The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-17

and arrows. they made Determined
stand in the face Of hot srtIilevy IRE
ana lcf, many dead on the neid Of bat
sle
IA. al the most no,able events o.
ssan.ays advance was the driving o.
the rlllplnos from their stronghold a.
pao ~ the reserve. composed OF .
few companies of The First California
regiment commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel DnDOce. .ie main road to tbs
yii,age Was lined by native huts iul
Ga Filipino sharpshooters After the,
had been firing upon General kins
and ms star, killing a driver and mr.
ing upon an ambulance Of the Red
rross Society, Colonel Duboce ordered
the huts to be cleared and burned. The
Fflipinos concentrated In Paco Church
and convent. where they made a deter
mined stand In the upper stories.
A platoon Of Californians stationed
b ON a neighbor.ng bridge, maintained a
not fire ON the Filipinosy but was un-
able to dlslodge them. In the face OF
a terrific fusillade Colonel Duboce and
a few volunteers dashed into the
caurch. scattered coal oil inside OF IT,
set fire 20 the oil and retiret.
In the meantime Captain Dyer's bat
tery OF the Sixth Artillery bomDarded
the church. dropping dozen shells
into the tower and roOI Company l.
and part Of Company @ Of ene Califor-
mans charged into the church, but were
unable TO ascend ,.le single Night OF
steps leading to the story above
After the Californians had retired
company OF the ldehos and the Wash
sngton guards stationed on either side
OF the building. picked of the FLIP
inos as they were smoked out. Many
Of the Fiipinos however, escaped int
the brush in the rear Of the church
The Americans captured iifty-three and
during the fighting about the church
twenty OF them were killed.
Another intensely exciting incident
occurred during the engagement. lhe
washinytons and Idahos and Compa'
MES X ard NJ OF the California made
charges across the rice fields between
Paco and Sontana in the face OF a ter
rlble fusillade. The. ground the mex
day over which they passed was Gov
cred with dead and wounded natives
The former are being buried in group'
Of five or six about where they lay
and the latter are being taken TO th'
hospital. 1t was at this stage OF tn
fighting and at Calvocan that the ma
tiyes suffered taelr heavles, loss.
The FourteenJn regulars were In
particularly tight place near Singalon
and Colonel Duboce was compelled t'
rush past them with the reserve in or
der to prevent the regulars from being
cut OF In the las. line twelve men
were killed before the Filipinos retired
Both sides Cheered frequently during
the engagement. The American "hur'
rahs" were almost invariably met by
derisiye yivas." Among the natives
lgoroges were especially noticeable foI
their bravery, about 700 OF these NAKED
savages facing artillery fire with theil
bows and arrows.
A dispatch from Manila of this dat
says: Three companies OF the Kansas
regiment, unaer command OF Colone
Funston, made a brilliant charge last
evening against a body Of Filipinos
who were hard pressing a reconnslter'
ing party which was doing duty not
far from Calvocan. The Americans be
hayed with the greatest gallantry. The
accommodating party were fighting
against heavy odds but they showed nt
signs OF quitting though there Is scarce
ly doubt that they would have been
cut to pieces had II not been for the
opportune arrival OF the Kansas troops
After snarp fight, in whlchsLieuten-
ant Albert G. Afford OF Company
and a private We're killed and five men
wounded, the enemy We're driven bach
20 ,alvocin, which is the strongest po
sition vi the rebels. Meantime ligh
draugh. gunboats were shelling thu
town from the left while the Utah bat
terry was putting in good work fror
the right Two companies OF the Kan
sas regiment drove the Filipinos mt
Calyocan, penetrating TO the very heaY
OF the town, the gunboats at the SAINT
time shelling the suburbs, which wer,
burned.
Aguinaldo .,as issuei proclamation
ih which he says: Il order AM con-
mand: First, that peace and friendl
relations with the Americans be bro
ken, and that the latter be treated a
enemies within the limits prescribe
by the laws OF war. Second, that tn
Americans captured be held as pri:
nners OF war. Third, that this pTocls
matlon be communicated 10 the Cor
suls and that congress order and accoF
q suspension OF the constitution
guarantees resulting from the decla~
fion Of war"
The Filipino chief further charg,
the Americans with being the aggre
sOrs, says that they prov1Fsel the on,