Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-02-10
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v lllpinos Attack American Troops
4 md Arc Repulsed With
Heavy Losses.
l ANIL Feb. The long expected
n rupture between the Americans and
th4 Filiptnos has come at last. The
former are now engaged ID solving the
N iiippine pGp ble,n with the utmost
editicn possible. The clash came
$40 yesterday evening, when three
daring Filipinos iarted past the Neb-
rasks rsg iment.s pickets at Santa Mesa,
bstt retired when challenged. They
! repeated the xperiment, without
drawing the sentries' fire. But the
third time Corp oral Greedy challenged
Y the Filipinos md then fired, killing
! onesof them and wonnding another.
Almost iimmed iately afterward the
Filiptnos' lin, from aloocan to Santa
Mesa, commercial d fllAilade, winch
was Incl fectnal. The Nebraska. Mon
tam and North Oak otaa ,ontposts re-
piled vigorously and held Background
until reinf orcements arrived. The
Filipinos il the meantime concentrated
tgthree points, Calyocan, Gagalangid
and Santa Mesa: At about one o'clock
4 tho Filipinos opened 4 hot fire from
l III three places simultaneously. This
Ssyvas supplemented by the fire OF two
siege guns - Ralils -Balik and by adj
! yancing their administers at Pace and
PAndAcat,. The Americans responded
with asterriHc fire, but owing to the
darkness they were unable to deter
4 mine It's effect The Utah light artil.
lery dnally succeeded in silencing the
nat,ve battery. The Third artillery
also did good work On the extreme
left. The engagement lasted over an
hour. The United States cruiser
Charleston and the gnnboat Concord,
stationed of Bialtona, opened fire with
their secondary batteries on the Fill
pinos posit lion $at Calyocan and kept it
#np vigorously.
Az 2:45 there was another fusilade
( slong the entire line, and the United
States zen going, double turreted mon.
\ toF MonAd mock opened fire upon the
enemy from of Malta. With daylight
the Americans advanced. The Cali
5fornia and Washington regiments
made i splendid charge and drove the
Fitipinos from Til villages OF Paco
sand Santa Mesa. The Nebraska reg
siment also distinguished itself, cap
turing several prisoners and one how
4itzer and y very strong position at the
reservoir, which is 10 connected will,
the watervorks The Kansas and
sDakota regiments compelled the enc
my's right flank to retire to Calvocan.
There was intermittent firing at
sxaf;ons paints allsday long. The loss
gto Tie III ipinos cannot be estimated
II present but they are known to be
considera bic. The American losses
are estimated at twenty men killed
and ls5 wounded.
ts NJ MIA an! ondayl Feb. 9. . a. m. 81.
/, Although the firing continued all day
yesterday, with resulting victories for
the Americans. the Fillplnos have APP
parently renehed the conclusion that
the Americans mean business, now
that the barriers are removed, as there
were no further hostilities last night
and no attempt was made to recover
/ the lost ground. The Americans have
estab lished their lines well out and
/. have driven OF the insurgents. The
country about Manila is peaceful and
the city perfectly~auiet.
NEW York, Feb. THE Sun has a
Y long description Of the battle OF Ma.
mia from It's special correspondent.
10 brings ont no new facts, except the
statement as to the number of Fill.
spinos killed and WOUNDED. The dis.
patch says the insurgent loss was 1000.
( III declares that Dewey's gunners had
+ the range Of the insurgents entrench.
ments perfectly and simply annihilated
4 them, while the American soldiers re.
piled firmly 10 the fierce onslaughts Q!
She Filipinos BY rapid and effective
i are.
5 s3ssssyvAsnIxGroN. Feb 7-General Otis
has sent 5 bulletin stating that the
humber of Americans killed in the
fighting at Manila is forty.
5ss 5HoNG KoNa, Feb. THE latest adj
vices from Manila say that the rebel
forces have been driven back ten miles
& and their losses are estimated at l 900
B Killed or wounded. IA ..
MANILA, Feb. Careful estimates
Il place the Filipino losses up to date Mt
two thousand dead, thirty.five hundred
B wounded and five thousand taken as
\ prisoners. All is now quiet. s
HESITATE NO LONGER.
\ Otis Inatructed to Crush the Filipinos
W. III ES 1t Once.
CHICAGO, Feb. GA special to the
Times Herald from Washington says:
instructions will be sent to Major
General Otis tomorrow to follow up
& HIS victory the insurgents and to
crush the power Of Aguinaldo in the
philippines. This was the decision
reached at an important meeting OF
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