Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-11
cALoocAN TAKEN YESTERDAY
TWENTIETH KANSAS REGIMENT
HAD A HAND IN 1T.
10 q Part of General Otis Brigade,
Which Captured Caloocan-The
American Loss Light and
Insurgent Loss Said
to BE Heavy.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1o.-The following
dispatch was received tonight:


Z
Adjutant General.
Insurgents collected considerable force
between Manila and Caloocan. where
Aguinaldo is reported to be. and threat
ened an attack and uprising in the city.
This afternoon swung left of MacATthur's
division. which is north of Pasig river,
into Caloocan, driving enemy easily. Our
left now at Caloocan- Our loss slight; that
of insurgents considerable. Particulars in
morning. Attack preceded by one-half
hours firing from two of Admiral Dewey's
vessels. OTIS.
MANILA, Feb. 10, 7:ao p. m.-The Ameri-
can forces at 3:40 this afternoon made a
combined attack upon Caloocan and re-
duced 1t in short order.
At signal from the tower OF the De La
LONE church the United States double
turreted monitor. Monadnock, opened fire
from the bay, with the big guns Of her
fore turret on the earthworks with great
effect
Soon afterwards. the Utah battery bonn
barded the place from the land side. !.
: The rebels reserved their fire until the
bombardment ceased, when they fired vol
lysi Of niusketry as the Montana regiment
advanced on the jungle.
The Kansas regiment on the extreme
left, with the Third artillery deploying TO
the right, charged across the open and
carried the earthworks, cheering under d
heavy fire. - =, 49,.
Supported by the artillery at the church,
the troops further, advanced, driving the
enemy fighting. every foot; right into the
town line and penetrated to Presidencia,
and lowered the Filipino flag at $50 p. m.
The enemy's sharpshooters. in the jungle
on the right, fired at long range on the
Pennsylvania regiment, but the rebels were
soon silenced by shrapnel shells and the
N Has ,oA fv,< 3, ,,I>
As the Americans advanced they burned
the native huts.
The rebels were moved down like grass,
but the American loss was slight.
The rebels have apparently selected
Malabon as their base of operations in the
next encounter. as they ara concentrating
IN considerable force there. Many small
bodies of scattered troops are struggling
in from the right and others are undoubt-
edly arriving from the north interior prov
inces.
Aguinaldo is reported to have establish
ed headquarters at Malabon for the pur-
pose Of rallying his forces for decisive
blow. In order to cover their movements,
the rebels again opened fire upon the Kan
sas outposts last night from the jungle.
The fire was continued for twenty minutes,
but without effect. The Americans reserv-
ed their fire until q detachment Of the
enemy emerged from the bamboos, when
q well directed volley made the rebels scut-
tie back to their covert like rabbits.
The Fourteenth Infantry has unearthed
several tons Of Spanish shells which had
been stolen from the Cavite arsenal and
cached by the rebels In the vicinity Of
Paranaque. Fifteen carloads Of 1t have
been brought into the city. as has also a
modern naval gun and a part Of its mount
ing.
There is no doubt that the gun was either
stolen by the insurgents or removed from
one of the sunken warships.
LOS ANGELES, CAL. Feb. 10.-A spe-
cial cablegram to the Times from Manila,
sent before the movement on Caloocan.
says:
.Brigadier General H. C. Otis holds the
the bay near Caloocan. The regiments on
the line and in support are: The Twentieth
Kansas, Colonel Funston, eleven compa-
nies; First Montana, Colonel Kessler, nine
companies: Third artillery. Major Kobbe,
four batteries as infantry, and the Tenth
Pennsylvania, Colonel Hawkins, four COM
panies. Two companies Of the Tenth Penn
sylyania are behind the walls of De La
Tamoa churchyard. Across the ravine from
the Montana regiment is Captain Jensens
company, holding the stone fort support
ing Grants battery Of four Utah guns: a
fifth gun to the left and on the railroad,
supporting the Kansas troops.
To reach its present position the brigade
has advanced four times since Saturday in
series Of brilliant combats on different
parts Of the line OF action, especially so
on the 4th, 9Th and 7th. The last advance
was the most sanguinary, the American
loss being one killed and six wounded,
while the Filipinos suffered loss of forty
four killed. and were utterly routed. The
brigade has lost to-day six killed and fifty
five wounded. The Filipinos lost 1So. All
the dead were buried. Several bayonet
advance of the right and center The TAX
ing of the Chinese cemetery on the 9th by
the Montana and Pennsylvania regiments
was a superb piece Of work. A brilliantly
executed advance up the slope In the opsn
made battle picture that would delight