The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-07
ATTACK WELL PLANNED.
Shot From Americans Was
Signal TO FiIlpinOs.
FIRED FROM THREE POINTS.

Americans Routed Them i'm the Face
of Terrible FusiIlade-ViIIages
CaDtured and the American Line
Advanced-GrOund Covered With
Dead Natives-Fighting with Bows
md Arrows-DetaiIed Report of
Conflict at Manila.
Mania. Feb. 6, 7:15 p. m.-Owing to the
area embraced in the scene of Sundays
encagement.a a semi-crcle of fully seventeen
miles details regarding individual fighting
have been extremely difficult to obtain.
So far as can be gathered the brush COM
menced at Sl5 o'clock on Saturday evening
by the firing of a Nebraska sentry at San
IA Mesa upon FIipinos who were delib-
eratey crossing the fine after repeated
warnings, with the evident purpose of
drawing our fire.
The first shot from the American sentry
was evidently accepted as a prearranged
signal, for it was followed almost imme-
diately by a terrific fusillade along the
entire Filipino line on the north side of
the Pasig river. The American outposts
returned the fire with such vigor that the
Filipino fire was checked until the arrival
of re!nforcements.
All the troops in the vicinity were hur-
red out and the FRipinos ceased firing tor
half an hour while their own reinforce
ments came up.
At 10 o'clock the fighting was resumed,
the American firing line consisting of the
1hrd Artillery, the Kansas and Montana
regiments, the Minnesota regiment, the
Pennsylvania regiment, the Nebraskans,
the Utah Battery, the Idahos, the Wash
ingtons, the Californians. the Fourth Cav
airy, North Dakota Volunteers. South Da-
kota and Colorado regiments, Sixth Artl-
lery, and Fourteenth Infantry.
Fired From Three Points.
The Filipinos concentrated their forces
at three points, Caloacan, Santa Mesa and
Gaiingatan, and maintained an intermit
tent fusilade for some hours.
They brought artillery into action at
Galingatan at 1O;S0, but only one gun an
hoyed the Americans to any appreciable
extent, Howitzer, on the road beyond
Santa Mesa The Third Artillery silenced
The Gallngatan battery by firing two guns
simultaneously, which was followed i'm
mediately by volleys from the infantry.
AT about midnight there was a luu In
'he firing lasting until S:45 a. M, when
Inc Whole Filipino line reopened fire. The
Americans poured a terrific fire into the
darkness for twenty minutes, and then
mere was another Iull until daylight, when
the americans generally advanced.
DHlng the night, in response to Rear
Aumirai Dewey's signals flashed across
from Cavite, the United States cruiser
charleston and the gunboat Concord. sta
uoned at Malabon, poured deadly fire
"ofl their secondary battery into the Fill
Pino trenches at Caloacan.
AIler daylight the double turreted sea-
gong monitor Monadnock opened fire off
-laia'e aud kept shelling the Filipinos' left
Hdhk' While the other vessels shelled the
'''S rlsht flank for several hours.
several Villages Captured.
ny IL O'Clock the Americans had appar-
"'S completely routed the enemy. and
-au taken the villages of Palawpong.
o"il'a Mesa, Paco, Santa Ana, San Pedro.
'iacorte' Pandocan and Pasai; had de-
'oSe eu hundreds of native huts and had
0U'eu possession of the water main and
'eserVoir-a distance of over six miles.
ne Iennesseeans Joined the firing line
o. Nv clock on Sunday morning, and as
'''u IN capturing Santa Mesa.
DIe OF the most natal l,1o a....z...
uaS work was driving the Filipinos out
'aer stronghold at Paco by the re-
serve few companies Of Californians,
Commanded by Col. Duboce. The main
0au 70 the village was lined by native
.'''S luIl of Filipino sharpshooters. After
I'el mad been firing upon Gen. King and
ms STAFF killing driver, and firing on an
p'i'uianee of the Red Cross Society. Col.
D''oee ordered the huts to be cleared and
burned. '~''' ~ anu
"e flhpinos concentrated in Paeo
0D1'ch and Convent, where they made a
U,'7imlned stand in the upper stories. A
'oo" OF Californians stationed on a
i'oring bridge maintained hot fire
-"e Fllipnos. but was unable to dis
is5 ,lsm' In the face of terrific fusil-
CoI' Duboce and a few volunteers
p1s3ed I~.3 into the church scattered coal oil
VI It, set fire to the oil and retired.
shelled the Church.
t VII, ,'e meantime Capt. Dyer's battery of
I.-.7 'A'H Artillery bombarded the church.
49,, 'llNs a dozen shells into the tower and
on. Oompany L and part OF G of tbs
non mans charged into the church bY,
Son. a'aole to ascend the single fight of
'''a'ng TO the story above.
~ ~. ,, ,'e lneehdiaries retired a company
,ila], 's lu7ho and Washington guards. sta.
Cd 90, Y' n elmer side of the building, pick.
Gin. rIhpinos as they were smoked
i0ro ,b. ~ Oh the rebels, however, ESCAPED
Ts, .ne brush in the rear OF the church
"s americans captured fftv-tbrae or ,bo
,1gr-s ana during the fighting about the
4 twenty of the rahals .,-,.. ,-t,.a