The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-02-10
MANY REBELS SLAIN.
Aguinaldo's Forces Attack the
American Army at Manila.
Our Volunteers Proved Themselves Superb
Fighters and the Insurgents Were err
EibIy RsPuIssd, with 1000 Killed
aud $500 Wounded.


aud $500 Wounded
Manila, Feb. Careful estimates
place the Filipino losses up to date at
2, 900 dead, 3, 500 wounded and 5000
taken prisoners The rebel forces
have been driven back ten miles Dur
ing the fighting the United States war
ships shelled a train loaded with in
surgents. Owing to the area en- braced
in the scene Of Saturday nights and
Sundays engagement, a semi-circle of
fully II miles, details regarding fight
ing have been extremely difficult to
obtain. So far as can be gathered, the
brush commenced az S:45 on Saturday
evening, BY the firing of Nebraska
sentry at Santa Mesa upon FiIipinOs
who were deliberately crossing the
line, after rePea ted warnings, with
the evident intention Of drawing our
fire.
The first shot from the American
sentry was evidently accepted as a
Pre-arranged signal, for IL was fol-
lowed almost Immediately BY a ter
rife fusillade along the entire Filipino
line, on the south side Of the Pasig
river The American OutpOsts re-
turned the FIRE with such vigOr that
the Filipino FIRE was checked until the
arrival of reinforcements-
At ten o'clock the firing was re-
sumed, the American firing line con
sisting Of the Third artillery, the
Kansas and Montana regiments, the
Minnesota regiment, the Pennsylva-
mans, the Nebraskans, the Utah bat
terry, the IdahOs, the WashingtOns,
the CalifOrnians, the Fourth cavalry,
North DakOtans, the Sixth artillery
and Fourteenth infant The Filipi-
nos concentrated their forces at three
pOints-CalOOcan, Santa Mesa and Cal
ingalan-and maintained an intermit-
tent fusillade for some hours They
brought artillery into action at Gal
ingalan at 1920, but only one gun an
uoyed the Americans to any apDrecia-
bic extent The Third artillery 81
fenced the GaIingalan battery by firing
two guns simultaneously, which was
followed Immediately by vOlleys from
the infantry
At about midnight there was a lul
IN the firing, lasting until about 3:45
a m, when the whole Filipino line
reOpened fire. The Americans poured
a terrific FIRE into the darkness Tor %
minutes, and then there was another
iull until daylight, when the Ameri-
cans generally advanced. During the
night, in response to Admiral Dewey's
signal flashed across from Cavite, the
United States cruiser Charleston and
the gunboat Concord, stationed at
MalabOn, poured a deadly fire from
their secondary batteries into the Fill
Pine trenches at CalOOcan.
After daylight, the United States
double turret seaEOing monitor MOnad-
mock opened fire off Malate and kept
Smelling the FiliDinos' left flank, while
the other vessels shelled the right
flank for several hours By one o'clock
the Americans had apparently com
pletely routed the enemy and had
taken the villages of PalawpOng,
Santa Mesa, Pace, Santana, San Pedro,
MacOrte, PandOcan and Pasai, and had
destroyed hundreds Of native huts and
had secured possession of the water
main reservoir, a distance Of over six
miles The Tennessees joined the FIR
ing line at ten o'clock on Sunday
morning, and assisted in capturing
Santa Mesa One Of the most notable
events Of Sundays work was driving
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Pace by the reserve, a few companies
of CalifOrnians commanded by Col
DubOce- The main road ID the village
was lined by native .huts iuI Of Fiji
Pine sharpshOOters. Altar they had
been firing upon Gen King and his
staff, killing a driver, and firing on
an ambulance Of the Red Gross society,
Col DubOce ordered the nuts to be
cleared and burned. The FiIipinOs
cOncen trated at Pace church and con-
vent where they made determined
stand IN the upper stories The Amer
leans captured 50 of the rebels. and
during the fighting about the church
90 Of the rebels were killed
Gen Otis latest report places the
American loss at "a killed and about
It's wounded No casualties are re-
ported from the Twentieth Kansas
The Americans are determined not
to give the FilipinOs a chance to re-
cuperate- Two Filipino commissioners
from uOilO and four re bel officers were
arrested here yesterday morning after
boarding the steamer Uranus Many
have been arrested in various
parts Of the city.