Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-10

rlble rain OF death That tell upon the FIJI
pinos as the Americans approached their
position.
When the enemy retreated it was in ut
ter rout, and their only desire was to get
out of range of the American guns as rap
idly as possible.
The number of American troops engag-
ed Sunday was $4,000, while the Filipino
forces numbered 10000
Aguinaldo's dishearlencd soldiers opened
fire along the northern lines east and west
of Caloocan early this (Monday) morning,
but it was mostly ut long range and lacked
the dignity Of an attack, There was
spirited reply, and after a few sharp rallies
the enemy fell back and the firing died
away The general line was not engaged
and there were no serious casualties.
IloIIo Commissioners Arrested.
Five native commissioners, who came
from Ilolo to consult with Aguinaldo,
were arrested Sunday night as they were
about to return to the island of Panay on
board the steamer Uranus. 1t is supposed
that their mission was TO order the insur-
! gents at lloilo to attack the 1Slh regulars
and a portion of the & h artillery, which
are still there with the cruiser Baltimore.
1t was known to the American officers
/
naldo was in the city seeking information
that might benefit the Filipinos. But lit
tie check was put on his movements until
the fighting occurred, when he was prompt
ly arrested on the charge of being a spy.
The outlook for him is bad, military jus
| tice being swift and certain.
When our troops took the trenches that
had been occupied by the natives they
found many wounded in them Over 100
OF these were taken TO the American hos
pitfalls, where they were tenderly treated
by the American doctors Several hun
dred of the natives were captured and are
now in the military prison.
A very unfortunate accident occurred
during the firing. A sharpshooter within
the American lines in some accountable
way shot and killed Sergt. George Regen
of the lst Wyoming infantry, while the
latter was sitting at a window of the Sec
ond Reserve hospital.
Lieut.-Col George II. Cotton of the 1st
Nebraska infantry was attacked by ma
tive armed with a sword while he was rid
ing in carriage to the front. Col. Cotton
drew his revolver and killed his assailant.
Col. William c. Smith of the 1st Ten
nessee infantry was attacked by apoplexy
during the warmest part of the fighting
and died before assistance could be given
to him.
IL is evident that the natives have been
preparing for some time for Just such an
attack as this one In furtherance of
their scheme last night they cut the tele-
graph wires, which for time caused no
little bother to the Americans.
The Americans In Control.
The dispatches Tuesday stated that the
Americans are in complete control of the
situation within a radius of nine miles, of
Manila. Their lines, extending TO Mala-
bon, on the north, and to Paranaque, on
the south, are fully % miles long While
afew detached bodies of the enemy still Of
fer desultory opposition, the main body of
the rebels is in full retreat and utterly rout-
ed. OF the hordes of troops originally drawn
in battle array against the Americans, full
ly one-third are already incapacitated, and
others are scattered in every direction.
Gen. Hale's brigade advanced and took
the waterworks at Singalon. Four COM
panies Of the Nebraska regiment and part
of the Utah battery, with two field guns
and two Hotchkiss guns, met the enemy
on the hill half mile out, and sharp
engagement took place, in which the Ne
braskans lost one dead and three wounded.
Sergeant Young, formerly quartermas-
ter-sergeant in the ID artillery, was wound
ed, captured and brutally murdered, and
his body, when recovered, was found to
have been horribly mutilated.
The Filipinos were driven back, retiring
in bad order.
The terrible loss of the rebels NAV be
gathered from the fact that 100 of them
were buried in one rice field on Monday,
near Pasas, and that 81 were buried be-
tween Paco and Santa Ana.
The Americans are working nobly in
their efforts to find the wounded, and are
bringing hundreds of suffering rebels into
the hospitals for treatment. The natives
are unable to understand the humane mo-
tives which prompt the victors to aid the
wounded of the enemy.
The chief of the Igorotes, the Filipino
natives who fought 50 CALAMITY in the face
of the American artillery fire with their
bows and arrows, is in a hospital suffering
from a shattered thigh. He admits that
he never saw modern artillery, and was ig-
norant of its effects until he and his follow
ers met the disastrous fire of Sunday morn
ing. The chief is bitterly incensed against
the Tagalos for placing the Igorotes in
frcnt of the American battery, under the
pretence that they were sent to occupy a
post of honor, and he intimates that the
Igorotes will avenge this treachery when
the survivors return north.
1t is regarded as a significant fact that
many of the Filipino officials of this city
disappeared from Manila as soon as hos
Utilities began. Some of them are supposed
to be still hiding here.
Dreary Scene OF Ruin.
The scene about Manila is dreary one.
Prior to Saturday night there were seven |
or eight villages that could be seen from
the observatory, which is the highest i
point for miles around. All these places |
are now in ruins. 1t was found necessary
by the Americans to destroy these villages.
as the FilipinOs were using them as places |
of concealment from which to fire on our
forces. Many of the American dead were |
killed by natives who had hidden them
selves in houses in the villages, and who |
from their vantage points were able to fire |
with far greater accuracy than if they had !
been in the open. Our flank and rear suf- |
fered quite severely from these natives in |
ambush, and it was imperatively necessary !
to destroy the huts to drive the enemy ont. |
FiliPinOs Murder DIR. Harry Young.
The savage nature of the natives was |
displayed by the manner in which thew |
treated DR.. Harry Young of the Utah bat |
terry, who was unfortunately taken prison |
er. His body was found after the rebels |
were driven from their position, giving ev-
cry evidence that he had been foully mur-
dered by his captors.
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