Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
SIXTY AMERICANS KILLED.
HARDEST FIGHT DURING tHE PHILIPPINE
WAR--BATTLE CONTINUES.
MORE TROOPS ORDERED TO MANILA,
Two Companies OF the Twenty.First Infantry
Nearly Surrounded by Insurgents. .

MANILA, Juno 13.--Gen. ~Lawton un-
oxpcctodly stirred up ono of tho livest
engagements of tho war, South of Las
pinas this morning, upon which oaoa,
sion American fold guns were engaged
in tho first artillery duol against Fill
pino battery concealed in jungle.
Companies and of tho Twenty first
Infantry were nearly surrounded by a
largo body of insurgents, but tho Amori-
cans cut their way out with Leavy loss.
Tho United States turrot ship, Monad-
mock, and tho gunboats uolona and Zea-
fro trained their batteries on Bakoor and
tho robel trenches, near Las Palmas, all
tho morning. Bakoor was onco on fire,
but the natives stopped the spread of the
flames.
During tho Right Oh insurgont cannon
was fired thrco times at the Americans
at tho outskirts Of Las Pinas.
Gen. Lawton this morning took bat
TALON Of tho For :tconth regiment and
two companies of tho Twonty-tlrst rogi-
mont to locate tho robel battery, and
thcn the guns of tho Sixth artillery and
four mountain guns woro planted against
it at sixty yards distance. Tho robols
had large gun from which they wcro
firing homemade cannistcr, loaded with
nails.
Tho fighting at Las Pinas continued
hotly all day long. Con. Lawton called
out tho whole force of 5000 mon and at
o'clock ho was only able to push tho
insurgents back 500 yards to the Scapoto
river, where thoy arc entrenched. Tho
insurgents resisted desperately and ag-
grcssively. They attempted to turn the
loft flank of the American troops.
Tho American loss is consorva tively
estimated at GO. Tho battle continues.
Tho artillery duel began at 5 o'clock
this morning, whom tho rebels at Cavito
Vicjo dropped two shells from big,
smooth-borc gun mounted in front of tho
church i'll tho navy yard. Tho only dam
age done was splntoring tho top of tho
hugo shears on tho Molo. The gunboats
Callao, Manila and Moquito thcn pro-
cccdcd to dismount tho gun. Aftor
breakfast tho robels opened fire along
tllC uCuCll W DdkOOE.
Aftcr silcncing tho big gun at Cavito
Viojo the gunboats ran close along the
shore, bombarding tho robcls' position.
Tho rebels replied with riflo fire and
with the fire Of somc small pieces of al
tllcry.
So vigorous was tho onemy's fire that
at 9.20 A. M. the gunboat Helena joined
the small gunboats already named, and
tho Princeton, Monterey and Monadnocl1
from their anchoragcs dropped occa-
sional big shells among tho rcbols.
This apparently only served to incit"
the rebels, as they kept up an inccssant
fire of muskctry and artillery near tho
mouth of the Iapote river, two miles
North Of Bakoor.
The fire of all seven warships was
concentrated on this point shortly after
noon when the upper bay presented tho
appearance of being the scene of Il great
naval battle.
The insurgents were eventually forced
to abandon their guns aftcr holding out
Tor about four hours, only TO be con-
frontcd by Gen. Lawton's force on land.
WASlIINGToN, Juno 1}.-Thc news
from Manila to-day has had tho effect of
rushing orders for tho transportation of
rcinfOrccmcnts to Manila.
Acting Secretary Mciklcjohn to-day
ordered the Twcnty-fourth and Twenty
fifth infantrics, excepting one major and
four companies Of each regiment to as
Scmblc at San Francisco, Cal, immcdi-
atcly, where they will be put in rcad-
ness for duty in tho Philippine islands.