The record-union., 1899-02-07

/ stationed at Malabon, poured a deadly
! fire from their secondary batteries into
| the Filipino trenches at Caloocan.
| After daylight the United States
| double-turret sea-going monitor Mo-
nadnock opened fire off Malate, and
kept Smelling the Filipinos left flank,
while the other vessels shelled the right
flank for several hours.
/ By l o'clock the Americans had APP
parently completely routed the enemy,
and had taken the villages of Palaw-
pong, Santa Mesa, Pace, Santana, San
Pedro, Macorte, Pandocan and Pasai,
had destroyed hundreds of native huts
and had secured possession of the water
main reservoir, a distance of over six
miles The Tennessees joined the
/ firing line at 10 O'Clock on Sunday
morning. and assisted in capturing
| Santa Mesa.
One of the most notable events of
| Sundays work was driving the Fill
pinos out of their stronghold at Pace
by the reserve, few companies of Cal
+ ifaSnians commanded by Colonel Do
boce. The main road to- the village
was lined by native huts full of Fill
pinos sharpshooters. After they HAD
staff, killing a driver, and firing,on an
ambulance of the Red Cross Society,
Colonel Duboce ordered the line to be
| cleared and burned The Filipinos
concentrated in Pace Church and con-
vent, where they made determined
| stand in the upper stories
| A platoon of Californians stationed
on a neighboring bridge maintained a
| hot ho
able to dislodge them. In the face of
few volunteers dashed into the church,
scattered coal oil inside of it, set fire
to the oil and retired.
4 In the meantime Captain Dyer's bat
terry of the Sixth Artillery bombarded
the church. dropping a dozen shells in
to the tower and roof Company L
and part of Company G of the Cali
fornians charged into the church, but
were unable to ascend the single flight
of steps leading to the story above.
After the incendiaries had retired a
/ company of the Idahos and the Wash
! ington Guards, stationed on either side
of the building, picked off the Filipinos
as they We're smoked out Many of
! the rebels, however, escaped into the
| brush in the rear of the church. The
Americans captured fifty-three of the
rebels, and during the fighting about
| the church twenty of the rebels were
| killed.
Some 2, 800 women, children and nom
/ combatants were allowed to enter the
American lines, after promising to go
to the houses Of friends and remain
/ there.
Another intensely exciting incident
occurred during the engagement. The
! Washington and Idahos and Companies
K and NJ of the Californians made
charges across the rice fields between
! Pace and Santana in the face of a
/ terrific fusillade. The ground to-day
over which they passed is covered with
dead and wounded natives. The former
are being buried in groups of five or
six about where they lay, and the lat
ter are being brought to the hospital.
/ 1t was at this stage of the fighting
and at Calcooan that the natives suf-
fered their heaviest loss
/ The Fourteenth Regulars were in a
particularly tight place near Singa1on,
and Colonel Duboce was compelled to
rush past them with the reserve in
order to prevent the regulars from be-
ing cut off. In the last line twelve
men were killed before the rebels re-
tired.
Both sides cheered frequently during
| the engagement The American "Hur-
rahs" were almost invariably met by
derisive 'Vivas.'' Among the natives
the Ygorotes We're especially noticeable
| for their bravery. about 700 of these
! naked savages facing artillery fire with
! their bows and arrows.
The scene at Manila when the alarm
was given on Saturday night was
wildly exciting The American soldiers
in the theaters and at the circus were
called, and the performances were stop
ped. Filipinos scurried every which
| way. and the rattle of musketry and
booming of cannon outside the city
was plainly heard. The residents of
! the outskirts of Manila focked into
the walled city with their arms full
| of articles. All the carriages dlsap-
peared as if by magic, the street cars
! were stopped and the telegraph lines
were cut and the soldiers hurrledly
but silently marched out of the city
| into the stations assigned to them. Inc
stores were closed almost instantly, for
| eign flags were to be seen flying from
many windows, and a number of white
rags were hung out from Filipino huts
and houses
On Sunday Immense crowds of people
visited the water front and gathered
in the highest towers to watch the
bombardment There were no street
cars or carriages to be seen, and the
streets were almost deserted.
/ During the fighting the United States
warships shelled train loaded with
insurgents Colonel William c. smith
of the First Tennessee was in the thlcx
of the fight, when attacked by apoplexy
and fell from his horse.
The Minnesota troops, acting as po-
lice. searched every native and arrested
many of them, with the result that
while there were several attempts 70
i assassinate American officers on Sat
urday. there were none Sunday Abb
/ sorute order was maintained.
/ The flagship Olympia steamed across
the bay Sunday and took up a position
4 near the German cruiser Irene and the
British cruiser Narcissus off the mole
She is still there. The Americans are
determined not to give the Filipinos
I a chance to recuperate.
r,ne official list of dead and wounded
has rot been submitted for publication
and il is impossible, owing to the fact
that the regiments are scattered to
obtain reliable list except from head
quarters.
Two Filipino commissioners from Iio-
/ 10 and four rebel officers were arrested
here this morning after boarding the
i steamer Uranus. Many suspects have
been arrested in various parts of the
city