
Logan, encountered a MsilIade from
the enemy who We're wen concealed in
a trench beyond a wide. waist.deeD
bog. As the remainder of Major Lo-
gans battalion of the 33d struggled
forward to support him the enorny's
sharpShoOtcrs who were couce.lcd in
the tops of cOcOanut trees and i'm the
trenches along the roadside oncned a
murderous fire. Major Cronin's bat.
TALON OF the 33d deployed to the right
and Major Marchs to the left through
muddy ricetields and bamboo-thickets
and formed skrmish line a mile and
a half long.
1t was in this battle that Major ].
A. Logan was killed by a Filipino
sharpShooter.
AS the enemy's fire came from all
points in the immediate front of the
Americans it was seen that their fire
was fully equal to ours. The Filipinos
evacuated the trenches only after half
an hour of the hardest kind of fight.
ing. When they finally began to run
sney We're slaughtered In lunches.
Many OF the natives in their flight
cropped their rifles, which the Ameri.
cans picked up and smashed. At sew.
eral places along the line of retreat
the Fllipinos made a stand till the
men of the 33d climbed over the
trenches and charged on them.
Inc enemy abandoned the struggle
ana ned through San Jacinto. Some
OF them went toward Magaldan. and
others ran east toward Manaog. The
eating gun was used with good effect
as the enemy ran away. The Fill.
pino sharpshooters continued firing AT
the point where the first fight started
until an hour after the town was TAX.
en-. Their shots were directed upon
the field hospital An officer was shot
through the head and mortallv wound.
ed early in the fight while stooping TO
attend a corporal who had been in.
jured. A hospital steward was killed
while trying to drag this officer to the
SIDE or the road. Shortly aftcrward
at the same spot a captain and n non
commissioned officer were wounded
All this was evidently the work of the
sharpshootres, who picked out the of.
hcers by their uniforms. Half q doz.
en- or these men We're spotted in the
trees and killed by our sharpsbootors
The firing on the field hospftal mon
dld not cease however. until a detail
returning from San Jacinto to convex
the dead and wounded to san Fabian
cleared the country of FilDinos.