The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-16
.F|l|P|NOS GIVE BY INCHES.
Lawton and Wheaton Wrest An
other Tract From the Rebels.
MUCH COUNTRY Is CLEARED.


MANILA, June IL The country di-
rcctly south of Manila as far as Las
Pinas Is under American control for
the first time. The insurgents have
been cleared from the neck below
Manila bay and Laguna bay, opposite
Cavite, and the Filipino towns Of
Paranaque and Las Pinas have been
abandoned. These Gowns are about
ten miles from Cavite and have been
the seat Of much annoyance to the
American land and sea forces. For
weeks the monitor Monadnock has
been engaged in bombarding Para
naquc at intervals.
About 1900 insurgents are sup
posed to have been in the territory
cleared Saturday, known as Cavite
province, but most OF them escaped or
else disposed of their arms and APP
peared as frieads.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one
man killed and six wounded; the
Ninth infantry one man killed and
five wounded; the Fourteenth infantry
three wounded, and the First Colorado
volunteer regiment eleven wounded.
Saturdays work was the hardest
our army has seen. The battlefield
stretched out across the entire 18th.
mus from Laguna do Bay to the har-
Dor. While the troops were advanc-
ing, the army gunboat Napidan, in
the river near Taguig, shelled the en-
envy, killing several of them.
The monitor Monadnock and the
gunboat Helena shelled Paranaque
and Las Pinas all day with the full
power of their batteries.
The rebel sharpshootcrs kept in
hiding until the American lines had
passed and then attempted to pot
stragglers from the trees. Thanks to
their poor craftsmanship, this was
without result.
The whole country proved to be a
succession of small hills, with Doggy
ground between the high, thick grass
and bushes in the hollows, which
greatly added 10 the difficulty of the
advance, but gave shelter that saved
many from the enemy's bullets. Our
men threw away their blankets, coats
and even haversacks, stripping TO the
waist and trusting to luck for food.
Water could not be obtained and there
was much discomfort after the car
teens were cmptied.
About 3 o'clock General Wheaton,
brigade, headed by General Lawton
who. in his white clothing and he'll
met, on a big black horse, was a shin
ing mark for the enemy's sharpshoot
ers, circled to the south OF Las Pinas
cncountering a large force of Filipi
nos in the shelter of the trees. Gen
eral Lawton had n narrow escape. Ii
the first volley of the enemy thu
horses of three of his staff officer
were shot from under them. The Co
orado regiment bore the brunt Of thi
attack and dispersed the Filipinos.
! Hardly had they finished Off tina
lot when a large force appeared ii
l the rear, which the Ninth ~infantr
and n part of the Colorado regimen
) drove away. by this time nearly tn
. whole division was around Las Pinas
I The Americans camped for tn
night south of the town and in tn
midst of a heavy rain.
At 8 o'clock Sunday morning Ger
eral Wheaton advanced upon La
Pinas with n troop of cavalry. tn
. Twcnty-irst infantry, the Colorad
regiment, part OF the Ninth infantr
and two mountain guns, crossing tw
n streams and entering the town will
out firing a shot. He then advance
upon Paranaque.
d The Colorado regiment returned
N barracks in Manila last night. As II
ragged and dirty men marched pa
!, the Lupcta, the fashionable gatherir
a place for Manilans, they were hearth
d cheered.