The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
FOUR MEN WERE KILLED
Shot Down in an Attack on
Quenga.
TWO TRENCHES CAPTURED.
Twenty-Four of Our Soldiers Wounded
in the Fight-Colonel Stotsenburg
Among the Killed-One OF the
Bravest Men in the Army.

Manila. April 80, $3.50 p. MIN an en-
counter with the F'ilipinos to-day near
Quengua. about four miles northeast of
Malolos, seven Americans We're killed
and A wounded. The following were
killed:
John NJ Stotsenburg of the lst Ne
braska. formerly of the 9th cavalry.
Lieutenant SissOn, perhaps Lieuten-
ant August Nilsson, of the same reSi-
ment.
Two prvates of the Nebraska rcg-
ment.
Three privates of the 4th cavalry.
Most of the wounded belong to the
list Nebraska regiment. The FilipinCs
retreated with small loss.
The engagement developed into dis
astrous, though successful, fight. The
insurgents had a horseshoe trench
about mile long encircling a rice field
on the edge of a wood.
Captain Bell. with 40 cavalrymen, en-
countered strong outpost. One of his
men was killed and another wounded
by volley. The Americans retired
carrying their wounded under fire. and
with great difficulty, being closely Dur
sued, fog enabling the enemy to creep
up to them. Two men who were carry
ing comrade We're shot in the arms,
but they continued with their burden.
Captain Bell sent for reinforcements
to rescue the body of the killed cav
alryman and a battalion of the Ne
braska regiment under Major Mufford
arrived and advanced until checked by
VolleyS from the enemy'S trenches. The
American lay about 500 yards from the
trenches behind rice furroWs under fire
for two hours. Several men were sun
struck, one dying from the effects of
the heat as they lay there waiting for
the artillery to come up.
Finally the second battalion arrived
and then Colonel StOstenburg, who had
spent the night with his father at Ma
nila, came upon the field The men i'm
mediately recognized him and raised a
cheer.
Colonel Stotsenburg. deciding to
| charge as the cheapest way cut of the
| difficulty, led the attack at the head OF
| his regiment He fell with a bullet in
| the breast, dying instantly, about 200
| yards from the breastworks.
Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bullet
| in his heart, the bullet striking him
near the picture of a girl suspended
| by a ribbon from his neck.
| In the meantime the artillery had
arrived and shelled the trenches. The
| Filipinos stood until the Nebraska
troops We're right on the trenches and
then they bolted to the second line of
| the trenches, a mile back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two pri-
Yates and had many wounded, includ-
ing two lieutenants. The Iowa regiment
| had several wounded. The Utah regi-
| ment had one officer and three men
| wounded.
Thirteen dead Filipnos We're found in
| the trenches. Their loss was compare.
lively small on account of their safe
| shelter
The Americans carried the second
| trench with small loss and are holding
| the town tonight.
Colonel Stotsenburg has won a repu.
tation as one Of the bravest fighters II
the army. He always led his regimen
and had achieved remarkable popular
ity with his men since the war began
| although during his first colonelcy thu
| volunteers, who were not used to the
| rigid discipline of the regular troops
thought him a hard officer
The loss of the Nebraska regiment il
the campaign is the greatest SUSTAINED
by any regiment and to-day's disaster
has greatly saddened officers and men
who promise to take fierce vengeance
in the next fight.