The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-25
AWAITING REINFORCEMENT
On Their Arrival Our Soldiers
will Exterminato the
- FilipanOs.

San Francisco, March A-The hssociat-
ed Press has reveivel the following cor
respondence from Manila dated February
q:
The American troops are an1!ously
awaiting the arrival OF the six regiments
of reinforcements now on the road 70 Ma
Mia. Untn that time will come there win
probably be no vary decided movement
of the soldiers as the long line that has
to be maintained ia too thin to permit
Of much serious Offensive operations
against the FmpnoJ.
When the American reintorcements ar
rive II s. expected thas shirt work will be
made OF AguinaldoS men.
Fun details have beea received Of the
outbreak ON the night OF February l. For
The past two months tho nrst Nebrafka
| has been camped AZ Santa Masa wh!ch
| was practically on the hrlng line. The
| sentinels OF the insurgents heard that the
| y ebraska outposts We're very close q sew
| erui places and for several nights previous
| TO the first firing, an insurgent lieuten-
art had caused tr niDle near outpost No.
2 by attempting - post his sentine.s
within the Nebraska liaes. Saturday, ev-
| ening at 9 O'Clock On February 4. the 10
| surgent lieutenant advanced with a few
| men and disregardej the challenge Of the
sentinel near No. Private Grayson at
ter properly ohaile 1glnx tho advancing
! party who paid no attea.rn ~ Nun, ~ I'd
killing the lieutena IT and private. The
insurgents returned the 1re ana retreated
The battle really began when Sergeant
d. a. Curtis ordred his men to firo uprn
a large BODY Of insurgents who were at
tempting to cross the river. Sergeant Cur
It's was wounded and compelled TO retire
When The battle began the insurgents
seemed to be ready and the Nebraska
1 regiment were made the center of their
| attack. The A9ericon soldiers however,
stood them off and positions were firmly
held all along the line. AT daylight COM
| panies l., NJ, and c, led by Captain Hol.
llnsswOrth. advanced 10 driye back this
insurgents who had effected crossing
further up the river and had gained po
sition on the left flank from whici thsl
poured a terrific fire on the ai '1ncnI
lines Notwithstanding the fact tha thel
had TO advance a quarter OF a mile ~
plain view Of the enemy the Nebraskani
drove the insurgents back to tnelr boa
and across the river.
with the Nebraskan troops did good ser
vice. The insurgents rstreated hastily
leaving 70 dead comrades behind a ston'
wall. II was stated that +. q. Edlund wa
killed A mauser bullet passed througi
, Captain Holingsworths hat.
The insurgents are using brass tippe.
bullets which infiiot shocking wounds
Blood poisoning almost invariably result
from wound inflicted by one OF thes
BULLETS.
Thomas Bryan a member Of the Gall
fornia regiment was shot through Tn
. ] groin by a Remington. The wound wa
not considered dangerous but two hour
}, after he was brought In from the hel<
e blood poisoning set In, lock jaw ensue
and fifteen minutes after Bryan was deaS
The bodies OF two members OF the Ca
a ROrnia regiment, Priyates Nelson an
Backard were brought In from bsyon
| KaIcoocan on February r. They had bee
missing since February TIN when IN con
pany with two comrades all having lea'
OF absence. they Joined a company Of n
Kansas regiment going TO the front. IT
four California men shipped through
deep gorge and advanced by themselv
mile and a half beyond our lines. III
Yates Brown and Duncan. two OF the fo'
men reported back 20 the company qua
} ters Tuesday night They stated that th'
A had been fired upon by a large bVdy
n insurgents leaving Nelson and Backa
to follow On February u. their dead DO
y, les were found in the timber. stripped
y. all clothing. The numerous empty ca
h p, fridge shells strewn about todd the stoi
Aarrfra1 ff1
ui Iamberton Of the Olympia and sever
ladies' went up the river in the Admira
. launch and visited San Pedro Aaca
of While al the headquarters Of GeneI
ey King, the insurgents sent a shower
n Aiauser bullets whizznE around and
rs naval party hastily returned TO the laun
and went fun speed down the liver whe
u the ladies were out Of danger.