Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-10
In the Battle at Manila Last Sunday
Filipino SOdery Attempted to Take Americans by Surprise
Saturday Night But Were Routed with Great Loss
About 40 Americans Killed and Over 200 Wounded


neighborng bridge maintained Il hot fir,
on the FiIipinos, but was unable TO dis
lodge them. In the face of a terrific fusil
/ lade, Col Duboce and a few volunteer.
! dashed into the church, scattered coal oil
! inside of it, set fire to the oil and retired.
In the meantime, Capt. Dyer's battery
| of the 9Th Artillery bombarded the church
! dropping dozen shells into the tower and
| roof. Company l. and part of company q
| OF the Calitornians charged into the
church, but were unable to ascend the sin.
| gle flight of steps leading TO the story
above.
After the incendiares had retired, a
company of the Idahos and the Washing.
ton Guards, stationed on either side of the
building, picked off the Flipinos as they
were smoked out. Many of the rebels,
however, escaped into the brush in the
rear of the church. The Americans capt
ured 53 Of the rebels, and during the fight
ing about the church 20 of the rebels were
killed. ,assss ~ l.s.s-. 49,.
Some $500 women, children and nom
combatants were allowed to enter the
American lines after promising to go to
the houses of friends to remain there
Charges Across Rice Fields.
Another intensely excitn incdentoc.
Cured during the engagement The
Washingtonians and Idahoans, and com
panies and NJ of the Californians, made
charges across the rice fields between Pace
and Santa Ana, in the face of terrific
tusillade. The ground over which they
passed is covered with dead and wounded
natives. The former are being buried in
groups OF five or six about where they Law.
and the latter are being brought to tne
hospital. 1t was at this stage of the fight
ing and at Caloocan that the Fillipinos sui
fered their heaviest losses.
The 14th Regulars were in particular
ly tight place near Singalon, and Col
Duboce was compelled to rush past them
with the reserve in order to prevent the
Regulars from being cut off. In the last
line II men were killed before the rebels
retired.
Both sides cheered frequently during the
engagement The american hurrahs :"
were almost invariably met by derisiye
"Nivas" Among the natives the Igortes
were specially noticeable for their bravery.
about 700 of these naked savages facing
artillery fire with their bows and arrows.
The scene at Manila when the alarm was
given on Saturday night was wildly ex-
citing. The American soldiers in the
theatres and at the circus were called out.
the performances were stopped, Filipinos
scurrying everywhere, and the rattle of
musketry and the booming of cannon out
side the city were plainly heard. The res
ldents of the outskirts of Manila flocked in
to the walled city with their arms full of
household effects. All the carriages disap-
peared as if by magic, the street cars were
stopped, the telegraph lines were cut, and
the soldiers hurriedly but silently marched
out of the city to the stations assigned to
them. The stores were closed almost in
stantly, foreign flags were to be seen flying
from many windows, and a number of
white rags were hung out from Filipino
huts and houses.
The Americans are determined not to
give the Filipinos chance to recuperate.
The 18th regular infantry, the old COM
mand of Brig. Gen. j. NJ. Anderson, from
Vancouver barracks, suffered the greatest
losses. The regiment was quartered at
Malate, and under command of Mai. Robe
was assigned to the task of carrying the
rebel position south of that position. The
men fought through a country covered
with dense underground, and made slow
progress at first. The natives took refuge
in nipaIcovered huts and until they were
cradle damage on our men, The 18th is
armed with Krag-J orgensen rifles, and
these weapons proved most effective, For
every life that the gallant old regiment gave
up it took score in revenge
The 1st Washington volunteers and Sd
regular artillery also saw severe fighting
and sustained material losses.
The Utah light artillery and the 9th reg
ular artillery did splendidly effective work,
and the latter probably saved the 1st Cali
torDia regiment from being badly cut up.
The guns were posted east of the city, and
during the early hours of Sunday poured a
deadly fire into the insurgent trenches.
The Utah batterymen were seasoned by
their experience at Malate in August and
conducted themselves like veterans.
The engagement proved a veritable
slaughter of Filipinos, thousands of them
being killed. Gen. Kings brigade charged
upon numerically strong force of the enc
my, and, yelling wildly, drove them heller
SHELTER into the Pasig river, where. in
frenzy of terror, they were drowned like
rats.
Fine Work by Our Troops.
The utter fearlessness of the American
soldiers was never better demonstrated
than in this engagement. Every man was
glad to get into action. TIE general com
handing the American troops is also
worthy of high praise for the manner in
which he has dealt with the situation. The
forces could scarcely have been better dis
posed to repel any attack that might have
been made by the Filipinos. 1t is plain
that though the attack was sudden it was
fully expected, and every precaution had
been taken to meet the contingency
The FIIipInOs Were Brave.
The New York Sun correspondent ca
bles:
There is no denying the fact that the
Fiipinos will stand fire. The ground in
every direction bore evidence of this. On
all sides were lying dead natives. their
bodies, in some instances, being full of
bullet holes. A majority of the dead were
lying with their heads toward the line of
! the American advance, showing that thew
had fallen fighting desperately.
To the north and south of the citv
where the shells of the Charleston, Callao
and Monadnock reached the nanks of The
Filipinos, the slaughter was sickening.
| saw number OF bodies which had been
literally torn into shreds by the fire from
the Warships. In some places the shells
had torn great holes in the earth. and
around these were scattered the dead
bodies.
On all sides the scene was one of terri
Die desolation, and what on Saturday had
been smiling landscape was now marked
and pitted by the ravages of war. / went
10 santa Mesa, San Juan del Monte. Santa
ana, San Pedro Macati and Lomia and