Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-13
RARE BRA VERY SHOWN IN THE
GREAT BATTLE.

Owing to the distance embraced in
the scene of Sundays engagement at
Manila, a semi circle of fully seven
teen miles, details regarding individ-
ual fighting have been obtained slow
ly. So far as can be gathered, the
brush began at s:45 O'Clock on Satur-
day evening, by the firing of Ne
braska sentry, at Santa Mesa, upon
Filipinos, who were deliberately cross
ing the line, after repeated warnings,
with the evident purpose of drawing
our fire.
The first shots from the American
sentry evidently were pre- arranged
signal, for they were followed almost
Immediately by a terrific fusilade
along the entire Filipino line on the
north side of the Pasig River. The
American ontposts returned the fire
with such vigor that the Filipino fire
was checked until the arrival of re-
Inducements. All the troops in the
vicinity were hurried out and the Fill
ipinos ceased firing for half an hour,
while their own re Endorsements ar
rived.
At 10 'clock the fighting was re-
sumed, the American fring-line con-
sisting of the Third artillery, the Kan
sas and Montana regiments, the Min
nesotas, Pennsyivanians, Nebraskans,
Utah battery, Idahos, Washingtons,
Californians, Fourth cavalry, North
Dakotas, South Dakotas, Colorados,
sixth artillery and Fourteenth in
fantry.
The Filipinos concentrated their
forces at three points, and maintained
an intermittent fusilade for some
hours. They brought artillery into
action at 1920, but only one gun an
noyed the Americans to any appre-
ciable extent, a howitzer on the road
beyond Santa Mesa. The Third artil-
lery silenced the battery by firing two
guns simultaneously, which was fol-
lowed Immediately by volleys from
the infantry. About midnight there
was lull in the firing, lasting until
line re-opened fire. The Americans
poured a terrific fire into the darkness
for twenty minutes, and then there
was another lull until daylight, when
the Americans generally advanced.
At night, in response to Rear Ad-
miral Dewey's signals flashed across
from Cavite, the United States cruiser
Charleston and the gunboat Concord,
poured deadly fire from their Sec
ondary batteries into the Filipino
trenches.
After daylight, the United States
double turret, seagoing monitor Mo-
nadnock opened fire and kept she'll
ing the Filipinos7 left flank, while the
other vessels shelled the enemy's
right flank for several hours.
By 10 O'Clock the Americans appar
entity had completely routed the en-
envy, had taken several villages, had
destroyed hundreds of native huts
and had secured possession of the
water main and reservoir.
One of the most notable events of
Sundays work was driving the Fill
ipinos out of the rebel stronghold at
Paco by the reserve, a few companies
of Californians commanded by Col.
Duboce. The main road to the viii
lage was lined by native huts full of
Filipino sharpshooters. After they
had been firing upon General King
and his staff, killing a driver, and
firing on an ambulance of the Red
Cross Society, Colonel Duboce order
ed the nuts to be cleared and burned.
The Filipinos concentrated in Pace
church and convent, where theyImade
a determined stand in the upper sto-
ries. A platoon of Californians sta
toned on neighboring bridge main
tanned hot fire on the enemy, but
was unable to dislodge them. In the
face of a terrific fusilade Colonel Du-
boce and a few volunteers dashed
into the church, scattered coal oil in
side of it, set fire to the oil and re-
tired.
Later lists of the Americans killed
and wounded in the engagements at
Manila show that 43 were killed and
three more missing or probably dead.
The wounded number about 800.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Tt is under
stood that the campaign against the
Philippine insurgents is to be prose
cuted with vigor. The question was
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