The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-21
SOME STUBBORN FIGHTS
flpinos Are Sill Resisting The American
Forces
4 LOSS OF ;, PER CENT IN ONE FIGHT
"A Cable from General MacArthu,
thur Gives List OF the Late
Casualties.

Washington. September 20--A dispatch
has been received from General MacArth-
ur which confirms the report cabled TO the
Associated Press from Manila regarding
the activity OF the insurgents. The blank
spaces are words which could not de de-
ctphered. The dispatch is as follows:
Manila. September l9.--Adjutant. Gen.
eral. Washington: Considerable activity
throughout Luzon. Fighting reported vi
cinity Carg and Estella. Isabella prov
ince. Insurgents estimate 800. probably
much exaggerated but sufficient force TO
make ----- in district heretofore quiet.
In the Iloean provinces Samuel u. NJ.
Young tbrigadier goneraD reports num-
erous small andIrs and mas called SO en-
phaucaily for more force that Kings
bury's squadron. Third cavalry, and bor-
den's battalion. Fifth inf&atry. been sent
him: other battalion FlItn same destina-
tion upon arrival. Country north Pasig
including all OF Bulaoan. very much dis
turoed ana numerous contacts with small
parties throughout that district. South OF
PAsig, including TayAbas province (Lu-
zon), same conditions prevail. This &C
tlvity has been anticipated and reported
/ on in letters August % and
cabled August 81.
September 10 David Mitchell captain
Fifteenth Infantry, ninety men. company
| l., Fifteenth infantry. from Sanaloan, La
! Cuba province, attacked tnsurgent Gem
erdl Cables. VINO had 500 men in position
at Mavilac. same province. Desperate
fight ensued. which was pushed from tho
front with great pertinacity by Mitchell
across causeway and through water waist
deep. attack under George Cooke. cap
/ IN In With
teenth infantry. and ten men company b.
Thirty-seventh volunteer infantry. could
not reach enemy's position because OF
nigh water in arm of lake, which could
not be crossed entire country was anoat
In consequence of recent rains this very
much impeded southern section. After
hour and twenty minutes lighting com
mand Withdrew to Sinaloan. Upon re-
newal OF operations 18TH found that In
surgents had escaped from Mavilac pre-
vious night. most of them no doubt going
hack into contiguous barrlos to appear fos
time being, or until called into field again
as peaceful amigos Casualtes. which al
occurred Mitchells command. consisting
J OF 1870 men. four officers. were; Compan.
j. Fifteenth infantry. killed and died o
wounds; David d. Mitchell captain III
teenth infantry; George A. Cooper secont
lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry; First Ser
geant William Fitzgerald. Sergeant Eyre
mond de Hart, Corporal Lauritsjensen
Privates Edward C. Coburn George h
Horton. Thomas p Kelley Thomas Mul
, rey, John =. Brink William l.. Banker
Arthur S, Mansfield. Thomas l. Pitcher
Scott l.. Smith. Richard Taylor. Edwar,
e NJ, Nell, Fred Duggan. Emanuel Kaun
, man.
Wounded -corporais Charles Oswald
William II. Policy. Privates Benjami
o owens, Michael Kelly. Otto II. Battle, Ev
d orett Mattack Francis r. Flanagan
u Michael ], Hennessey. Anthony Kearney
@ Harry Perry. Charles II. Debaugh
r Thirty-seventl- Volunteer Infantry
, Died OF wounds First Sergeant Thoma
g A. Howe. Privates Edward j. Godah
n George Haight Edward Stsllcup. Alire
1 X Mueller, James C. West.
Wounded: Captain John e. Moran. Sci
. geant Robert Mahaffy Corporal Frank !
Storey. Privates Frank T. Ball. Willial
$. Bradley Morley r. Crosswhite, Davi
Day Cornelius +. Gentry.
Thirty three per cent is profoundly in
pressive loss and indicates stubbornnei
q Of fight fearless leadership of officer
T.. and splendid response of men. Insurgei
1. loss, so far as known. ten killed, twent
wounded; among former. Colonel Fidel
l. Macarthur.