Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-02-17
THEIR LOSS TEN THOUSAND
Aruinaldo' savages Set Fire-Promptiy
Extinguished by U. 8. soldiers-Navai
Forces Render Great Assistance-An-
ether Town Captured.

Manila, Feb. 1.-THE American colors
were run up today over town OF flame.
Enraged at their inability to hold Mala-
bon in the face of our invincible troops,
after being driven out of Caloocan yester-
day, Aguinaldo's savage hordes set fire to
a more remote entertainment. Alive every
instant to the obligations of civilized war
fare, the United States soldiers turned lire
fighters. Laying down their arms, they
fell to the task of extinguishing the flames
and saving the lives and property OF the
defenseless natives, and their work was
crowned with success.
1t has been estimated the enemy num-
bered 10000 when the fighting began last
Saturday night, but since that time the
rebel losses-killed, wounded and prisoners
amount to at least 5000, which, with
the addition of 1000 prisoners and at least
that number of those seeking cover, would
reduce the Filipino army today to 10000
Even this estimate of their fighting
strength would be ludicrously excessive.
Many of them are Ygarotes and others
mountain tribesmen half naked, painted,
decked with feathers, and armed with
nothing more formidable than bows and
arrows and the bolas, or balls and thongs.
1t is such armed troops that with barbar-
ic spite are burning trail behind them.
The capture of Malabon began with the
Smelling of the town by the monitor Mo-
nadnock and the cruiser Charleston.
Thus, as in the case of Caloocan yesterday,
the enemy We're demoralized by heavy ar
tillery before the advance of our soldiers,
It was resistless advance when it came
accomplished in the teeth of heavy mus
kerry fire from the jungle. Eleven of our
men fell in the charge-two killed and the
rest wounded. But this loss was baga-
telle to what the Fihpinos suffered. Dead
and wounded were piled ON all sides when
the soldiers swamed into the burning
town.
An interesting discovery was made in
headquarters by the Filipinos leaders. In
the haste Of their flight they had left be
hind, among other papers, the plans for 9
sudden attack in force on Manila itself
Rebels Driven From CaIoocan.
Manila, Philippine Islands, Feb. IL
The monitor Monadnock and cruiser
Charleston began Smelling the insurgents
positions at Caloocan at o'clock yester
day afternoon. At A o'clock the American
troops advanced and made q splendid
charge through the woods, where the in
surgents were concealed. One hour after
the fight began the town of Caloocan wa
burning. Our troops are now in full pos
session An insurgent force estimated a
5000 defended the trenches stubbornly un
til driven out, at the point of the bayonet
with heavy losses Their shooting wa!
bad. Our losses were three killed and 81
wounded.
The American troops engaged in tn
fight were the Twentieth Kansas, Tent
Pennsylvania, the Montana and Idah,
troops, the Twenty-third regulars, Thir'
artillery as infantry, one battery of tn
Sixth artillery and Utah battery. Tw,
troops of cavalry were held in reserve
Superior tactics of the Americans diseon
certed the enemy.
At the last station, under fire from Nal
abon, the farthest advance post, on
men communicated with the army an
navy by signals from high towers.