Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-28
GALAMBA CAPTURED
BY GEN. HALLS PROOPS,
Four Soldiers Killed and ia Wounded.
Eero:sm of Cwo Ofsicers-Mrs.
LiwtOn Showed Goodness.

MANILA, July rs. = An expedition
comprised of troops from San Pedro
Macati, Pasig and Morong, under Brig.
;.dier General E. H. Hall, captured
Calamba, an important trading town
On the south shore OF Laguna de Bay.
There was aCcut two hours of sharp
fighting during which four soldiers
were killed and II wounded. The
trenches commanding the harbor were
under water, but the swampiEcss OF
the land made the work harder. The
troops boarded caScoes the other night
The force comprised 400 of the Wash
ingtOn volunteers, $50 of the Twenty
first infantry, $50 of the Fourth cav
airy aud two guns OF the First artillery.
These and the gunboats Napidan and
CoSto assembled opposite Calamba the
next afternoon. Crowds OF people in
carts and on foot were seen rushing to
the hills. Natives escaping from Cal
.smba i'll canoes said 100 insurgents held
the town.
y force under Captain McGrath of
the Iwenty-hrst infantry and Captain
Eitonherd landed east of the town, but
found Il river intervening. Captain
McGrath and Lieutenant Batson swan
the river under fire from 20 Mauser
r,hes.' Having crossed the stream the
officers procured q casco to ferry the
troops over The insurgents retreated
through the town, shooting from houses
and bushes as they fed TO the hills.
Three members OF the Washington reei-
nient waded from cascoes through
swanps often shoulder deep, while Il
group Of filipinos concealed i'll hay
stacks We're shooting at them. until the
Napldan focused her siX-pounders and
GatlinS guns on the stacks for a few
minutes. Most of the work was done
before the Washington volunteers could
Eeach the town.
The F1lipiIos left three dead. OF the
casualties ON the American side two of
the killed and three of the wounded
were members of the Fourth cavalry
and two killed and eight wounded be-
longed TO the twenty first infantry
There was much shooting by amigos,
vino emerged from the bushes with
white flags After the fight about
dozen men holding up their hands aud
shouting "CastillauoS' met the Ameri-
cavalry. Even Spanish soldiers EN-
There were 90 Spanish prisoners at Ca
lamba, of whom some were civil Off
cials and some were soldiers. They had
been given the choice of joining the Fill
ipino army or becoming servants to Fill
ipinos and chose the army, intending to |
surrender at the first opportunity. Most !
of the civilians reached the American
lines during the fighting, bnt the insur-
gents took others away with them in |
their retreat.
General Hall captured y Filpinos
with ggIns.
Major General Henry W. Lawton,
Prof. Dean @. Worces; ;cr of the Amer
lean Philippines coaiili4S;on, idrs. Cen
eral Lawhou and General Lawtou s son
accompanied the expedition on board
launch and sat coolly i'll an unpro-
tected boat close to the shore during the
lighting, the bullets splashing about
lhem
The next day General Hall brought to
Mania the Spaniards whom the cxpe-
ttlon had released from captivity. The
same Gay Lieutenant Larsen, command
ing the Napidan, found Il long missing
Spanish guuboat which had been coy-
cred with bushes and fishnets so as not
TO resemble Il vessel. The Filipinos
having met reinforcements and think
ing that the americans had evacuated
the town, descended from the hills in
lending to reoccupy Calamba. Gen
sral Hall easily drove them back.
General Hall will leave a garrison at {
Calamba. {
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