The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-06-14
LUNA REPORTED DEAD.
Said to Have Been Assassinated by
Aguinaldo's Guard,
FIGHTING WITH REBELS

The Filipinos Boldly Attack the Cum
boats In the Hnrbor and Make Wig
orous Resistance TO the Attack OF
General Lawton's Land Forces.
Manila, June 14.-Information be-
lieved to be reliable has reached here
Of the assassination OF General Luna
and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant
Pasco Ramon, June by Aguinaldo
guard at the headquarters Of Aguln-
aldo. Luna and Ramon, it appears.
went to the Filipino headquarters to
confer with Aguinadlo, got into an al
tercation with the captain OF the
guard and one of them drew a revolver.
The guard then killed Luna and Ra-
mon with their bayonets.
AT daylight yesterday the rebels at
Cavite Vieio dropped two shells from
a big smooth bore gun mounted in
front Of the church into the navy yard.
The only damage done was splintering
the top of the nuge shears on the
mole. The gunboats CallaO, Manila
and Mosquito then proceeded to dis
mount the gun.
fire along the beach TO Bakoor.
After silencing the big gun at Ca
vite Vleio the gunboats ran close along
the shore, bombarding the rebel posi-
tion. The rebels replied with rifle
fire and with the fire of some small
pieces of artillery. So vigorous was
the enemy's fire that at 500 a. m. tbs
gunboat Helena Joined the small gun
L.. Dat.
ton, Monterey and Monadnock, from
their anchor ranges, dropped OCCASION
al big shells among the rebels. This,
apparently, only served to incite the
rebels, as they kept up an iucessant
fire of musketry and artillery near the
mouth of the Zapote river, two miles
north of Bakoor. The fire of all seven
warshlps was concentrated on this
point shortly after noon. The rebels
were eventually forced to abandon
their guns after holding out for about
| four hours, only to be confronted by
| General Lawton's force on land and in
their rear. where there was heavy
! fighting.
AS soon as the land fighting opened
the Americans were attacked by hid
den rihemen on all sides, even the
amigos or friendly" natives, In the
houses of the town, shooting into their
rear.
A little group made a desperate
stand, General Lawton, Major Starr
and Lieutenants Donovan and Sonnel.
ly taking rifles from the wounded mel
and firing at the enemy, bringing dowr
some Of the rebel sharpshooters from
tree Finally their cartridges werC
ell gone and they were forced to breal
through the enemy's flank carrying
the wounded to the main body of the
troops. Lieutenant Donovan, whose
leg was broken, floundered for a mile
through a bog, after leading his mer
in the face of a greatly superior force
General Lawton ceased firing unit
reinforeements could be brought up
Two battalions of the Fourteenth reg
iment and one battalion of the Ninth
regiment we're hurried to the front
and in the afternoon the battle was re-
sumed.
The only means of crossing the Ia
pote was by small bridge, which thu
Ftlipinos commanded, with trenches
spreading V-shaped, whence they coulC
concentrate their fire on the bridge
They also had the advantage of thu
| trees anu JuuBl6, 81 ln6 AlueIlCStul
could hardly see ahead.
When the battle was resumed will
the reinforcements, our battery hav
ing silenced the enemy's guns, the
Americans wading waist deep in the
mud of the salt fats, slowly and pour
ing steady volleys of musketry at tht
rebels, drove their opponents beyont
the river. Then the two armies lay
facing each other across the deeI
stream, the enemy practically out y
sight, while the men in blue lay oil
the mud and bushes, many of then
without shelter, for three hours, with
out moments cessation In the firing
One battalion after another, Genera
Lawton summoned the reserves from
Las Pinas until only enough troop
were left in the town to prevent tn
Fihpinos from attacking the Ameri
cans in the rear. An army has seldom
fought uRder greater handicap or NOR
oourageously than did our regulars,
majority of whom were, eomparativel.
speaking, recruits, who could hav
been pardoned for retiring, in the fac
of such a fierce fire, from their ex
posed positions.
1t is impossible at present to esti
maSe the number of Filipino dead
There are many dead bodies in tn
fields the Americans tFaversed.
This battlefield, incidentally, wa
formerly the scen9 of several OF tn
greatest struggles between the Span
iaFds and the Filipinos. The Zapot
was considered impregnable, and hun
dreds of Spaniards and Filipinos haV
been killed while fighting over th
same bridge in former contests for II
possession.
General Lawton, though exhausts
by the mornings fight, rallied by shee
! Will power, and was the oommandin
Asure in the battle. He went alon
the lines, directing and encouragin
the troops.
: General Wheaton and General Oven
| shine were equally courageous.
fact, the generals we're among the fe'
men on the battlefield who refused t
take shelter under the hottest fire,
Thousand Tongues