Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-17
HOT FIGHT AT CAINTI.
TOWN TAKEN EVENTUALLY, How
EVER, ny TWENTIETH INFANTRY.
SEVERAL AMERICANS ARE KILLED.
A Dozen or More Wounded, Among
Them the RegimcntRl Mascot
Confined to Inzon.

| MANILA, March 16, 1:30 y. M.-The in
| surgents at the outposts and In The
trenches beyond Caloocan fred severa
voleys last night upon the Montana and
| Kansas volunteers, and part OF the
Fourth Regiment desiring. IL Is supposed
TO discover If the American line had beer
thnned by the movement Of General
Wheaton's command. The Americans I'm
the trenches replied warmly 10 the fire.
II. Y. Bereher, of Company A. Of the
Montana regiment, was killed In the en-
gagement.
A battalion Of the Twentieth Regulars
routed a small band of Filipinos on the
Laguna road. and some sharpshooters,
who were firing from house over which
a French flag was flying, were dislodged.
a gunboat entered the lake and ST.
fenced a one-gun battery in the foothills.
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
800 =. M.-The strongly-fortiied village
OF CAN'T. northwest Of Pasig. was cap
tured to-day after a desperate fight by the
Twentieth Regular Infantry. The troops
first encountered the rebel outpOsts i'm
the dense Jungle on the banks Of the river
The enemy was dislodged after half an
hours fighting The Americans advanced
i'm splendid order under a heavy fire until
IL was necessary TO volley the rebels from
the trenches. The latter had great adj
vantage and dropped a number Of our
men. The Americans charged across the
rice-felds. making four advances on the
enemy. who numbered 1000 men. 500 of
whom were entrenched and in the face
Of a cross-flre. our troops, however, car
ried the town after four hours fighting
and burned the outskirts. the rebels firing
from the windows and keeping up run
ming fire IN the streets. The Americans
then withdrew for more ammunition.
CASUALTIES.
The rebels lost about 100 men. and the
American loss was Corporal Johnson, Of
Company c. and Private McAvOy. Of Com
pany l.. killed. In addition, the following
Americans were wounded: Sergeant
Check. Company /; Corporal Household.
Company VI; Private Kelly, Company G;
Private Kinney, Company G; Private
Tinker. Company c; Private Gilley. Com
pany G.; Private Marley, Company G; Pri-
vate Galley, Company +; Private Mahan,
Company l.: Private Grfiths, Company l.;
Private Lafeyth. Company J.; Private
Mdtf diIdnu, lOmpdIS -.
Artie Cluckman. the regimental mas
cot" carried a parrot into the action, and
was wounded i'm the knee.
REBELS CONTROL LT'ZON ONLY.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The fol-
lowing from General Otis reached the
War Department to-day:
Manila March 1G.-Adjutant-Genera
Washington: Reports from lloilO indicate
Less activity on the part
Of the insurgents of the island. Reports
from NegrOs most encouraging. Inhabi-
tants enthusiastic. Quiet prevails
throughout the island, and Colonel Smith
Is directing affairs in framing interna-
tional government Cebu quiet. Business
under the United States pro-
lection. Reports from Samar and Leyte
Indicate desire Of inhabitants for United
States troops These islands occupied.
Insurgent control confined 10 Luzon. Oc-
cupation Of the Pasig-river line with con-
troll of Laguna de Bay has cut the coun-
try occupied by the Tagalos into'two near
~ equal parts.
(SigneD "OTIs."