The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-24
THEY MADE 4 BRAVE FICRT
ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE oE
CAPT. SHIELDS PARTY IN
MARINDUQUE
BATTLED FOR EIGHT HOURS
Against Largeta Superior Force.
surrendering Only When Their
AmmunitionsWns Entirely
Exhausted.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Mail adv;ces
from Manila give in considerable detail
the story Of the rescue of Cant SbieIds
and fifty men of the Twenty-nintb IN.
fantry, after their. capture bv the in
surgents In Marinduque The fight that
Capt. Shields and his party put M
against an overwhelming force is de-
clared to have been one of the most bril-
liant incidents in the history of bush
fighting in the archipelago.
The fifty men in question were pursuing
a party of insurgents Of superior force
into the mountains when they were am
pushed in box canyon by a force of On
rffiemen and 1900 bolo men They made a
continuous fight for eight hours killing
large number OF the insurgents, and
We're overpowered. only after thew had
fired their last shot and practically were
smothered in a hand-to-hand fight with
their 1000 adversaries. Sergeants Will
Hams and Mccarthy, who were in CHARGE
of some of the wounded, come in for par-
ticular praise. They were cut off from
the rest of the party during the retreat
ana 1ntrenched themselves on the hill
side, where they stood off their assailants
for about three hours, surrendering after
every cartridge had been exhausted.
MANY WE'RE WOUNDED.
Scarcely a man in the expedition es-
capped being grazed or slightly wounded
during the fight. The total list of killed
amounted to only five. Capt Shields was
wounded early in the fight. but continued
to direct the operations of the rear guard
during four miles of retreat. He finally
was Knocked out by; a bullet through the
Jaw, neck and shoulder, which was
thought at the time to be a fatal
wound.
The rescue of the party was effected by
Gen. Hare, who, some months before
When only colonelj1le the party which
effected the rescue Of Iieut Giloora
and The men front sthe Yorktown. after
their long months efeoa ptivity in North
ern Luzon. Capt. Shields and his man
say that they have no complaint to make
oI lhe!r treatment during captivity. Max
lrno Abad was the tnsurgent in command
ana III response toIzCapt Shields, re-
quest' permitted some of his men to pro-
cure medicines andat dressings for the
"ouhded soldiers. - The release Of tbe
party seems to have been due in Some
part to the object lessoa. which Cen Hare
gave to Lieut.. Gilmere's cantors dnTS1no,
the long and persistent chase through tbe
almost impossible mountains of the
northern districts
RUMOR OF AGuINADO's DEATH
WASHINGTON, sNoy. 23.-The latest
mall from Manila received at the war de-
partment, brings an interesting. h,,de,a+
OF news. The Manila papers Of Oct IS
devote considerable space to a rene11ai
OF the report concerning Ae11inaIdo,z
death In Northern Luzon The say tho+
the e1reumstantial character of this re-
port, together with the fact that Cen
Ir1as recently has been signing himself
Commander-in-ch chief of the insIreant
forces, lends strength and color to tbe
peilef that Aguinaldo may be dead. The
latest account in this line comes from
Neuva Ecija In Northern Luzon whAra
IN an outpost skirmish AguinaIdo's 7orse
was killed and his saddle bags. with a.
number of personal papers We're can
tured. 1t seems that non-commissfon
gu oiIlcer at this place had gained the
confidence Of a native woman. Marie
fsdnllarez, Wife of d general on Agui
naIdo,s staff, and had secured consider
ao4e information as to the movements OF
the insurgents, much of which had
proved to be correct The woman tol5
MIN that in the fight at Nueva Ecita
Agu1naldo was shot from his horse and
severely wounded He: was CARRIED h1,
MS followers into the Jungle and subse-
QuentIy was reported to be Ill with fever
Ills oody afterward was carried down tho
river on a raft, slung in a hammock and
completely covered with palm leaves
out the natives who saw the passa ga Of
the raTt were uncertain whether he was
oead or alive. This, together with tha
claims of Trias and others of the m
surgent chiefs, lead the local Manila. ma
pers to give considerable credenca to
teh story. ISL -