The Dickinson press., 1899-02-11
MASTERS or SITUATION.
Americans New In Complete Control ai
-1' Manila.


-7 Manila.
MANILA, Feb. s.-3:43 p. m.-The
/ Americans as this dispatch is sent, are
in complete control of the situation
within radius of nine miles of MANILA.
Their lines, extending to Malabon. on
the. north and to Paranaque on the
south, are fully twenty.fives miles long.
While few detached bodies of the
enemy offer desultory opposition, the
main body Of the rebels is in full re-
treat and utterly routed.
OF the hordes of troops originally
drawn up in battle array against the
Americans, fully one-third are already
incapacitated and the others are scat
tered in every direction.
The terrible loss of the Filipinos may
be gathered from the fact that sixteen
of them were buried in one rice field on
Monday, near Pasas. and that eighty
seven were inferred between Paco and
Santana.
Gunboat Did Terrible Work.
A converted river gunboat did terrible
execution among the rebels. sweeping
both banks of the river with her Cat
Fling guns and her heavier battery.
Hundreds of Filipinos undoubtedly
crawled into the cane-brakes and died
there. 80 &.
The Americans are working nobly in
their efforts to find the wounded and
are bringing hundreds of suffering
rebels to the hospitals for treatment.
The natives are unable to understand
the humane motives which prompt the
victors to succor the wounded of the
enemy. ~ III ~
The first shot from the American SEN
try was evidently accepted as prear-
ranged signal, for it was followed al
most Immediately by terrific fusilade
along the entire Filipino line ON the
north side of the Pasig river.
The American outposts returned the
fire with such vigor that the Filipino
| fire was checked until the arrival of re-
inforcements.
At 10 o'clock the firing was resumed,
the American firing line consisting Of
the Third Artillery, the Kansas, South
Dakota, Colorado and Montana regi-
ments, the Pennsylvanians, the Nebras-
kans. the Utah battery, the IdShos, the
Washingtons, the Californians, the
Fourth cavalry, North Dakota volun-
teers. Sixth artillery and Fourteenth
infantry. =,
Concentrate Their Force>.
The Filpinos concentrated their
forces at three points, Caloocan, Santa
Mesa and Galingalan, and maintained
an intermittent fusilade for some hours.
They brought artillery into action at
Galingalan at 1890, but only one gun
annoyed the Americans to any appreci.
able extent, howitzer on the road be-
yond Santa Mesa. The Third artillery
silenced the Galingalan battery by fir
ing two guns simultaneously, which was
followed Immediately by volleys from
the infantry. =
About midnight there was lull in
the firing, lasting until 3:45 a. M, when
the whole Filipino line reopened fire.
The Americans poured q terrific fire
into the darkness for 20 minutes. and
then there was another lull until day.
light, when the Americans generally
advanced. ,..ta- s
Shelled by tho Charleston and Concord
During the night. in response to Ad
miral Dewey's signals flashed across
from Cavite, the United States cruiser
Charleston and the gunboat Concord
stationed at Malatabon, poured deadly
fire from their secondary batteries into
the Filipino line at Caloocan.
After daylight the United States
double-turret seagoing monitor Monad
mock opened fire off Malate and KEEP
shelling the Filipinos' left flank. while
the other vessels shelled the right aanl
for several hours
By o'clock the Americans had ap
parently completely routed the enem!
and had taken the villages of Palaw
pong, Santa Mesa. Paco, Santana. Sal
Pedro, Macorta, Pandocan and Pasai
had destroyed hundreds of native hut
and had: secured possession of the wate1
main reservoirs, q distance of over 81,
miles. .......s- ..5,,...,.ss..,. p