The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-29
SILENCED A KRUPP BATTERY.
Further Particulars Hf the Engage
nl'n at Suing y-Captared
sixteen Centimcter Gun.

Washington, Sept. 25.-Acting Sec
rotary Allen Of the navy department
received a cablegram from Raar-Ad-
miral Watson yesterday giving brief
account of the engagement at Subig
bay. 1t is dated September "a, at Ma
Mia, and is as follows:
Manila, Sept. "A.
The United States cruiser Charles
ton, the monitor Monterey and the
gunbcatS Concord and Zafiro, with ma
rines and blue jackets from the cruiser
Baltimore, left Cavite September IS,
and, as already cabled, proceeded to
Subig bay to destroy the insurgent
cannon there.
Owing to the bad weather the opera
ton was postponed until yesterday,
when the war ships for three hours
bombarded the town of OIangapo and
the intrenchments where the gun was
situated.
Men from the Charleston. Concord
and Zafiro were then landed under a
heavy insurgent fire, proceeding to the
cannon which was utterly destroyed
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the war ships.
The Americans had one man wound
ed during the engagement.
While waiting in Subig bay for bet
ter weather the Americans deserted
Filipino reinforcementsm moving toward
OlapgapO. At GAO a. m. Saturday, the
Monterey began the advance upon the
town, which was about three miles
east of the monitors anchorage. The
Charleston, Concord and Zafiro fol-
lowed.
At 1925 a. m. the Monterey opened
fire with her secondary and main bat
teries, the Charleston and Concord
joining Immediately. At 7:3S the in
surgent cannon answered, the first
shot passing close to the Monterey's
smokestack. The gun was fired twice
only.
The American bombarding then be-
came general. At $50 the Monterey
advanced to a range of 600 yards, using
her main battery. Two hundred and
fifty men were landed about 500 yards
east of the cannon at II o'clock under
a severe shore Mauser fire. The men
from the Charleston were the first TO
reach the beach, but the COncord's men
were the first at the gun, which they
reached at 11:1O. The cannon was
found to be a 16-centimeter Krupp
gun, presumably obtained from the
Spaniards.
Meanwhile the war ships continued
to shell the shelving beach on the east
and west side to silence the insurgent
fire upon the sailors from the trenches
skirting the beach.
Gunner Olsen exploded so Sounds of
gun cotton, in three discharges in the
cannon. which had suffered from the
fire of the war ships.
The Americans then returned to the
boats. the firing inland being kept up
to protect the embarkation. The Con-
cords men were the last to reach the
shore, and the war ships were reached
at 1850.
Cadet Brinzer with the Concord's
launch. armed with Il gatling, did eX.
cellent work on the left of the landing
party. Capt. Myers, of the marines,
captured a muz2le-loading field piece.
Lieut.. Mcdonald was in command of
the landing party, and the movement
was splendidly executed and con-
trOlled.
The numbers of the Filipinos there
could not be ascertained and no dead
were seen.
The Monterey fired for four hours
21 shots from her ten-inch guns and
II from her 12-inch guns. The town,
which was riddled with shells, took
fire at several points.