The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-12
DETAILS OF THE lTANEUYRE
Hardest Fighting of the Campaign
FiliDinOs Good Dndrera


Manila, June 11--S:10 p. m.-The Fill
pino occupation of the province of Ca
vite has been broken and, as the result
of the present movement, the Ameri-
cans now control the important coast
towns of Paranaque and Las Pinas.
while a long line of insurgent trenches
facing our south line has been cleared.
Nhe insurgents have again proved their
ability as dodgers, between 5000 and
1000 warriors, who seemed destined to
be captured, having disappeared, the
majority sliding away under cover of
the night after fighting the Americans
all day. Some others came to meet our
troops with protestations of friendship
The Thirteenth infantry lost ore man
killed and six wounded; the Ninth in
fantry. one man killed and five wound
ed; the Fourteenth infantry three
wounded, and the First Colorado volun-
teer regiment, eleven wounded.
Yesterdays work was the hardest our
army has seen. The battlefield stretch
ed out across the entire isthmus from
Laguna de Bay to the harbor. While
the troops were advancing the army
gunboat Napidan, in the river near
Taguig, killed several Filipinos The
United States monitor Monadnock and
the gunboat Helena shelled Paranauue
and Las Pinas all day with the full
power of their batteries. The rebel
sharpshooters kept in hiding until the
American lines had passed and then at
tempted to pot stragglers from the trees.
Thanks to their poor craftsmanship,
this was without result The whole
country proved to be a succession of
small hills, with boggy ground between
the high, thick grass and bushes in the
holows, which greatly added to the diff
ficulty of the advance but gave shelter
that saved many from the enemy's bull
lets. Our men threw away their blan-
kets, coats and even haversacks, strip
ping to the waist and trusting to luck
for food. Water could not be obtained
and there was much discomfort after
the canteens were emptied.
At the outset the Colorados. the Ninth
infantry and the Twenty first infantry
forced the line of insurgent trenches
wheeled to the left and drove the enemy
toward the lake. During this manoeu-
vre the Filipinos, in concerted trenches
on the right, opened an enfillading fire,
but the brigade, partly owing to high
grass, had few hit. The Ninth infantry
crept around to the right, f1anking the
trenches, driving out the Filipinos and
killing many of them. The Colorado
regiment advanced to the lake. Two
companies encountered trenches on top
of a knoll, where the Filipinos stood
waist-high above a trench, pouring a
volley upon the advancing Americans.
The Colorado regiment charged and
drove them out, Lieutenant Colonel
Moses being wounded in the arm as he
Jumped into the trenches.
In the meantime General Wheaton's
column advanced one and half miles
toward Paranaque, where the Ameri-
cans found strong trench on a ridge,
out of which they drove the F'ilipinos
by hard fighting. The enemy tried to
flank the dismounted troops of the
Fourth cavalry, accompanying Major
General Lawton, and at the same time
they made their only advance, throwing
a skirmish line to flank the Fourteenth
infantry But they were easily repuls- |
ed, the American artillery coming to the
crest of the hill and shellng them
About o'clock in the afternoon Gen |
eral Wheaton's brigade, headed by Gen |
eral Lawton, who, in his white clothing |
and helmet, on big black horse, was a |
shining mark for the enemy's sharp
shooters, circed to the south of Las
Pinas, encountering a large force of Fill !
ipinos in the shelter of the trees Cen
eral Lawton had a narrow escape. In |
the first volley of the enemy the horses
of three of his staff officers were shot |
from under them. The Colorado regi-
ment bore the brunt of this attack and |
dispersed the Filipinos. Hardly had |
they finished off that lot when a large |
force appeared in the rear, which the
Ninth infantry and a part of the Colo
RADIO regiment drove away. BY this
time nearly the whole division was
around Las Pinas. The Americans
camped for the night south of the town
and in the midst of a heavy rain.
At s o'clock this morning General