Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-11

Tn VI S"aooesu ao 49, oeon oosa.Hsu ,sa..t.,.
shair forces for dava al Caioocan'
and Ma;nr GeneraI ElweIi 8 Ous the
american Commander determined 10
ATTACK than. He reonested the assist.
ance. of fine naval forces under com
nand of ADMIRAL Dewav. Major Cen.
araI Mar A4fhnr renorted all q az ready
ana a. o,cIoclr he recei we'd the follow.
ino MESSAGE.
aTha com o,an1ino oenerai orders vou
"a 90 ahead with the nrocramn
fSicnedl uBarrv.v
n ~
Inc attacK began immeuiate'y' ne
monltor MoDauiocK ana the cruiser
Cnarieston shsiied Caioocan ana ene
county norm for naii an nour zen
efai MacArtnurs artiiisry aiso uiu 81
ps,n W. iv'.p io IL crav o,;s
with the hriUsde con nsistino Of he Kan,
sas reo;msnf the Montana regiment
and the Third artillery regulars. acting
"a infantry advanced handsomely
nushinu forward in the face of Fjlioino
bullets as cbeerf,lllv as if they had been
snow halls Tha' enemy was utterly
ronted and
A NC
- 80, 80
Az % O'CLOCK cease ulihg anu
me-" ,han ,a,, thrn,,,b Caloocan
and north of IT, General Macarthur
established his left AT Caloocan and
strenothened the lines for the night
Nv capturlng t,aIoocan control of much
Of the rolling stock of the Manila Dagu-
nan railroad was obtained. The city il
now ouieter and business better than
At any time since the outbreak Of hos
tilities. The American losses yester-
dav we're three men killed aud thirty
two wonndeo Amonc the wounded
are the gallant Lieut. Col Bruce Wal
lace of the Montana regiment. and a leu
tanant of he Second cavalry. who was
shot through one lung while leading the
charge across the open country.
DISPATCH FROM OTIS.
WARRINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE war de-
partment received the following from
General Otis. "Manila. Feb. lI.-Mac-
Arthur's division is north OF Pasig
river Yesterday his left wing. the
Otis brigade. made a partial wheel to
the right, resting the left of the brigade
on Caloocan where the lnsurgents, VINO
oio.. u.. oopsiu sNa,l ay'o ,;a sV.S, onS nalu
u'i'en oaoA' 'oa sins s'ou A3"y
ueau'
.sHELLED THE sHARPsHooTERs.
: MANILA, Feb I1--2.30 p m.-Early
today the monitor Monadnock and
cruiser Charleston began dropping
shells into the rebel camp between Ca
loocan and Malabon. The enemy's
sharpshooters, in jungle Oil the Amer
leans left, have been particularly an
noying since daylight, so the Third ar
tillery drove the rebels out of tht jungle
at noon. In the meantime few more
OF our men were wounded; BASS 'he
aIls. .ep.oscn."s o.Ty NJ.
WA, was SUI. ~, .ne =, a'na ,.snS yss.o,d' ,. s.,,,s
ss,s ,vss " ,,ea ano 1nslhs dad - oosiaa ,"rs
uiy Au,ou 'e'i, a'u wounu1u.s s 4So 1Alo'
eau was A'''eu u "o'noeu'
FRUSTRATED FROM HEAT.
MANILA, Feb. 1l-5 2. m-The heat
tod knocked out many more of our
men than did the Filipino bullets,
especially 10 the marsh lands north of
Malabon, where the Kansas regiment
Is stationed. Fully. q score were taken
TO the hospital.
600
'OlAA oASo = 70 -eA'
WASHlNGTON, req. li.-Otls reports
the total casualties TO cate as SsS, anu
gives list OF Killed and 80 wounded
IN yesterdays nghting. Otis says:
"Ihe troops are in excellent condition
and eupplied with all neeessltles. Ine
hospitals, Notwithstanding the wound
Cd nave fewer patients tnan DeIoIe the
engagements Of the 4th ana otn IN
stants. Yesterdaus engagements were
most sucressfui. IL Is the Dellef OF oid
residents toat Aguinald0 VIII Dc unable
to gather, In the future, any consider
able force'
THE JUNTA's STATEMENT.
HoNa KoNa. Feb. 1.-The Filinino
iunta issned the following Statement
todsp. ia Manila steamer arrived
here with American cansursh,n. giving
: vsrsion of The -recent fight w5ich is
utterly false The Americans com
menced hombafdinc heavily and nv
the treachkrv of General OILS simulta-
neousIv nv land and sea. Aguin-
aldo nnsspsses n signed guarantee
thst there would be- no hostility on their
mart, The bombardment of the de-
fsns. less towns Of Maiate, Paco. Santa