The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-09

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, NEW YORK, Feb. THE SLn to-
day has the following special cable
/ MANILA, Feb. 6, 10 A. NJ. - The
natives in Manila we're greatly affect
ed by the disastrous result to the
Filipinos which followed the latter's
attack upon the Americans on Satur-
day night. 1t is apparent that many
of the natives in the city had
full knowledge of the intended
movement of the Filipino forces,
who were calculating upon tax
ing the Americans by surprise and
thus winning a comparatively easy
victory, which they thought would
put them in position to dictate
terms to the Americans. OF course,
such an idea was due to the ignorance
of the natives, but it is this very ig-
norance which will for some time to
come be dangerous factor in the
situation here.
Had Hoped to Loot Manila.
The Filipinos in the city were evil
IDENTIFY buoyed up by the hope that
when the invaders began to retreat
they would have an opportunity in
the resulting confusion to realize
their long cherished dream of loOting
Manila, a proceeding they have been
looking forward to with the keenest
expectation ever since Admiral Dewey
vanquished Admiral Montoio last
May. They were extremely disap-
pointed when the city capitulated to
find that their hopes of wreaking
vengeance on the Spaniards and at
the same time despoiling them of
their pErrG3Dzlerty We're nullified by the
action of General Merritt, then the
military commander here, who for
bade them to enter the city armed.
On Sunday afternoon, when they
realized the full extent of the disaster
which had befallen them, they were
in a condition bordering on frenzy,
and it required strong and tactful
handling of the situation to prevent
an outbreak.
Filipinos Fought Desperately.
Your correspondent went over the
fighting ground yesterday afternoon
to make an examination of the posi-
tion that had been held by the enemy
and from which they had been driven
out with great slaughter.
There is no denying the fact that
the Filipinos will stand fire The
ground in every direction bore cyl
dence of this. Onall sides were lying
dead natives, their bodies, in some
instances, being full of bullet holes
A majority of the dead were living
with their heads toward the line of
the American advance, showing that
they had fallen fighting desperately.
Terrific Effect of Our Ships Fire.
To the north and south of the CITY.
where the shells of the Charleston,
Callao and Monadnock reached the
tianks of the Filipinos, the slaughter
was sickening. | saw number of
bodies which had been literally torn
into shreds by the fire from the war
ships. In some places the shells had
torn great holes in the earth and
around these were scattered the dead
bodies.
On all sides the scene was one of
terrible desolation. | went to Santa
Mesa, San Juan del Monte, Santa
Ana, San Pedro Macati and Lomai
and other places from which our
troops had driven the enemy, and the
scene in and around each was identi-
cal. The great number of the dead
showed that the little natives were
not lacking in courage, but no cour-
age could have withstood the terrible
rain of death that fell upon the Fill
pinos as the Americans approached
their positions.
When the enemy retreated it was in
utter route, and their only desire was
to get out of range of the American
guns as rapidly as possible.
A conservative estimate of the enc
my's losses places the number at 1000.
Aguinaldo's Attack Costly BIunder.
1t is incomprehensible to any intel
ligent observer here on the ground
how Aguinaldo could have been so
stupid as to expect to catch the Amer
leans mapping. For some time past
the authorities have been expecting
just such treacherous move as was
made on Saturday night, and every