Arizona republican., 1899-06-14
THE ENEMY CROWDED BACK
But if Took inc Whole American Force to Do if Leaving Even Las PinaS Exposed 10 an Attack by inc insurgents in inc Rear. Losses on inc American and Filipino Sides Heavy.

A-ON-S
 Lawton called out tl1f+ whole forca
 of 5000 men at , o'clock and was
 only able to push the insurgents back
 800 yards to the Zapote river, where
 they were entrenched. The insurgents
 resisted desperately and aggressively.
 They attempted to turn tn left flank of the American troops. The Ameri
 can loss is conservatiVely estimated
 at sixty.
 The only means of crossing the Za-
 pote was by a small bridge which the Filipincs commanded with trenches spreading V-shaped, whence they
 could concentrate their fire on the bridge. They also had the advantage of the trees and jungles So that the Americans could hardly see ahead When the battle was renewed there were achievements, our battery hay ing silenced the enemy's guns. The Americans wading waist deep in the mud of the salt flats and pouring a steady volley of musketry at the reb- els, drove their opponents beyond the river
 The armies lay facing each other across the deep stream, the enemy practically out of sight, while the men in blue and khaki lay in the mud marshes, many of them without any shelter, fer three hours without a moments cessation in the fire, pouring bullets at the enemy as fast as they riff T od into a continuous roar which was vast ly different from the intermittent skir- mish-like rattle of most of the engage ments.
 One battalion after another General Lawton summoned from Las Pinas un- til only enough troops Of the reserves were left in the town to prevent the Fiipinos from attacking the Amer jeans in the rear, which was feared. as they were creeping around our left through the woods, delivering a flank ing fire which put great strain upon the endurance of the men who were fioundering in the mud across the river, while Cn the right Filipino sharpshooters hidden in the trees were peppering our men.
 After firing in volleys for a short time, the men were ordered to fire when and where they could see the enemy. General Lawton though ex- hausted by the mornings fight, rallied by sheer will power and was the com manding figure in the battle. He went aiong the lines directing and en- couraging the troops General Wheaton and General Overshine were equally courageous. The generals were among the few men on the battle field who refused to take shelter under the hottest fire. The only approach to the fighting ground was by mar row winding road where the rebel bullets dropped thickly. At o'clock there was Hull in the fighting. Tt is impossible to estimate the number of the Filipino dead. Many dead bodies are in the f1eI Is.
 At daylight today the rebels at CaYLte Viejo dropped two shells from Dig smooth-bore gun mounted in front of the church in the navy yard The only damage done was the splint- ering of the top Of the huge shears on the mole. The gunboats Callao. Manila and Mosquito then proceeded to dismount the gun.
 After breakfast the rebels opened fire along the beach to Baker. After the big gun at Cavite Vieio i the gunboats ran close along shore i bombarcLng the rebel position. The i rebels replied with rifle fire and with | the fire of some small pisces of artiI- | lery. So vigorous was the enemy's | fire that at 9:25 a. m. the guniboat | Helena joined the small gunboats al. | ready named and the Princeton, Monterey and Monadnock from their dropped occasional big shells among the rebels. This ap- parently only served to incite the rebels, as they kept up an incessant fire of musketry and artillery. near the mouth of the Zapete river. two miles north of Baker.
 The fire of all seven warships was on this point shortly after noon, when the upper bay pre- sented the appearance of being the scene of a great naval battle. The were eventually forced to abandon their guns, after holding out Tor four hours, only to be confronted 1y General Lawton's force on land in their rear, where heavy fighting oc ,urred
 Beyond the destruction of several