Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-10-05
ATTACK ON BACOOR
BY THE INSURGENTS
Assault on the City Made Early Yes
terday, and Fighting Lasts
Till Dark.
GEN. GRANT LEADS THE AMERICANS
Conducts Operations in Person on
the Firing Line--Two Amcri-
cans Killed and Eight
Wounded.
GEN. GRANT LEADS THE AMERICANS

New York, Oct. 4.-The Herald cor.
respondent at Manila, John L. Bass,
sends the following under date of DC.
tober .:
The insurgents cut the telegraph line
between Bacoor and Manila at S O'Clock
tonight, and this message to Manila
had to be sent through by water.
The insurgents made an attack upoI
Bacoor at $3.50 o'clock this morning
and the fight lasted until dark. Gen
cral Grant conducted the operations o;
the American forces in person on the
firing line.
The Filipinos first cut the telegraph
wires running from Bacoor to linus
and ambushed the American patrol
consisting of eight men. a signal ser
geant was killed and two other Amer
leans were wounded.
The little band was reinforced by q
company of the Fourteenth infantry
and three companies of the Fourth,
which were hurriedly sent out from
linus and fought their way through
along the road to their relief
The insurgents We're fighting at g
O'Clock this afternoon from across d
deep river fifty yards wide. Eight
men in all of the American troops had
been wounded up to that time and two
had been killed. An advance will b..
made tomorrow on the insurgents.
General Aleiandrno. the head of the
ferring with General Otis. said in All
interview with the New York Herald
correspondent:
Our government is willing to ac-
cept protectorate under the United
States. We fought Spain because we
did not wish longer to be colony. A
colonial government under American
rule would be worse than the Spanish
We do not want to be experimental
on for century while you learn how
With England it would be another
matter.
"You arc another race and are not
in sympathy with us. We know how
to rule our own people. We do nol
understand why your powerful ma
ton wants to crush us like insects
You can conquer us because you are
rich and our soldiers cannot fight sue.
cessfully against yours.
'We want an honorable peace, but
we will fight until death for our insti.
buttons
I'VE know every military move that
you make, and get every day the Local
American newspapers.
1--WE know what the United States
papers say. We believe that few men
whom you call politicians, are waging
this war and that the people of the
| United States will change soon in our
| favor.
admiral Dewey promised me in
Hong Kong that at the termination OF
the war with Spain the Filipinos
would be given their independence,
Dewey was our best friend, but we UNI
derstand now that he will not be per-
mitted TO keep his word with us.
1--WE do not understand why General
ment. unless he is afraid that other
foreign powers will then recognize
US"
In an hours interview with the com
mission they gave many evidences Of
their purpose to make efforts to Sc
cure recognition as nation before
making amy attempt at treatment fol
peace.
They also showed much depression
over their complete failure i'm the bat
ties with American troops, and also
full recognition Of the fact that if the
campaign against them was prose
| ,Gtcd VIGOROUSLY lDv Otis it must mean
| their utter defeat soon.