Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
HOW ILOILO AS TAKEN
General Miller's Bloodless Victory on
panay Island.
NATIVES SET TOWN ON FIRE.
It's Destruction Was Prevented ~
Heroic United states Mnrines'
Late Details of the Fall OF
Filipino stronghold.

Manila, Feb. Is. - Particulars OF tn
capture of Iloilo by the United STATES
forces under Brlgadier General Marcus
ID. Miller on Saturday last have peer
received here.
On the morning Of Friday. Feb ~
General Miller sent an ultimatum 10 tne
commander of the rebels on shore noti'
fyng him that 1t was his intention tc
take Ioilo by force If necessary. Non
comba tants and foreigners were warned
to leave the town within "a hours. The
rebels We're also WARNED that they mus'
make no further berligereht prepare
lions. ''
The gunhoat Petrol was then moved
to a position close inshore and near the
rebel fort. while the cruiser Boston took
up her station at the other end OF the
town.
Friday passed quietly. During the
day many refugees left the town OF
Ioilo the majority Of whom were taken
on board foreign ships lying In the har-
Dor.
Searchlights from the United States
warships were kept all night long IL
Illuminating the town and its defenses.
The rebels, 80 far as the lookouts on
the ships could discover. remained quiz
escent throughout the night.
At s O'Clock on the morning Of Satur-
day. Feb. II, the gunboat Petrol signal
ed to the cruiser Boston that the rebels
were working in their trenches. In re-
turn the Petrol was ordered to fire
warning shots upon the town from her
three Founders. This was done. and the
rebels replied with a harmless fusillade.
The Boston and the Petrol then bonn
barded the rebels trenches, completely
clearing them of their occupants in q
very short space Of time.
Marines Acted as Firemen.
Soon after the bombardment began
flames broke out simultaneously in vari-
Gus parts OF the town. Thereupon 4s
marines. acting as infantry and artil-
lery, We're landed from the cruiser Bos-
ton, and company was sent ashore
from the gunboat Petrol. These detach-
ments marched straight into the town
of Iloilo and, hosting the stars and
stripes over the fort, took possession OF
the place in the name OF the United
States.
The capture OF the town and its de-
lenses having been accomplished. the
marines and soldiers who had been sent
ashore proceeded to the task Of saving
the American. English and German con-
sulates from destruction by the fire
which was raging among the frail and
inflammable buildings of the town, The
Swiss consul's residence. which was In
the same row as the consulates named.
was burned. The entire Chinese and
native sections of the town were de-
stroyed. but foreign mercantile proper
ty escaped with slight damage.
There was some desultory firing by
the enemy in the outskirts of Iloilo but
not single American was injured.
General Millers force had complete
control of the situation when the gun
boat Petrol sailed from Iloilo for Ma
Mia. The Sixth United States artillery
regiment occupied a position command
ing both the bridges leading into the
town. and the Tennessee volunteers and
the Eighteenth United States infantry
were occupying the trenches that had
been constructed by the rebels.