The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-27

peared- HAVING neither time nor reason 70
pursue him. the major was Just turning
hack. when across the opening only feW
yards away 4 mounted insurxent officer
rode cut Of the thickee ana halted mo-
nent 20 reconnot;er. MAI. weisenhurger
called TO him 10 halt. at the same time COW
ering him with . revolver. which With whe
fcrefhcught he had rust reloaded. The Of
ficer heatafed . moment In INDIGESTION. then
put spurs 10 his pony and whsfied around.
MAJ. Weisenburxef fired, STRIKING the
horse. which stumbled bat started OF
again. disappe airing behind = thicket- Run
ming across the opening. the major caught
a glimpse Of the horse and rider jnN turn
ing q bend in the srai. he was following.
Taking deliberate aim. he ared again. The
rider threw Up his arms. fell hack against
his high saddle. but retaining his presence
OF mind as the horse stumbled. grasped the
animal BY the mAae and disappeared
around the turn.
Col. 0erelane Pound DeaA.
After this exciting experience MAJ
Wessenburger fastened 10 Join his COM
mand which was advancing from him rap
IDLY. and came up just ~ they had gained
favorable position to btvouac for the
night Here the Ane was halted. skirmish-
ers thrown out and the night spent Later
in the afternoon some Fourteenth infantry
men. returning from . scout over the bat
slefield In search Il amhrshed sharpshoo.-
ers. reported finding = dead insurgent
colonel. and near him a dead horse The
officer was killed by . bali which entered
his back sQuarely between the shoulders
Prisoners identified the body ~ that Of
Col. Oralano His shining aaber was
taken by one of the soldiers. and viii no
doubt be kept many years ~ . relic Of
one Of the hercess nghts 81 the Filipino
insurrection.
In this night ave men OF the Fourteenth
infantry were wounded, two Of them se-
verely. The ioos Of the enemy nust have
been quite heavy. ~ . large number OF
and great many guns thrown away were
picked up. and. there bstng no way 70 send
them back to the launches. broken up and
destroyed by our men.
Monday morning the line resumed the
advance bright and early. and the enemy
began . fusillade upon our line Al soon an
It began to move forward. but the singing
Of the Mausers did not cause much hesita-
ton on the part Of our tine. In one place
where the insurgents were well screened by
line Of bambocs. they allowed the Ameri-
can troops 70 advance within seventy-flv
yards OF them before they opened IRE. and
then turned loose succession Of fierce vol
leys. Only proverhtally poor masksmAn-
ship. combined with rare good fortune. pre-
vented our loss from being exceedinsly
heavy. II vas about two miles from the
place where the line hlvouacksd to the
town. Just outside Of the town vas Z
small river which was crossed b. . small
iron frame bridge. heavily protected BY .
hreastwork extending across II. With
daring intrepidfty the Washington company
and the Fourteenth infantry stormed the
bridge. driving the enemy out. Killing sevA
eral Of them ~ they ran down the streets
M - -
A Of the Washington regiment. has the
honor OF being the flrst man 70 climb over
the breAstwork on the bridge. ~ these
troops crossed the bridge the rest Of the
lire closed rapidly In. fording the stream.
the right Of the line extending out beyond
the town. and through the town the line
charsea With Wild pen sending the IN.
confusion through the town and across an
open Held beyond. uhere they came In
contact with . deadly 0atling run nre
from the gunboatb. which cut them down
BY scores and left them dad ana dying In
heaps. The engagement was tersth3s
ono ~ far a. fatalities are concerned.
One hundred ana thirty-twe insurgsnt
wounded were seht 70 the general hospital.
where they were given tie sans care and
treatment ~ our own troopo Our oWn
loss was almost nothing.
Importance ~ santa Cpus.
Santa Cruz II one Of the important towns
OF the island. The capital Of I1aguna
province. II had at the last epanish census
i3ooo people. Here 10 situated the Span
ish military hospital. under charge Of the
FranciscAns. and . magnificent Catholic
cathedral. It II the largest cocoanut and
fruit producing center In the islands. II
was sarrisoned at the time Of the attack
with some 1.500 insurgents. All the wo-
men and children who were able to do 10
ned from the city before the attack upon
Il. and only few soldiers and some feeble
old people were found there when the
troops entered. Word was sent out OF
the lines. however. that women and chill
dren might come back to their homes I'M
molested. and within = day or two they be-
gan to come In by scorea An were greatly
pleased At their treatment by the Ameri-
cans many Of them expecting that when
the army came In they would be robbed
and murdered without mercy.
A. eoon N possible SITTER the city was
occupied. Gen. LAwton's launch came up
and the general estab'ished his headquar.
tiers In the city. Assigning the troops Of the
Fourth cavalry TO DUTY - provost guard
Of the place.
The troops rested In Santa Cruz for the
night and early on Tuesday morning re-
stunned the advance upon Pansang1an. the
next town. some three miles further up tha
lake Resistance was encountered before
the iine had advanced far ana ~ times
the fighting was at close range ana rather
exciting. II was In this advance that two
Warrington men were wounded. They
were:
Lieut.. Southe9D's ln1uv1es.
Lieut.. T. e. Southern. shot by a Reming-
ton ball IN the right forearm. badly shat
tering one OF the bones
First serxeant John J. Charlton. Com.
pany n. very slightly wounded IN the right
leg.
Lieut. Southern comes from Eileneburx.
was mustered into the service A. second
lieutenant with Company II, was promoted
20 first iiensenan, Of the same company In
December. During the battle OF February
9Th he VIA In Command ~ hia Gamma rs,