Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-17
FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES
Americans Attacked by a Large
Force at Calulet.
TWO MEN KILLED AT ANGELES.

Advices From Negros and Cebu. Two
Hitherto Friendly Islands. state the
Insurgents Are Gaining strength
at Those Places.
Manila, Aug. 17.-The Twelfth in
fantry left Calulet at sunrise today and
advanced up the railway. Captain
Evans battalion deployed to the right
of the track and Captain Woods to the
left. The companies remained on the
track with the artillery.
The insurgents were found well in
trenched in front of the town, the
trenches having been dug within a
few days and since the occupation of
Calulet.
At distance of 500 yards the Fill
pinos opened fire. Their force was est
mated by Colonel Smith at 1900. al
though the residents afterward said it
exceeded those figures by a 1000.
The enemy sent heavy yolleys
against the whole American line Most
of their shooting, as usual, was high,
but they concentrated their heaviest
fire down the track upon the artillery.
Colonel Smith kept the whole line
moving rapidly, with frequent rushes.
The insurgents attempted to fang Cap
tain Evans and therefore two COM
panies were sent to the right and drove
them back
Unable to stand our continuous vol
leys the Filipinos abandoned the tren-
ches and retreated through the town
northward. 1t appears that they had
only received their supply of ammuni-
ton this morning. Had they been at
tackled sooner they could have made
little resistance
The intense heat caused much suf-
fering among the Americans
A reporter of the Manila Times, who
was accompanying Colonel Smith, was
shot in the head, probably fatally One
American officer received a slight
wound in the face
Lieutenant Rowland, of General
Wheaton's staff, who knew the country
thoroughly, as the result of reconnois-
sances and who assisted in directing
the movement, received a volley while
riding across a field close to the
trenches, but he escaped unframed.
Major Kirkman, on entering Santa
Maria and Depanay yesterday with a
accommodating party learned that
after the fight with General Pho de-
Pillars men near Bustos, about 800 in
surgents retreated northward, carry
ing many wounded, including five Of
fcers.
The insurgents have been concen-
trating for two days about Angeles. Il
is officially announced that Colonel
Smith, with ten companies of the
Twelfth regiment, and two guns Of
Battery E, of the First artillery, I'M
der Lieutenant Henley this morning
attacked $500 strongly entrenched in
surgents at the southern approach tt
Angeles, and drove them back after 9
sharp fight, the American troops LOSING
two men killed and IL wounded. The
insurgent loss was estimated at zoe
men,
About 200 insurgents appeared this
morning in front of Dolores, short
distance north of Porac, but they were
driven off by one company of the
Twelfth regiment, under command Of
Captain Anglum. One American was
wounded.
Arrivals and mail adviees from
Negros and Cebu agree that the In
surrection is gaining strength remark
ably in both those islands, which had
hitherto been counted as the most
friendly in the archipelago and which
received with the greatest cordially
Professor Schurman, president of the
United States advisory commission fol-
the Philippines, at the time of hi:
memorable tour. Outbreaks are feared
particularly in Cebu, where some Of
the leading men have gone over to the
instruction Many of the wealthy in
habitants are prepared to leave thC
island