The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
FROM THE FIELD
A Manila Papers Descrip-
ton of a Battle.
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The following in the Manila Times Is
presented a. an account % The To1do
Fight
When the rebels got into T0ndo by
way OF the Cstcros ana cgecEs OF the
IVitas district. and we're joined by their
friends who had been hldInE ia town
/ from the start. the oaly American
troops on had 10 check them were
iCompanies + and VI. II the Second Ore
Eon. and NJ and e Of the THsrJccnth
Minnesota. Mai. Willis. Of the oEcEons.
was in command. and when he found
that he had no los ger 20 deal oaly with
street riotiug but with an organized
and systematic invasion 81 the toWu by
troops in line Of battle. be a. once
l formed his men into line at the first
cross street Just beyond the big Toudo
church. Company = was o. the left
wing. reaching down almost tn the
seashore: Company NJ. OF the oreEons.
held the center: e was on the right.
and Company NJ. OF the Minnesota. was
in reserve The whole line vas in
diminishing order. about n quarter OF
mile long. Two roads from the d.
rectio1 OF Caloocan crossed Maj. VIII
lis line Of battle and he left the roads
ENTIRELY clear. on account OF being
swept inces sanity by the rebels FIRE.
In fact. from the first Mai. Willis took
the utmost care not to- expose his men.
One captain wished to take company
straight up the road and charge the
enemy In face OF n heavy fire: but there
was TO use IN such rccklcSsnCsS. and
theatrical display Is not what the
troops came to Manila for.
AS the enemy were entTenched be-
hind numerous has,ily-conStFucted
stone barTicades. and were uSs1E
smokeless powder. IL was for some time
very difficult to make Roadway against
them. Mai. Willis advanced his whole
line simultaneously. through blocks OF
huts and among the trees. unit! n hot
fire from all sides made II necessary to
halt a while. and burn the enemy out
OF their hiding places. The order was
given to burn everything asd advance
slowly. In this way. the OTsgonians
and Minnesotans carried all before
them. until they reached aud took the
first line OF barbados. together with
two stone enclosures. the principal
rebel defence. They most stubboT1ly
held one stone enclosure in front OF
Company NJ. o. the oregons. who. az e.
a HerCely hot time. got up into a brio.
'ss.'s-s near uy. ANA Ranked the rco Is
garden wall. driving them out through
the side gate. where Company = git
them Ike rabbits. Thirty bodies were
found there after the fight. In the
other enclosure. which was also n
scene OF desperate re istanec. Company
killed five and picked up six rebels
badly wounded. while large numbers OF
bodies lay about the fields and among
the trees not far away.
After this the line halted and sent
back for more ammunition. The near
est base ot supply was the quarters OF
Companies c and NJ Of the Mi-neso.as q.
but only little was procurabls there.
ana 4 was necessary to- send right tnso
town.
Maj. Gocdale then came up with two
companies of the Twenty-third rcgu-
lars. The command devolved on Mai
Goodale. as senior. and he has the
credit OF clearing the whole country
right up to Gen. MacArthur's lines. The
rebels ought 40 have made n stand al
the Gagalangin bridge. Just beyond ths
Malabon tram depot. but they failed
entirely.
The burying parties buried iis b1die,
on the field; over a hundred rebel.
were taken Elive. and brought fnte
J town. The American loss was only on,
} man killed. . regular of the Twenty
third; two Minucsotaus and one o-s
gon wounded. This Is due To the fac
that the officers had acted steadiIv an,
Judteiously from The first. and the rDsr
behaved spiendidly.
Or. Richie and Hospital s,swar,
Erosius were right up TO the fsb,In,
line. working like heroes win an.
wounded. Filipinos as well as Ansrf
cans.