The Holly chieftain., 1899-02-10
THOUSANDS KILLED.
American Army Literally Mows
Down Filipinos at Manila.
Aeuinaido's Follower Attack Our Men
aud Are R-pui..d with frieh'fui Losses
-Det.ii. of the Conflict DIFF
Heugt to Obtain.

Manila Feb 7.-Gareful estimates
place the Filipino losses up to date at
! !. 900 dead, $500, wounded and 5000
taken prisoners. The rebel forces
have been driven back ten miles. Dur
ing the fighting the United states war
ships shelled train loaded with IN
surgents. Owing to the area I'M braced
in the scene of Saturday nights and
Sundays engsgem ment, semi-circle OF
fully IT miles, details regarding fight
ing have been extremely difficult to
obtain. So far as can be gathered, the
brush commenced at s:45 on Saturday
evening, BY the firing of Nebraska
sentry at Santa Mesa upon Filipinos
who were deliberately crossing the
line, after repea ted warnings, with
the evident intention of drawing our
fire
The FIRST shot from the American
sentry was evidently accepted as a
pre-arranged signal, for it was fol-
lowed almost Immediately by a ter
rife fusilIade along the entire Filipino
line, on the south side OF the Pasig
river. The American outposts re-
turned the fire with such vigor that
The Filipino fire was checked until the
arrival of reinforcements.
At ten O'Clock the firing was re-
sumed, the American firing line con-
listing of the Third artillery, the
Kansas and Montana regiments, the
Minnesota regiment the Pennsvlva-
aians, the Nebrasksns, the Utah bat
terry, the Idahos, the Washingtons.
The Californians, the Fourth cavalry,
North Dakotans, the Sixth artillery
and Fourteenth infantry. The Filipi-
1os concentrated their forces at three
ooin,s-Caloocan, Santa Mesa and Gal
ingalan-and maintained an intermit-
tent fusillade for some hours. They
brought ARTILLERY into action at Gal
ingalan at 1850, but only one gun an
1oyed the Americans to any apprecia-
ole extent The Third artillery 81.
.enced the Galingalan battery by firing
TWO guns simultaneously, which was
followed Immediately by volleys from
The infantry.
At about midnight there was lull
n the firing. lasting until about 3:45
1. M, when the whole Filipino line
-eopened fire. The Americans poured
terrific fire into the darkness Tor 20
minutes, and then there was another
Iull until daylight when the Ameri-
cans generally advanced. During the
night, in response to Admiral Dewey's
signal flashed across from Cavite, the
United States cruiser Charleston and
the gunboat Concord, stationed at
Malabop, poured deadly fire from
their secondary batteries into the Fill
pino trenches at Caloocan.
After daylight, the United States
dou BILE turret sea- going monitor Monad-
mock opened FIRE off Malate and kept
shelling the Filipinos' left flank, while
the other vessels shelled the right
flank for several hours BY one o'clock
the Americans had apparently COM
pletely routed the enemy and had
taken the villages OF Palawpong,
Santa Mesa, Paco, Santana, San Pedro.
Macorte. Pandocan and Pasai, and had
destroyed hundreds of native huts and
main reservoir. distance of over six
miles. The Tennessees Joined the fr-
ing line at ten o'clock on Sunday
morning, and assisted in capturing
Santa Mesa. One of the most nota BILE
events of Sundays work was driving
the Filipinos out of their stronghold at
Paco by the reserve, a few companies
of Californians commanded by Col.
Duboce. The main road to the village
was lined by native huts full OF Fiji
pino sharpshooters. After they had
been firing upon Gen. King and his
staff, killing driver, and firing on
an ambulance OF the Red Cross society,
Col Du boce ordered the huts to be
cleared and burned. The Filipinos
concentrated At Paco church aud con-
vent where they made q determined
stand in the upper stories The Amer
leans captured So of the rebels, and
during the fighting about the church
20 of the rebels were killed.
Gen. Otis latest report places the
American loss at 81 killed and about
l75 wou. ded. No casualties are re-
ported from the Twentieth Kansas
The Americans are determined not
to give the Filipinos a chance to re-
cuperate. Two Filipino commissioners
from Iloilo and four re bel officers were
arrested here yesterday morning after
boarding the steamer Uranus. Many
suspects have been arrested in variou,
parts Of the city.
says 1t Was 'ths Judgment Of God.~