Missouri Valley times., 1899-02-09
THE BATTLE
Of MANILA
Further Details Of the Fight Show
1t Was a Bad Defeat for
FiIipinos.
FLED BEFORE THE AMERICANS
Are Driven From Position to Posi-
tion by Their Aggressive
Antagonists.
FIGHT PURPOSELY PREClPlTATED
Filipinos Believed to Have Brought
ON n Crisis Deliberately---Bat-
tic Arena Seventeen
Miles in Extent
FIGHT PuRPoseLY pREcIpl1A1Ep

Manila. Feb. s.-7: 15 p. m.-Owing
to the area cmpraccd i'm the scene of
Sundays engagement, Il semi-circle of
fully seventeen miles, details regard
ing the fighting have been extremely
difficult to obtain. So far as can be
gathered the brush commenced at S: 45
p. IN. ON Saturday by the firing of a
Filipinos who were deliberately cross
ing the line, after repeated warnings,
With he evident purpose of drawing
nt!l fire. The first shot from the Amer
lean sentry was evidently accepted as
Il rearranged signal. for it was fol-
lowed almost immediately by Il ter
ritic fCsillade along the entire Filipino
line on the northern side of the Pasig
river.
The American outposts returned the
fire with so much vigor that the Fill
pino fire was checked until the arrival
of reinforcements.
MI the troops in the vicinity were
hurried out and the Filipinos ceased
firing for half an hour while their own
reinforcements came up.
NJ lOo'clocl the firing was resumed,
the American firing line consisting of
the Third artillery, the Kansas, Mon
tana. Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ne
braslia regiments, Utah battery, Idaho.
Washington, California and Fourth
cavalry. North Dakota regiment, Sixth
artillery and Fourteenth infantry.
The Filipinos concentrated their
forces at three points, Caloocan. Santa
Mesa and Galingalan. and maintained
an intermittent firing for some hours.
They brought artillery into action at
Gnllngalan at l0:4o, but only one gun
annoyed the Americans TO any APP
prcciable extent, u howitzer on the
road beyond Santa Mesa. The Third
artillery silcnced the Galingalan bat
terry by firing two shots simultaneous
ly which were followed Immediately
by volleys from the infantry.
About midnight there was lul in
the firing, lasting until 3:45 a. M,
when the whole Filipino line reopencd
fire. The Americans poured terrific
volley into the darkness for twenty
minutes. and there was another lull
until daylight, when the Americans
generally advanced
During the fight, in response to Ad-
miral Dewey's signals flashed across
from Cavite, the cruiser Charleston
and gunboat Concord, stationed mt
Malabon, poured a deadly fire from
their secondary batteries into the Fill
pino trenches at Caloocan.
A1ter daylight the monitor Monad-
mock opened fire off Malatc and kept
shelling the Filipinos' left flank, while
the other vessels shelled the right
flank for several hours
Rout of the Filipinos.
by o'clock the Americans had APP
parently completely routed the enemy
and had taken the villages of Palaw-
pong. Santa Mesa, Paco. Santa Ana.
San Pedro, Macorte. Pandocan and
Pasai, had destroyed hundreds of ma
tive huts and had secured possession of
the water main and reservoirs, n dis
tance OF over six miles. The Tennes-
seeans joined the firing line at 10
O'Clock on Sunday morning and assist
"a III capturing SANTA Mesa.
One of tle most notable events OF
Sundays work was driving the Fill
pinos out of their stronghold Mt Paco
by the reserve. a few companies of Call
ifornians commanded by Colonel
Duboce. The main road to the village
was lined by native huts full of Fill
pino sharpshooters. After they had
been firing upon General King and his
staff, killing driver, and firing on am
of the Red Cross society,
Colonel Duboce ordered the huts to be
cleared and burned The Filipinos
i'm Paco church and con-
vent, where they made a determined
stand in the upper stories. a platoon
OF Californians stationed on Il neigh
boring bridge, maintained hot fire
on the Filipnos, but was unable TO dis
.odge them. In the face OF "a terrific
fire. Colonel Duboce and few volun-
tcers dashed into the church, scat
tered coal oil inside OF it, set fire to the
oil and retired
In the meantime Captain Overs bat
terry of the Sixth artillery bombarded
the church. dropping dozen shells. in
to the tower and roof. The Califor-
mans charged into the church, bhi;
We're unable TO ascend the single flight
of steps leading to the story above.
After the incendiaries had retired. "A
of ldahos, and the Washing
ton guards, stationed on each side OF
The church picked off the Filipinos as
they were smoked out. Many of the
rebels, however escaped into the brush
in the rear of the church, The Amer
leans captured tifty-three of the rebels
and during the fighting about the
church twenty of the rebels We're:
killet. -.
Some $500 women, children and non
We're allowed to enter the
American lines after promising to go:
To the houses of friends and. remain.
there.
mother intensely exciting incident