The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-04-24
A DISASTROUS
ENCOUNTER.
But II Ended, as Usual, With an
American Victory.
SEVEN OF OUR MEN KILLED.
Colonel Stotsenberg Fell at the
Head Of His Regiment.
FORTY.FOUR AMERICANS WOUNDED.

The Filipinos Fired Upon Our Advancing
Troops From Trenches - They Were
Finally Put to Flight, Leaving Thirteen
Dead Behind Them - The Americans
Now Hold the Town of Quingua, -Four
Miles Miles Northeast of Malolos.
Manila, April 24.-In an encounter
with the Fliipinos yesterday near
Quingua, about four miles northeast Of
Malolos. seven Americans were killed
and A wounded.
The following were killed: Colonel
John NJ. Stotsenburg, OF the First Ne
braska regiment, formerly of the Sixth
cavalry; Lieutenant Lester e. Sisson. of
the same regiment; two privates Of the
Nebraska regiment; three privates of
the Fourth cavalry. Most Of the
wounded belong to the First Nebraska
regiment. The Filipinos retreated
with small loss.
The engagement developed into a
disastrous, though successful, fight.
The insurgents had horseshoe trench,
about a mile long, circling a rice field.
on the edge of a wood
Captain Bell, with 40 cavalrymen,
encountered a strong outpost. One Of
his men was killed and five were
wounded by yolley.
The Americans retired, carrying
their wounded under fire and with
great difficulty, being closely pursued,
fog enabling the enemy to creep up
to them.
w 0ov fv,o
rade were shot in the arms, but they
continued with their burden.
Captain Bell sent for reinforcements
to rescue the bodies of the killed cav
alrymen, and a battalion of the Ne
braska regiment, under Major Mufford,
arrived and advanced until checked by
volleys from the enemy's trenches.
The Americans lay about 500 yards
from the trenches, behind rice burrows,
under fire, for two hours
Several were sunstruck, one diving
from the effects of the heat, as they
lay there waiting for the artillery to
Finally the Second battalion arrived,
and then Colonel Stotsenburg, who had
spent the night with his family at
Manila, came upon the field. The men
Immediately recognized him and raised
a cheer.
The loss to the Nebraska regiment
In the campaign is the greatest sus-
tained by any regiment, and yester-
days disaster has greatly saddened Of
fcers and men, who promise to take
fierce vengeance in the next fight.
Colonel StotsenbuTg, deciding to
charge as the cheapest way out of the
difficulty, led the attack at the head of
his regiment. He fell with a bullet
in his breast, dying instantly, about
200 yards from the breastworks.
Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bullet
In his heart, the bullet striking him
near the picture of a girl suspended
by ribbon from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had ar
rived and shelled the trenches.
The Filipinos stood until the Me-
braska troops were right on the
trenches, and then lhey bolted to the
second line Of entertainments, a mile
back
The Nebraska regiment lost two prl-
Yates killed and hau many wounded
The Iowa regiment mad several
wounded.
The Utah regiment had one officer
and three men wounded.
Thirteen dead Filipinos were found
In the trenches. Their loss was COM
paratively small on account of their
safe shelter.
The Americans carried the second
trench with small loss, and are now
holding the town.
Colonel Stotsenburg had won a
reputation as one of the brayest fight
ers in the army. He always led hls
regiment, and had achieved remark
able popularity with his men since the
war began, although during his first
colonelcy the volunteers, who were not
used to the rigid discipline OF tho
regular troops, thought him a hard
officer. Indeed, they resented his
methods so bitterly that they procured
the passage of a resolution Of censure
against him through the Nebraska
legislature. Once they became en-
gagged in actual warfare, however. the
merits OF his course became so an
parent that in response to a yery
strong demand from the people Of the
state and the soldiers themselves the
resolution OF censure, by formal vote,
was expunged from the legislative rec
prds. In the meantime Colonel Stot-
senburg had endeared himself to eyery
officer and man in the regiment. and
brought the command to a high state
OF efficiency.