Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-02-11
MANY REBELS SLAIN.
Aguihaldo's Forces Attack the
American Army at Manila.
Our Volunteers Proved Themselves supsrb
Fighters and the lssurxsnts We're ! Or.
rlbiy Rspuissd. with 1000 Killed
and $500 wounded.

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and $500 wounded. J
Manila, Feb. L-Careful estimates
place the Filipino losses up 70 date a
5000 dead, $500 wounded and 5000
taken prisoners. The rebel forcei
have been driven back ten miles. Dur
ing the fighting the United States war
ships shelled q train loaded with In
surgents. Owing to the area embraced
In the scene Of Saturday nights ant
Sundays engagement q semi'circle o.
fully II miles, details regarding fight
ing have been extremely difficult &c
obtain. So far as can be gathered, the
brush commenced ut 8:45 ON Saturday
evening. by the firing Of q Nebrasks
sentry ut Santa Mesa upon Filipinos
who were deliberately crossing the
line. after repeated warnings. with
the evident intention Of drawing our
FIRE.
The first shot from the American
sentry was evidently accepted rs q
pre-arranged signal, for It was fol-
lowed almost Immediately by ter
rife fusillade along the entire Filipino
line, on the south side Of the Pasig
river. The American outposts re-
turned the fire with such vigor that
the Filipino fire was checked until the
arrival Of reinforcementa
At ten o'clock the firing was re.
sumed, the American firing line con-
sisting OF the Third artillery, the
Kansas and Montana regiments, tho
Minnesota regiment the Pennsylva-
mans, the Nebraskans, the Utah bat
terry. the Idahos, the Washingtons,
the Californians, the Fourth cavalry,
North Dakotans, the Sixth artillery
and Fourteenth infantry. The Filipi-
nos concentrated their forces at three
points-Caloocan, Santa Mesa and Gal
ingalan and maintained an intermit-
tent fusillade for some hours. They
brought artillery into action ut Gal.
ingalan ct 1880, but only one gun an
noyed the Americans to any apprecia-
BILE extent. The Third artillery ST.
fenced the Galingalan battery by firing
two guns simultaneously, which was
followed Immediately by volleys from
the infantry.
At about midnight there was lull
in the firing, lasting until about 3:45
g. M, when the whole Filipino line
reopened fire. The Americans poured
q terrific fire into the darkness TOR 30
minutes, and then there was another
lull until daylight, when the Ameri.
cans generally advanced. During the
night, in response to Admiral Dewey's
signal flashed across from Cavite, the
United States cruiser Charleston and
the gunboat Concord, stationed at
Malabon, poured deadly fire from
their secondary batteries into the Fill
Pine trenches ut Caloocan.
After daylight, the United States
double turret seagoing monitor Monad.
mock opened fire off Malate and kept
shelling the Filipinos' left flank, while
the other vessels shelled the right
flank for several houra BY one o'clock
the Americans had apparently COM
pletely routed the enemy and had
taken the villages Of Palawpong.
Santa Mesa, Paco, Santana, San Pedro,
Mncorte, Pandocan and Pasai, and had
destroyed hundreds Of native huts and
had secured possession Of the water
main reservoir, distance OF over six
miles. The Tennessees Joined the fir.
ing line at ten o'clock on Sunday
and assisted In capturing
Santa Mesh. One Of the most notable
events Of Sundays work was driving
the Filipinos out Of their stronghold at
Pace by the reserve. few companies
Of Californians commanded by Col.
Duboce. The main road to the village
was lined by native huts full of Fill
pino sharpshooters. After they had
been firing upon Gen. King and his
staff. killing q driver. and firing on
IN ambulance Of the Red Cross society,
Col. Du boce ordered the huts to be
cleared aud burned. The Filipinos
at Pace church and con-
vent where they made determined
stand in the upper storieA The Amer
leans captured SO of the rebels. and
during the fighting about the church
20 Of the rebels were killed.
Gen. Otis latest report places the
American loss at 81 killed and about
l75 wounded. No casualties arc re.
ported from the Twentieth Kansas
The Americans are determined not
10 give the Filipinos q chance to re-
cuperate. Two Filipino commissioners
from Iloilo and four rebel officers were
arrested here yesterday morning after
boarding the steamer Uranus. Many
have been arrested In various
parts of the city. lIur @