Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-24

n man-at. arms, anxious only to kill AM
crush.
. On June 16 occurred the most am
: bilious attempt yet made by the in
surgents on this town. At 4:45 Ii
Q the morning scattering shots, quick
ly followed by clear volleys by
, squads, were heard on the east line
. and soon on all sides the outpostt
, we're engaged. Artillery was used
by the enemy, but their fire there.
from was not damaging. Examina.
ton showed that force nearly 5000
strong was engaged in the attack.
The entire command was promptly
put under arms, and when sunrise
came we saw the enemy at an average
distance OF 800 yards from our
trenches.
/ A vigorous fire from our lines was
begun, and the enemy's advance was
easily checked. A favorable oppor-
tunity occurring, battalion Of two
companies Of the goth Kansas was
sent to make a cOunter.attack. De.
bouching from the cover of a line OF
bamboos, a small force OF 150 was en-.
countered at short range. A quick
fight ensued and this body Of insur.
gents was utterly routed Without
the loss Of single man Of the two
companies engaged in this oblique
movement, thirty.six Of the enemy
were killed and twenty.tour wounded
SO badly that they fell into our hands.
All this within five minutes time.
The officer in command Of the insur.
gents at that point made three de-
termined efforts to rally his men, but
Kansas would not be denied. The
entire affair was concluded in two
hours and the enemy withdrew.
Later in the day, as an object les
son to the natives OF the town, many
OF whom are suspected Of being spies,
the insurgent dead we're brought in
and given public burial, after hav-
ing been placed in the plaza for
short time. Sixty.three were thus
accounted for. The enemy have
many unarmed followers, whose duty
it apparently is to carry off the dead
and wounded. Judging by the most
moderate estimate OF six wounded to
one killed, Aguinaldo lost on that oc-
casion over $50 Of his people. Our
loss was one killed and thirteen
wounded. The vitality Of a wounded
native is surprising. They carry
lead like an antelope. On one adj
vance native shot through the body
kept up with our men for two miles,
refusing to remain behind and be
cared for. Finally he dropped at one
of the halts we made and expired.
This vitality accounts in a large
measure for the comparatively small
numbers of wounded that we capture.
Any man shot in the arm or not seri-
ously wounded in the body easily
makes his escape. The shock of the
bullet is not sufficient to
put him out.
That some Of the natives in our
midst are spies is undoubtedly true.
Amy question put to them concerning
their allegiance is always met with
the reply "Macabebe, senor,n but, in
the fight Of the 10th captain Of the
Iowa regiment found his most excel
lent native cook among the wounded
that were brought in by our men.
None of the "mutual explanations"
80 commonly exchanged under en-
barrassing circumstances, were nec-
essary. SO, also, in aprevious affair,
some of our hospital corps men were
much surprised, but scarcely graft
lied, to pick up a wounded Filipino
Tor whose liberated leg they had been
caring for some days previous to the
light. Were the Filipinos desperate
Glass such as the Fuzzy Wuzzy"
said to be, we might take more ser.
ous thought unto ourselves concern
ng their presence within our lines.
We are grateful to know that Don
Emilio" as the insurgents Invariably
,all Aguinaldc, has lately honored us
with visit. Not an immediate one,
If course, but he looked over our
ines-from his side Of the fence. His
visit was undoubtedly an event for
his troops. Through our glasses we
saw him with large mounted staff,