Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-27
JOLO WAS OCCUPIED.
Americans Relieved the Span
ish Garrison.
DONS WHIPPED THE REBELS.
Had Fighting Preceding the Evacuation
of ZambOanga - More United states
Troops Said to BE Needed In the Phil
ippines, tn Hold Certain Territory.

MADRID, May 27.-Following Is dis
patch which was sent by General Rios,
Spain's military representative in the
| Philippines, from Manila:
II arrived here on board the Leon
! XIII. The occupation OF the island of
Jolo by the Americans was effected
without special incident, The Ameri-
c;rn warships saluted our flag with 81
guns when it was lowered.
''The Filipino batteries at Zamboanga.
island of Mindanao, continued to shell
the town and the port, causing losses in
our garrison, but finally, after a lively
attack by the Spaniards, the insurgents
fled. They suffered numerous losses.
Our losses were two officers and three
soldiers killed and 10 soldiers wounded
Zone company of our troops attacked
battery, which the enemy then aban-
doned, and two other batteries were dis
mounted by our artillery. After this
reverse the insurgents declared their adj
hesion to Spain and suspended hostili-
ties.
1.-The evacuation of Zamboanga was
accomplished in the most orderly way,
in spite of violent storm, which caused
bllC lOSS VI cCNCl d1 DOttJS anu tIlC
ing of the steamer Porto Rico on the
enemy's coast every one was safely en-
barked.
1.-Two American warships were placed
at my disposal by the admiral, but we
did not need them The Spanish flag
was saluted with l3 guns by the Ameri-
can ships.
IF the minister for war does not
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Spain on board the P. de Satrustegui. "
MANILA. May 21.-The events of the
past week emphasized the need of
much larger army here without which,
according to the lest authorities in Ma
Mia, it would be attempting the iInpos-
sible To expect to establish American
supremacy in the Philippine islands.
The inadequacy of the American forces
was s;lid to be responsible for the large
total loss i'll the number of small en-
counters without material results as a
compensation.
Most of the lighting was III territory
which the Americans had swept but
had been compelled to abandon because
they counld not spare troops to hold it.
The forces commanded by Generals
Macarthur and Lawton held two I'M
commerce. the railroad to San Fernando
and the Rio Grande river. But. much
of the country they have swept, includ-
ing scores OF the smaller towns and
some of the larger ones were left un-
covered simply for want of men to hold
them and the insurgents returned and
were occupying the towns the Ameri-
cans abandoned and were campaign in
the jungles and weeds outside. Others
were on the watch for chances to har-
rass the garrisons and attacking scout
ing parties or detached companies with
greater forces. This was the kind of
warfare they preferred to regular
battles.
1t appeared that the Filipinos who at
tackled the Third regiment between San
Miguel and Balinag were part of Pho del
Pillars army. They came from the
south, across the mountains, preSuma-
bly, to meet a wagon train which Gen
eral Lawton expected along the road.
They also planned to capture several
large detachments and were placed IN
ambush at different points. They fired
from the jungle, at distance of about
200 yards and gave the Americans one
Df the hardest tights experienced IN The
The FilipinOs lost more
heavily than the Americans III all the
The insurgent generals
took the loss. of arms more to heart than
they did the loss of men.
Foreigners who arrived here from the
Insurgents country under the recent
1rder of expulsion said the cemeteries in
Ill the towns We're filled with fresh
graves. A majority of the Filipinos
died because the msurgent
hospitals We're inadequate, medicines
we're scarce and they had few surgeons,
except Spanish captives, who were I'M
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