Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-06-15
SLIPPERY FILPIy0S.
Nearly 1900 Rebels in a Corner
Manage to Get Away.
PARASAQUE And Las PINAS TAKEN.
The Whole Country Network Of Trenches
Gen. Otis Reports the American
Movement Great Success In
Clearing Out the Rebels.

Clearing Out the Rebels.
Manila, June lathe Filipino occu.
patton Of the province Of Cavite has
been broken and, as result Of the pres.
ent movement, the Americans now con.
troll the important coast towns OF Par.
anaque and Las Pinas, while long
line OF insurgent trenches facing our
south line has been cleared. The in.
surgents have again proved their ia
cilities as dodgers, between 5000 and
1000 warriors, who seemed destined to
be captured, having disappeared, the
majority sliding away under cover OF
the night, after fighting the Americans
all day. Some Others came to meet our
troops, with protestations of friend.
ship.
Saturdays work was the hardest our
army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire isthmus
from Laguna de Bay to the harbor.
While the troops were advancing, the
army gunboat Napidan, in the river
near Taguig, shelled the enemy, kill.
ing several of them. The monitor
Monadnock and the gunboat Helena
shelled Paranaque and Las Pinas all
day with the full power of their bat.
teries.
The whole country proved to be a
succession of small hills, with DOGGY
ground between the high, thick grass,
and bushes in the hollows, which great.
ly added to the difficulty of the ad.
vance, but gave shelter that saved
many from the enemy's bullets. Our
men threw away their blankets,
coats and even haversacks, stripping
to the waist and trusting to luck for
food. Water could not be obtained
and there was much discomfort after
the canteens were emptied.
At the outset the Colorados, the Ninth
infantry and the Twenty first infantry
forced the line of insurgent trenches,
wheeled to the left and drove the enc.
my toward the lake. During this
maneuver the Filipinos in concealed |
trenches on the right opened an en-.
filading fire, but the brigade, partly
owing to the high grass, had few hit.
, About three O'Clock Sunday afternoon
Gen. Wheaton's brigade, headed by
Gen. Lawton, who, in his white cloth.
ing and helmet, on big, black horse,
was a shining mark for the enemy's
sharpshooters circled to the south OF
Las Pinas, encountering large force
of Filipinos in the shelter of the trees.
Gen. Lawton had narrow escape. In
the first volley of the enemy the horses
Of three Of his staff officers were shot
from under them. The Colorado regi-
ment bore the brunt Of this attack and
dispursed the Filipinos. Hardly had
they finished off that lot when large
force appeared in the rear, which the
Ninth infantry and part of the Colo.
RADIO regiment drove away. BY this
time nearly the whole division was
around Las Pinas.
At six O'Clock yesterday morning
Gen. Wheaton advanced upon Las
Pinas with troop of cavalry, the
Twenty-tirst infantry, the Colorado
regiment part of the Ninth infantry
and two mountain guns, crossing two
streams and entering the town without
firing shot. He then advanced upon
Paranaque. So far as can yet be ascer-
tanned, the Filipino loss is about 50
killed, about $50 wounded and 20 taken
prisoners. The whole country is net
work of trenches and, the enemy sour.
ried from shelter to shelter.
A REPORT FROM GEN. OTIS.
Washington, June 12.-The war de.
partment yesterday received a report
from Maj. Gen. Otis of the military
Saturday to the south of
Manila for the purpose of clearing out
the rebels in that section. 1t shows
that the movement was a great sue
cess and that the enemy's loss was con-
siderably greater than stated in the
press dispatches, Gen. Otis cablegram