Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-14
IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE.
Movement of the American Troops Last
Saturday and Sunday.

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The Filipino occupation of the
province of Cavite has been broken,
and, as result of the present move
ment, the Americans now control the
important coast towns of Paranaque
and Las Pinas, while long line of in
surgent trenches facing our south line
has been cleared, says a Manila dis
patch of Sunday.
The insurgents have again proved
their facility as dodgers, between 5000
and 1000 warriors, who seemed des-
tined to be captured, having disappear
ed, the majority sliding away under
cover of the night, after fighting the
Americans all day. Some others came
to meet our troops, with prostestations
Of friendship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one
man killed and six wounded the
Ninth infantry, one man killed and
five wounded ; the Fourteenth infan-
try, three wounded; First Colorado
volunteer regiment, eleven wounded.
Yesterdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire isthmus
from Laguna de Bay to the harbor.
While the troops were advancing
the army gunboat Rapidan, in the river
near Taguig, shelled the enemy, kill
ing several of them. The monitor
Monadnock and the gunboat Helena
shelled Paranaque and LasPinas all day
with the full power of their batteries.
The rebel sharpshooters kept in hid
ing until the American lines had pass
ed, and then attempted t6 shoot strag-
glers from the trees. Thanks to their
poor craftsmanship, this subterfuge
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 hollows, which
greatly added to the diff Guilty of the
advance; but gave shelter that saved
many from the enemy's bullets. Our
men threw away their blankets, coats
and even haversacks, stripping 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 maneuvre the Filipinos, in con-
cealed trenches on the right, opened
an enfilading fire; but the brigade,
partly owing to the high grass, had
few hit.
The Ninth infantry crept around to
the right, flanking the trenches, driv-
ing out the Filipinos and killing many
of them.
The Colorado regiment advanced to
the lake. Two companies encountered
trenches on top of knoll, where the
Filipinos stood waist high above a
trench, pouring volley upon the ad-
vancing Americans. The Colorado
troops charged and drove them out,
Lieutenant Colonel Moses being woun-
ded in the arm as he jumped into the
trench.
In the meantime General Wheaton's
column advanced one and half miles
toward Paranaque, where the Ameri-
cans found strong trench on ridge,
out of which they drove the Filipinos
by hard fighting.
The enemy tried to flank the dis
mounted troops of the 4th cavalry &C
companying Major General Lawton,
and at the same time they made their
only advance, throwing skirmish line
to flank the 18th infantry. But they
were easily repulsed, the American ar
tillery coming to the crest of the bill
and shelling them.
About 8 o'clock in the afternoon
General Wheaton's brigade, headed by
General Lawton, who, in his white
clothes and helmet on big black
horse, was shining mark for the enc
my's sharpshooters, circled to the
south of Las Pinas, encountering
large force of Filipinos in the shelter
of the trees. General 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 regiment bore
the brunt of this attack and dispersed
the Filipinos.
Hardly had they finished off that lot
when large force appeared IN the
rear, which the 9th infantry and part
of the Colorado 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
heavy rain.
At o'clock this morning General
Wheaton advanced upon Las Pinas,
with a troop of cavalry, the 2lst in
fantry, the Colorado regiment, part of
the 9th infantry and two mountain
guns, crossing two streams, and enter
ing the town without firing a shot.
He then advanced upon Paranaque.
The women and children, and for that
matter many men remained IN the
towns. No houses were destroyed,
though many were torn by the shells
from the warships. Everywhere the
Americans found white flags flying.
So far as can yet he ascertained the
Filipino loss is about so killed, about
$50 wounded, and 90 taken prisoners.
The whole country is net-worked with
trenches and the enemy scurried from