The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-17
They Fought All Day.

Manila, June IA. Adiutant General.
Washington: Lawton's troops had a severe
engagement yesterday with the enemy in
a strong intrenchment at the crossing of
the Seapote river, near Bakoor, Cavite
province. He has driven the enemy with
heavy loss Our casualties are some 30.
The insurgents in this southern section
were not molested until they threatened
an attack in strong force on Manila. They
are now scattered and in retreat. 1t is
doubtful if they will make further stand.
OTIS.
The fight at Las Pinas continued holly
all day long. Lawton called out his whole
force of 5000 men, and at o'clock he was
only able to push the insurgents back 900
yards to the Seapote river, where they are
intrenched. The insurgents resisted des-
perately and aggressively. They attempted
to turn the left flank of the American
troops. The American loss is conservative
ly estimated at 60. The battle continues.
Began at Daylight.
AT daylight yesterday the rebels at Ca
vite Viejo dropped two shells from big
smooth bore gun mounted in front of the
church into the navy yard. The only dam
age done was splintering the top of the
huge shears on the mole. The gunboats
Callao, Manila and Moquio then proceed
ed to dismount the guns After silencing
the big guns at Cavite Viejo, the gunboats
ran close along the shore bombarding the
rebel position. The rebels replied with
rifle fire and with the fire of some small
pieces of artillery So vigorous was the
enemy's fire at 92O a. M, that the gun
boat Helena joined the small gunboats al
ready named, and the Princeton, Monte
rev and Monadnock from their anchorages
dropped occasional big shells among the
rebels. This apparently only served to
incite the rebels, as they kept up an in
cessant fire of musketry and artillery near
the mouth of Seapote river, two miles
north of Bakoor.
Like Naval Battle.
The fire of all seven warships was con-
centrated on this point shortly after noon,
when the upper bay presented the appear
ance of being the scene of a great naval
battle. The insurgents were eventually
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out for four hours, only to be confronted
by General Lawton's force on land and In
their rear, where there was heavy fighting.
Beyond the destruction of several build
ings along the water front, the effect OF
the bombardment is not known.
Administration of Luna.
! information believed to be reliable has
reached here of the assassination OF Cen
eral Luna and his aide-de-camp, Lieuten-
ant Pasco Ramon, June 8, by Aguinaldo'
guard, at the headquarters of Aguinaldo.
VIII Stop at Frisco.
Washington, June IA cable dispatch
from General Otis relative to the departure
of the Second Oregon states that the regi-
ment will be taken to San Francisco first
for the reason that one ship could not
carry all of them, and it was desirable &c
send with the two ships the sick and
? wounded soldiers, a detachment of the
signal corps and others who are homeward
bound. They will then proceed to Port
land.
\ Col. Smith to Retire.
: Manila, June a. - Colonel Alfred I
Smith of the Thirteenth infantry, resi-
. dent of Buffalo, n. Y, has applied for re
tirement. He was overcome by the hea
in last Saturdays movement on Paran
aque 1t is not thought, however, that hi