The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-06-17
HOT FIGHTING
At Las P|hAs
General Lawton's Men Have a
Fierce Engagement With a
Rebel Force.
BATTLE IN PROGRESS ALL DAY
Two American Companies Narrowly
Escape Being Annihilated
by the Rebels.
The LATTER ARE FINALLY ROUTED
Savage Resistance Made, and Quite
q Number of Americans Killed
..Luna Reported Assas-
sinated.
sAITLE IN PROGRESS ALL DAY
The LATTER ARE FINALLY ROUTED

Manila, June 14.-6:3O p. m.-Gen-
eral I.awton unexpectedly stirred up
one of the liveliest engagements of the
war. south of Las Pinas, this morning,
upon which occasion the American
field guns were engaged in the first
artillery duel against a Filipino bat
terry, concealed in a jungle. Com
panies + and L, of the Twcnty-first in
fantry, were nearly surrounded by ii
large body of insurgents, but the
Americans cut their wav out without
heavy loss. s
The Monadnock and the g%unboats
Helena and Zafiro trained their batter
les on Bacoor and the rebel trenches
near Las Pinas all morning. Bacoor
was once on fire, but the natives
stopped the spread of the flames. Dur
ing the night an insurgent cannon was
fred three times ut the Americans on
the outskirts of Las Pinas.
General Lawton this morning took
q battalion of the Fourteenth and two
companies of the Twenty-irst to To-
cate the rebel battery, then two guns
of the Sixth artillery and four noun
tain guns were planted against it at
oOV ydAuS uiSluIlCc. 1Hc ICUelS uuu Il
large guns, from which they We're fir
ing homemade canister loaded with
nails, and two smaller guns.
Rebel Fire Is Accurate.
Their shooting was most accurate.
The first lot of canister burst direct
ly in front of Scott's runs and another
shattered the legs of a private in tine
Fourteenth infantry. Several shots
struck the edge of the town.
The country traversed was as bad as
it is possible to imagine, being mainly
lagoons and mud and water fringed
with bamboos. AS soon as the fighting
opened the Americans were attacked
by hidden rifiemen on all sides, ever
the amigos Of friendly" natives, in
the houses of the town, shooting into
their rear. The companies of the
Twenty-tirst regiment, skirmishing
along the beach, with amigo guides,
found, apparently q handful of rebels
who retreated. The men of the Tween
ty-tirst followed and suddenly the reb-
els opened a terrific fire on the troops
from the sides and rear. The soldiers
withdrew to the waters edge, to find
what shelter they could, and We're
picked off rapidly. After their ammu-
milton was nearly exhausted the COM
panies of the Twenty-first retreated,
but General Lawton dashed down and
rallied the men.
LaWton Uses a Rifle.
The little group made a desperate
stand, General Lawton, Major Starr
and Lieutenants Starr and Sonnely
taking rifles from the wounded men
and firing ut the enemy, bringing
down some of the rebels sh%arpshoot-
ers from the trees. Finally their
cartridges were all gone and they were
forced to break through the enemy's
tanks, carrying the wounded to the
main body of the troops.
Lieutenant Donovan, whose leg
was broken, loundered for q mile
through o bog after leading his men
in the face OF a greatly superior force.
General Lawton ceased fighting until
endorsements could be brought up.
Two battalions of the Fourteenth reg
iment and one battalion of the Ninth
regiment were hurried to the front
and in the afternocnfthe battle was re-
sUmed.
Warships Take Part.
The Monadnock anchored close to
the shore and her heavy guns pounded
the rebels continuously, while the
smaller warships, steaming along the
shore, poured bullets from their rapid
fire guns at the enemy.
The Filipino force engaged appears
to have been the largest and best or
ganized body of me- which has met
our troops.
At daylight the rebels at Cavite
Yiejo dropped two shells from a big
smooth-bore gun mounted in front
of the church in the navy yard. The
only damage done was splintering the
huge spears on the mole. The gum
boats Callae, Manila and Mosquito then
proceeded to dismount the gun. After
breakfast the rebels opened fire along
the beach to Bacoor. After silcncing
the big gun the gunboats ran close
along the shore, bombarding the rebel
PNition. The rebels replied with a
rifle fire and with small pieces of mr.
tillery. So vigorous was the encmy's
fire that the Helena joined the gun
boats already named, and the Prince
ton. Monterey and Monadnock. from
their anchorages, dropped occasional
shells among the rebels. This appar-
emily only served to incite the rebels,
EXPRESS COMPANY TAX CASE.