The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-31
The American Forces Have a Total
Of 81 Dead and 2l2 Wounded.
THE DARING OF THE KANSANS.
Colonel Funston an Twenty Of Hts Men
swan Across n Stream After the En-
envy The Little Detachment
Captured Four Times Their
Number OF Fully Armed
Filipinos-

WARRINGTON, March Is. "A cable
dispatch was received this morning
from General Otis saying that the bat
tic construed all to-day Monday with
tho loss OF about forty on the Amer
lean side. lie says that the troops
will press forward tomorrow morn
ing. A~guinaldo commanded the in.
surgcnts In person.
With the list sent by General Otis
the casualties officially reported num-
Der 81 dead and 2o2 wounded.
The dispatch received from General
Otis Is as follows:
MANILA, March 2s-Adjutant Cen
eral, Washington: Macarthur holds
Maliloa; severe fighting to-day and
our casualties about forty. The in
surgents have destroyed bridges,
which impeded progress Of train and
artillery.
''Our troops met the concentrated in
surgent forces on northern line, COM
manded by Aguinaldo in person, end
drove them with considerable slaugh-
ter. They left nearly 100 dead on tho
field aud many prisoners and small
arms were captured.
1.-THE column will press on in the
morning. Otis"
MANILA, March ga thousand
Elipinos, composing the rear guard
OF the rebel army, which Is retreating
on Malolos, Aguinaldo's headquarters,
made q stand to-day in some strong
iutrenchments about Mariloa, across
the Mariloa river. In the engage
ment six Americans were killed, in
GLIDING three officers, and forty were
wounded.
General MacArthur's division spent
the night and morning at Mayka-
wsyan. the next station beyond Polo.
After accommodating his front. no
pushed along the railroad towards
Nalabon.
At every railroad station circulars
have been posted, signed by the Fill
Pine commander.in- chief, Antonio
Luna, ordering all spies and bearers OF
news to the enemy to be shot without
trial, and in~structing that all hooters
and ravishers be treated in the same
manner Further, all towns, aban.
doned by the Filipino troops are first
10 be burned.
HOW THEY ARE RECEIVED.
While deploring the e~xistancc OF
war, the circular maintains the unde-
niable right Of the Filipinos to defend
their homes, lives and lands against
would be dominators who would kill
them, their wives and children" add.
ing that this motive ought to impel
every Filipino to sacrifice everything.
The shelling Of Paranaqua was not
premeditatcd. The turret ship Mon.
adnock anchored off the town and the
insurgents, emboldened by the long
silence Of the warships on guard duty
opened Are on her with muskets, with
the result hat ono man was killed
and three were wounded. The Mon
sdnock then destroyed half the town.
including the church.
The Washington regiment had ar
exciting experience and displayed
much %gallantry. The soldiers fount
q band of insurgents concealed in
stone house over which the French
Dag was flying. A private volunteeret
TO set Ere to the building. He did 81
and the troops approached while !
wal burning, the Filipinos having ap
parently fed. But tho American
were greeted with a sudden volle,
from the balcony Of the house.
charge was made and the building
o cleared.
The American forces advanced iron
Mcgowan, the brigade commanded b.
General Harrison Gray Otis upon tn
left Of the railroad and General Hale
upon the right. They eventually dis
cerned white roofs and steeple
among the green trees beyond tn
river, looking not unlike a Massachr
setts village.
The rebels had an unfordable rive
In front Of them and they poured in
Ore so effective that 1t showed tina
they were veterans, probably men
beers CT the native mailitia, which tn
Spaniards organized.
The American artillery put a DIRT
matte end to the battle. ~Approachin
under cover Of the bushes, to abor
sixty yards from the trenches the a
tillerymen emerged upon an ope
space commanding the town. Whe
the Americans appeared they gave
sreat yell and the Nlipinos wei
psnio-stricken about a hundred see'
Ing safety In flight. A white flag WI
raised by those who were In Il
trenches, who also shouted Amigo
(friendsl
Colonel Funston. with twenty mel
bers OF the Twentieth Kansas res
ment, swan across the river TO &
left Of the railroad bridge and ca
DARING KANSANS.
tured eighty prisoners with all the
srms-
The Pennsylvania regiment ca
tured forty prisoners.
BY this time the right OF the FL
pinos was demoralized.
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