Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-09
] 4 FIGHT NEAR MANILA.
Insurgents Open Fire at LaLoma
Church on the Outskirts Of
Manila.
Rebels Driven OFF After an Hours
Fight-Americans Use the
Artillery.
Noveleta. Taken by Our Troops After
Severe skirmish and Some
Losses.
Manila, Oct. s.-This afternoon body

Manila, Oct. 9.-This afternoon body
OF insurgents was seen near La Iona
church, four miles from the heart of
Manila. They opened fire, the bullets
falling among the tents of the Twenty
fifth infantry. The Americans manned
the trenches and replied at range of
1900 yards. The insurgents volleyed and
the Americans used artillery. The fight
lasted an hour, when the insurgents re-
treated. One American was wounded,
Scouts of the Twentieth are now out
accommodating.
Noveleta, Island of Luzon, Oct. o.
Gen. Schwan's column, consisting of
the Thirteenth Infantry. battalion Of
the Fourteenth, two troops of cavalry,
Capt. Reilly's battery of the Fifth ar
tillery and Loves scouts advanced
from Bacoor Sunday morning and occu
pied Cavite Viejo and Noveleta.
The American loss was three officers
and nine privates wounded, one of the
officers being mortally hurt.
The loss of the enemy is unknown,
but the bodies Of three Filipinos were
seen.
There were two sharp fights near
Noveleta. Loves scouts first encoun-
tered the enemy near Cavite Viejo and
soon put them to fight, continuing
their advance.
Capt. Saffold's battalion of the Thir-
teenth regiment, with two Companies of
the Fourteenth and a number of Tagalo
scouts, Capt. McGrath commanding the
troops from the Fourth cavalry and
Capt. Reilly's battery, came upon the
enemy in a strongly intrenched position
on the road between Cavite Viejo and
Noveleta. A fight lasting half an hour
followed, resulting in the enemy's being
driven back.
The American forces sustained con-
siderable losses in this engagement, the
men being shot from trenches and
shacks along the road. The column
then pressed on to Noveleta, which they
found deserted, and remained there last
night.
The marines and naval forces coop
Grated with the troops. The gunboats
Wheeling, Petrol and Callao lay off the
shore near Noveleta and threw shells
into that town and into Santa Cruz for
an hour, preparing the way for the
marines to land. Two battalions con-
sisting of $50 marines, under Col. ELI
ott, advanced along the peninsula from
Cavite to Noveleta. The only way was
by a narrow road through swamps.
A mile beyond the marines outpost
the column was suddenly received with
volley from trenches across the road
A flank movement was executed and
the insurgents We're driven from the
trenches. the marines wading through
1or II ,ft t1,n
enemy, who retreated to strong sand
forts across the creek dividing the pc
ninsula, destroying the bridge across
the stream.
The marines waded through more
rice fields, forded the river in water to
their shoulders and carried the forts.
meeting with feeble resistance. the
first encounter having disheartened the
enemy
Squads were sent to Noveleta and
burned the town and the huts all along
the road, from which. the enemy COM
menced firing. There junction was
formed with the scouts who had been
sweeping the swamps and thickets.
Thence the marines returned to Cavite,
thoroughly exhausted.
Lieut.. Wynne. with three FOUNDER,
did good execution during the advance
Gen. Lawton was not In personal
command of the movement.
Capt. Cowles' battalion of the Fourth
infantry while accommodating found a
body of several hundred insurgents
near San Nicolas. After brisk fight
lasting three-quarters of an hour the
enemy was driven off. In this engage
ment the American casualties We're
four men slightly wounded. Six of the
enemy were killed, but the number of
wounded Is not known.
The bad condition of the roads made
the progress of the artillery slow.