Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
$500 INSURGENTS KILLED
In the Engagements During Last
Week.
Observation-Disclosures Reduced Friday
and MaIabon shelIed Saturday.

loss is fully $500 killed. with wounded |
vastly in excess of that number, and thous-
ands are held prisoners. All this has |
been achieved at the cost of 50 Americans
killed and PSI wounded. There are two |
Americans missing and unaccounted for. |
No fewer than 20 native villages have sur
rendered or been captured. Several have |
been destroyed because their houses har-
bored men, frequently disguised in female
attire, who shot from windows and roof
tops at the American troops. Many rifles
and ton of ammunition have been seized.
As might be expected, there has been
some lootng in the outskirts, but it has
not been general and has been done in d.
rect violation to orders.
For miles around. the land is studded
with bamboo Jungle, and ohen spaces are
few and far between. This affords the
natives, who fight better under cover,
distinct advantage. In many places the
Jungle is so dense that the eye cannot pen
| citrate il. and only by the flashes of their
| rifles is the whereabouts of the enemy indi-
Gated. Under such conditions it is remark
able that the American casualties should
be so few, while the number of dead ma
tives found in the brush after every Skin
mish testifes to the precision of our fire.
Last week there was not a single day with
out fighting, but the Americans steadily
advanced, carrying every thing before them
and gradually increasing their sem. circle,
until now il spreads far-shapeG from four
to 10 miles around Manila, the water
works being the most distant point.
CaIoocan Reduced Friday.
The American forces at Manila made a
combined attack VI on Caloocan and reduc-
ed it in short order Friday afternoon. At
| a signal from the tower Of the DeLalome
church, the United States double turreted
monitor MonadnOck opened fire from the
bay with the big guns Of her forward tnr-
ret on the earthworks with great effect.
Soon afterwards the Utah battery BON
barded the place from the land side. The
rebels reserved their fire until the bonn
bardment ceased, when they fired volleys
Of musketry as the Montana regiment adj
vanced on the Jungle, The Kansas regi-
ment on the extreme deploying to the
right. charged across the open and carried
the earthworks. cheering as they went,
though under heavy fire. Supported by
the artillery at the church the troops fur
Their advanced, driving the enemy, fighting
every foot of the ground, right into the
town line. They penetrated the presiden-
cha and lowered the Filipino flag at 80 =.
VI. The enemy's sharpshooters, in the
Jungle on the right, fired at long range on
the PENNSYLVANIA regiment; but the rebels
were soon silenced with shrapnel shells
and the Pennsylyanians remained in the
trenches. As the Americans advanced
they burned the native huts. The rebels
were moved down like grass, but the
American loss was slight.
MaIabon sheIIsd Saturday.
, The monitor Monadnock and the cruiser
! Charleston shelled the town of Maabon
Yesterday, and desultory firing is continu-
ing between our troops and the insurgents
on the left, said Manila despatch OF the
18th.
The troops which attacked and captured
the town OF Caloocan Friday comprised
? the left wing OF Gen. McArthur's division,
supported by troops from Gen. Anderson
! brigade. The American loss was three
killed and - wounded.
The Kansas and Montana boys in their
; magnificent charge through wooded ra-
vine suffered the principal losses Moth
ing could surpass the fearlessness of their
. advance across an open field on the right
directly in the face Of the enemy's strong
est intrenchments.
Capt Overs guns of the 9TH artillery on
the left and Mai. Young's Utah light ar
=, tillery kept pouring shIapnel into the en-
emy's lines at range of 200 yards wlt
great accuracy almost every shot telling
and ceased firing only when the infantry
approached close to the town. Brig
, Gen. II. &. Otis, in command of the in
fantry, advanced with his troops, establish
: ing his headquarters in Caloocan immedi
u ately after its capture.
/ Friday night our lines extended from
west to east beyond the town. lntrench
- ments were thrown up and outposts pick
eted TO meet any possible attack from tn
II enemy, who had retired toward Malabon.
John f. Bass of HaIper's Weekly wa
: wounded in the arm in yesterdays firing
, Bass is a graduate of Harvard college il
- the class of 90. He was prominent in col
- lege as an athlete and as student. Ill
was correspondent for the London Dali
=, News in the war between Turkey ant
% Greece.
- The American possessions in the Eas
J. now include Haytay and Cainta, 10 mile
q from Manila, and north to the shore o
, Lake Laguna and DELAY. These towns
q which have about 1900 inhabitants each
- surrendered to Col. Stotzenburg of the Is
r. Nebraska infantry on Thursday without
Ir shot being fired.
il AguInaIdO's Observation-Disclosures Rein
d fOrcements win Arrive Soon.
'e A Washington despatch of the 12t
% said: "Aguinaldo is believed to have re
l. treated from Caloocan to Marilao, in tn
rear of his fighting line, where he is a;
Is sembling new forces to meet the Amer
p cans. His retreat is following the line c
81 the railroad TO the interior. This roa
10 runs near the coast for considerable di:
he lance from Manila. Malolos, the insul
Us gent capital, where it is supposed Aguina
N do will make determined stand, is abou
v 20 miles from Manila on the railroad linz
10 To their surprise, some of the military e1
W perts, who are following the campaig
closely by the aid of maps, learned toda
!, that Malolos can be approached by light
20 draught vessels, such as the former Spar
=, ish gunboat Cailao and the converted rive
y steamer Lagura de Bay of Dewey's fleet.
70 "The transport Grant, with 1000 regular
!, on board, which arrived at Port Said ye
&c terday, is scheduled TO arrive at Manila
I !, less than 20 days. The first San Francis
> co expedition with re-enforcements IL
s. Gen. Otis is expected to arrive at Mani
=! about Feb. 26. Two of the gunboats ser
- to Dewey at his request are making goo
- progress toward Manila. Reports were r
a ceiVed at the navy department yesterday
rs the arrival of the Princeton at Port Sal
81 yesterday and the departure of the CastiI
from Gibraltar for Port Said Yesterday