The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-15
UNDER COVER OF MIGHT.
Filipinos Escaped Capture by Their
Arlful Dodging In the
Darkness.
THE HARDEST WORK or THE CAnpllGN.
ten. Lawt0n'a Operations sucessafai So Tar
a. hlddlaR tine Province OF CAvite Of
ARMED hsbeis s-The tasaerais SarsoE
EseAPs The oauboats Dld Good aad ~
frctIvo Mark.

EseAps The oouboats Did Good aad Ef-
frc,ivo WORK.
Manila, June I2.--The Filipino &C.
cupaiIOn Of the pru,ines OF C-,iir has
been broken and. aS the result II the
present movement, the Americans now
control the important coast towrs Of
raranaquc and las pinas, while a long
line of inAurvrnt trenches facing anr
south line has been cleared.
Proved Coed nodE~rs.
The insurgents have agnin proved
their facility as dodgers, between 5000
and 5000 warriors, who seemed dies.
tined TO be captured, having Girap-
pcared, the majority sliding away un-
der cover of the night, after fghting
thr Americans all day. Some others
came 10 meet our troops. with prUies.
tntions of friendship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one
man killed aud SIX wounded; lhc Ninth
iufnntry. one man killed md five
wounded; the Fourteenth infantry
three wounded and the First colorado
volunteer regiment ~ wounded.
The rIRrdcat wOtn of the Campaign.
Yesterday work was The hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire 18th.
mus ii0m ingunh de Bay tu ihc mar
bor. While the troops were advancing,
the army guuboat Napidan. In the riy-
or near Tnguig, shclled the enemy. kill
ing A"yrral Of them.
The GuRhnata Helped,
The Monitor Mmndnock ard the
gunhuat shellcd rarrnaqdc und Las
Piuas all day with the full power Of
their batteries.
The rebel sharpshooters kept hiding
until the American lines had prssed
aud then attempted Co pot str1rP'ers
from the trees, Thanks to their poor
Workmanship, this was without re-
suit
A DIm~uit Advance.
The whole country proved n succcs.
sion Of small hills. with boggy ground
between and high. thick grass, and
bushes In the hotiows, which greatly
added 10 the difficulty Of the adauce.
hut gave shelter that saved many FROM
the enrmy's bullets. Our men threw
away their blankets. coats aud even
haverSacks, stripping to the waist and
trusting to luck for foud. Water could
not be obtained, and there was much
discomfort after the eantecns werr
emptied,
Forced she sasuFEeEs Trenches.
AZ the outset the Colofados, the
Ninth infantry and the Tweniy.flrst
infantry forced the line Of iuHurgcnt
trenches, wheeled to the left and drove
the enemy toward the lake. During
this mnncuvrr the Filipinos. IN con-
ccalcd trenches on the right, opened an
eniilading firr. but the brigade, partly
owing to the high grass. had Tut few
hit.
The Ninth infantry cFrpt round 20
the right, thanking the trenches. driy-
Ing out the FiIipinos and killing many
Of them.
The Colorado regiment advanced TO
the lake. Two companies encountered
trenches on the top Of a knoll, where
the Filipihu- stood whist high above n
trench. pouring volley upon the adj
vancing Americans. The Colorado
troops charged aud drove thcm out.
Lieut.. t.-Col. Moss being voundrd H. ;he
arm rs he jumped into the french.
In the meantime Gen. Whratun's
column advanced one and q half miles
toward lnrnnaque. where th" Ameri.
cans found strung trench on ridge,
ont of which they drove the Filiplnos
by hard fighting.
only Advance Quickly Hcpuisca.
The enemy tried 90 flank the dis
mounted troops Of the Fourth rErqlry,
accompanying Mai. Gen. I.aw'on, and
at the same time they made their only
advance, throwing a skirmigh line to
flank the Fourteenth infantry. But
they were easily repulsed, tho Ameri.
can artillery coming 20 the crest uf the
hili and shclling them.
Gra. LHwtan Has Narrow Escape.
tbout three o'clock in the afternoon,
Gen. wheaion's brigade. headed .y
Gen. Iawton, who. in his white cloth
ing md helmet. on big. black horse.
wns u shining mark for the rncmy's
sharpshooters. circird to the south OF
Las Pinas, eneountering n large force
of FilIpinos In the shelter of the trecs.
Gen. Lawton had a narrow escape.
In the frat volley Of the enemy the
horses Of three Of his stan officers
were shot from under them.
The Colorado regiment bore the
bruut of this s.tack, and dispersed the
Filipinos.
Hardly had they finished on that lot
when a large force appeared In the
rear, which the Ninth infantry and a
part OF the Colorado regiment, drove
away. ny this time. nearly the whole
division WIS around Las Pinas.
The Americans camped for the night
south OF the town, and In heavy
rain.
Las fsnas Cartarrd.
IA six o'clock yesterday morsing
Gen. Wheaton sdvnhced upon las
Pinas, with troop Of cavalry, the
Twenty-arst infantry, the Colorado
regiment. part of the Ninth Infantry
and two mountain guaa, crossing two
streaIns and entering the town with
out firing shot He then advanced
upon Paranaquc.
The women and children. and for
that matter. many men remained In
the town. No housea were dcssroyed,
though many wrrr snrU Nv fhp skeifm
from the war chips. Everywhere the
Americans fauad white fags lying.
So far ~ yet can be sscertGinsd :he
Filipino loss II about 10 killed, assnnt
$50 wounded and 20 taken prisoDrrz.
The whole country II Dst-wnrIscd