Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-11

| uHy evening Dy lnS llIlHB VI a ANNbAoSh6
sentry at Santa Mesa upon Filipinos who
were deliberately crossing the line, after
repeated warnings, with the evident pur-
| pose of drawing our fire.
| The first shot from the American sentry
was evidently accepted as a prearranged
signal, for 1t was followed almost imme-
dately by terrific fusillade along the en-
tire Filipino line on the north side of the
Pasig river.
Filipino Fire Checked.
| The American outposts returned the fire
| with such vigor that the Filipino fire was
checked until the arrival of reinforce
| ments
! All tho troops in the vicinity were hurried
out. and the Filipinos ceased firing for half
an hour while their own reenforcements
came up.
Firing Resumed.
| At ten o'clock the firing was resumed,
| the American firing line consisting of the
| Third artillery, the Kansas and Montas.S
regiments, the Minnesota regiment the
Pennsylvanians. the Nebraskans the Utah
battery, the 1dahos, the Washing. .ons, the
Californians. the Fourth cavali Y. NJrlh
Dakota volunteers, Sixth artillery and
Fourteenth infantry, and the South Da-
kota and Colorado regiments.
Concentrated ut Three Points.
The Filipinos concentrated their forces
at three points, Calcacan, Santa Mesa and
Galingatan, and maintained an intermit-
tent fusillade for some hours.
They brought artillery into action at
Galingatan at 10:S0, but only one gun an
noyed the Americans to any appreciable
extent. howitzer on the road beyond San
ta Mesa. The Third artillery silenced the
Galingatan battery by firing two guns
simultaneously, which was followed imme-
diatey by volleys from the infantry.
AT about midnight there was lul In the
firing lasting until 3:45 a. m, when the
whole Filipino line reopened fire. The
Americans poured Il terrific fire into the
4 ,,lrR. f@N and NlnNN
was another lull until daylight, when the
Americans generally advanced
Good Work OF Dewey's Boats.
During the night in response to Admiral
Dewey's signals flashed across from Ca
vite, the United States cruiser Charleston
and the gunboat Concord, stationed at Nal
abon, poured a. deadly fire from their sec
ondary batteries into the Filipino trenches
at Caloocan.
After daylight the United States double
turret sea-going monitor Monadnock
opened fire off Malate and kept shelling the
Filipnos left flank, while the other ves-
sells shelled the right flank for several
hours.
Americans CompIeteIy'Route Enemy.
BY one o'clock the Americans had ap-
parently completely routed the enemy and
had taken the villages of Palawpong, Santa
Mesa, Paco, Santana, San Pedro. Macorte,
Pandocan and Pasai, had destroyed hum
dreds of native huts. and had secured pos
session of the water main reservoir, dis
tance of over six miles The Tennessees
| Joined the firing line at ten o'clock on Sun
day morning and assisted in capturing
Santa Mesa.
Notable Event.
One of the most notable events of Sun
days work was driving the Filipinos out
of their stronghold at Paco by the reserve.
few companies of Californians COM
manded by Col. Duboce. The main road
to the village was lined by native huts
| full of Filipino sharpshooters. After they
had been firing upon Gen. King and his
staff. killing driver, and firing on an am
| bulance of the Red Cross society, Col. Du-
boce ordered the huts to be cleared and
| burned.
FiIipinos' Determined Stand.
The Filipinos concentrated in Paco church
! and convent, where they made a deter
mined stand in tbN upper stories. A plat
| oon of Californian stationed on a neigh
boring bridge maintained a hot fire on
the Filipinos. but was unable to disodge
| them In the face of terrible fusillade. Col.
| Duboce and a few volunteers dashed into
the church. scattered coal oil inside of 1t,
set fire to the OIL and retired.
In the meantime Capt. Dyer's battery of
the Sixth artillery bombarded the church.
| dropping a dozen shells into the tower and
roof. Company l., and part of company
| G., of the Californans. charged into the
church, but were unable to ascend the
single fight of steps leading to the story
| above.
Picked or One Mt n Time.
After the incendiaries had retired, a
! company of the Idahos and the Washing
| ton guards. stationed on either side of
the building, picked off the Filipinos as
| they were smoked out. Many of the reb-
| els however, escaped into the bush in the
rear of the church. The Americans cap
| tured SO of the rebels. and during the fight
ing about the church 20 of the rebels were
| killed.
| Some $500 women, children and nom
| combatants were allowed to enter the
American lines. after promising to go to
the houses of friends and remain there.
Heroic Charge.
Another intensely exciting incident oc-
Cured during the engagement. The WASH
ingtons and Idahos and companies K and
NJ of the CALIFORNIA; made charges across
the rice fields between Paco and Santana
| in the face of terrific fusillade. The
ground over which they passed is covered
with dead and wounded natives The
former are being buried in groups OF five
or six about where they lay, and the latter
are being brought to the hospital 1t was
at this stage of the fighting and at Cal
| cooan that the Filipinos suffered their
heaviest losses. The Fourteenth regulars
were In particularly tight place near
Singalon. and Col. Duboce was compelled to
rush past them with the reserve In order
to prevent the regulars from being cut off.
the rebels retired.
Both sides cheered frequently during the
| engagement. The Americans "hurrahs'
| were almost Invariably met by dersive
"vivas." Among the natives the Ygorotes
were especially noticeable for their
bravery, about 700 of these naked savages
facing artillery fire with their bows and
| arrows.
A wild Scene.
The scene at Manila when the alarm was
given on Saturday night was wildly ex-
citing, The American soldiers In the the
aters and at the circus were called out.
the performances were stopped, Filpinos
scurried everywhere and the rattle of mus
kerry and the booming of cannon outside
the city was plainly heard The resi-
dents of the outskirts OF Manila iocked
into the walled city with their arms full
of articles. All the carriages disappeared
as II by magic. the street cars were stopped.
the telegraph lines were cut and the sol
diers hurrledly but silently marched out
Of the city to The stations q ssigned to them.