Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-02-09
HEAVY REBEL LOSS.
Careful Estimates Place the Fill.
pinos Killed at Two Thousand.
Many ARE WOUNDED and CAPTURED.
Brief Outline OF the COn1lct-The Anieri-
cans Determined Not to Give the FIJI
pinos Chance to Rscuperate-
Otis Cables Casualties.

1000 dead, $500 wounded and 5.O0l
taken prisoners The rebel force.
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 mbraced
in the scene Of Saturday nights and
Sundays engagement, semi-circle OF
fully II 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 a Nebraska
sentry at Santa Mesa upon Filipinos
who were deliberately crossing the
line, after repeated 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 1T was fol-
lowed almost Immediately by ter
rife fusillade 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-
sisting of the Third artillery, the
Kansas and Montana regiments, the
Minnesota regiment, the Pennsylva.
Mans the Nebraskans, the Utah bat
terry, the Idahos, the Washingtons,
the Californians, the Fourth cavalry,
North Dakotans, the Sixth artillery
and Fourteenth infantry. The Filipi-
nos concentrated their forces at three
points-Caloocan, Santa Mesa and Gal
ingalan and maintained an intermit-
tent fusillade for some hours. They
brought artillery into action at Gal
ingalan at 1880, but only one gun an
noyed the Americans to any apprecia-
Bile extent. The Third artillery ST.
fenced the Galingalan battery by firing
two guns simultaneously, which was
followed Immediately by volleys from
the infantry.
At about midnight there was lull
in the firing, lasting until about 3:45
a. M, when the whole Filipino line
reopened fire. The Americans poured
terrific fire into the darkness tor 90
minutes, and then there was another
lull until daylight, when the Amerl-
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
Malabon, poured deadly fire from
their secondary batteries into the Fill
pino trenches at CaloOcan.
After daylight, the United States
double turret seagoing monitor Monad-
mock opened fire off Malate and kept
sholling the Filipnos left flank, while
the other vessels shelled the right
flank for several hours BY one o'clock
the Americans had apparently com
pletey routed the enemy and had
taken the villages of Palawpong,
Santa Mesa, Paco, Santana, San Pedro,
Macorte, Pandocan and Passi, and had
destroyed hundreds of native huts and
had secured possession of the water
main reservoir, distance Of over six
miles. The Tennessees joined the fir
ing line at ten o'clock on Sunday
morning, and assisted in capturing
Santa Mesa. One of the most notable
events of Sundays work was driving
the Filipinos out of their stronghold at
Pace by the reserve, few companies
of Californians commanded by Col
Duboce. The main road to the village
was lined by native huts full of Fill
Pine sharpshooters. After they had
been firing upon Gen. King and his
staff, killing a driver, and firing on
an ambulance of the Red Cross society,
Col. Duboce ordered the huts to be
cleared and burned. The Eilipinos
concentrated at Pace church and con-
vent where they made 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.
Another intensely exciting incident
occurred during the engagement The
Washingtons and ldahos and compa-
MES X and NJ, of the Californians
made charges across the rice fields be-
tween Pace and Santana in the face Of
a terrific fusillade. The ground over
which they passed is covered with dead
and wounded natives. The former are
being buried in groups of five or six,
about where thev Law. and the latter
are being brought TO the hospital. II
was at this stage of the fighting and al
Caloocan that the Filipinos suffered
their heaviest losses.
The scene at Manila when the alarm
was given on Saturday night was wild
ly exciting. The American soldiers at
the theaters and at the circus were
called out, the performances were
stopped, Filipinos scurried everywhere
and the rattle OF musketry and the
booming Of cannon outside the city
was plainly heard. On Sunday i'm
mense crowds of people visited the
water front and gathered in the high
est towers to watch the bomb
ment There were no street cars OF
carriages to be seen, and the street,
were almost deserted.