The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-11
DECISIVE BATTLE.
Our Troops Attack Natives Where They
Were Concentrating,

Manila, Feb. 10.-The Americans now
hold the town of Caloocan. At 3.05
o'clock this afternoon. the United
States forces made combined attack
on the town, where Aguinaldo was re-
ported to have gathered the flower of
his army. and reduced it in short or
der.
At $50 o'clock the American flag was
raised over Caloocan.
The monitor Monadnock and the
the town at 2.30 o'clock, throwing a
shower OF shells, which did a great
deal of damage. Then the Sixth ar
tillery and the Utah battery opened
fire on the rebel entertainments, and
at 4 O'clock the entire brigade, under
command Of Brigadler General Harri-
son G. Otis, with The exception of the
Tenth Pennsylvania infantry, which
was held in reserve, began to advance.
The insurgents kept UP aTattling fire
upon our lines, but the American
troops advanced through the woods on
the left and across an open held on
the right without stopping, firing only
when they reached the enemyS en-
trenchments.
In the meantime company of the
First Montana infantry, under COM
mand of Maj. ]. F. Bell, who volun-
teered this service, executed a neat
right flank movement arriving at the
enemy's left flank back into the town.
Cheering like madmen, the Americans
rushed over the enemy's trenches, COM
pletely routing the rebels who scat
tered like sheep and fled toward the.
north. The residence Of an Englishman
named Higgins was the only house in
the town that had a Flagstaff. This was
borrowed for the occasion and the
Stars and Stripes were run up amid
tremendous cheers. AS the Twentieth
Kansas and First Montana regiments
entered the town from the south they
set ON fire number Of huts, in which
some natives had concealed themselves
for the purpose of firing upon the rear
of our troops. The natives fed in a
hurry.
Our losses were slight, but those Of
the enemy were heavy, their casualties
having been chiefly inflicted by shrap-
mel. Lieut.. Colonel Bruse Wallace of the
First Montana infantry is among tAA
wounded Americans.
Early this morning the rebels selected
Calocoan and Malabon as the base of
operations for their next encounter with
the Americans, and concentrated con-
siderable force at those places. Many
small bodies of scattered rebel troops
struggled in from the right and others
arrived from the north and the interior
provinces.
Aguinaldo is reported to have estab-
lished his headquarters at Maiabon for
the purpose of rallying his forces for a
decisive blow. In order to cover their
movements, the rebels again opened fire
on the outposts of the Kansas regiment
They kept up the fire from the jungle
for about twenty minutes without eff
feet. The Americans reserved their fire
until detachment Of the enemy
emerged from the bamboos, when a well
directed volley made the rebels scuttle
back to cover like rabbits.
Gen. Kings headquarters are now at
the village of Pasig, which surrendered
yesterday without opposition. Many of
the rebels are coming in, hoping to be
allowed to enter Manila, but they have
been refused the necessary permission,
and are now afraid to return to the
enemy's ranks. The Californian regi-
ment whose members are in excellent
spirits, is now occupying the vollages of
Pasig, Malate and Santa Ana. Since the
| Wyoming regiment relieved the
Twenty third regiment at the water
works there has been no change in Gen.
Hale's position. The monitor Monad-
mock moved UP to Singport today