The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-06-05
is AGUINALDO SLAIN q
Many FilipinOs Killed in Luzon
and Other Islands.
Their Loss I'm a Few Days Fighting
in the Different Places VIII
Foot Up at Least Six
Hundred.

Figan, Luzon, June Mai. March,
with his detachment of the SD regi-
ment, overlook what IS believed to
have been Aguinaldo's party on May
10 at La Cat, about 100 miles north
east of Vigan. The Americans killed
or wounded an officer, supposed to be
! Aguinaldo, whose body was removed
by his followers. Aguinaldo had 100
men, Mai March 125.
Mai. March's men entered La Cat
on the run. They saw the insurgents
scattering into the bushes or over the
plateau. \ thousand yards beyond
| the town, on the mountain side. the
figures of 25 Filipinos dressed in
white, with their leader on a gray
| horse, were silhouetted against the
! sunset. The Americans fired a vollcy
and saw the officer drop from his
horse. His followers fed, carrying
the body. The Americans on reach
| ing the spot caught the horse, which
was richly saddled. Blood from
badly wounded man was on the ami
NAL and on the ground. Inc saddle
bags contained Aguinaldo's diary and
some private papers, including procla-
nations.
Manila, P. T., May 1.-(Correspond-
ence. 1.-The last two weeks have
seen general spread of rebel activity
throughout Luzon and even into the
other islands, which has been sharp
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The rebels have attacked by day end
by night several of the 267 towns
we garrisoned. Over 300 FilipinOs
were killed by troops of Gen. Young's
command in North Ilocos province.
during three days hard fighting last
week. Over a hundred were killed
down III CamerinOs province, under
Gen. Bell, and at least fifty were kill
ed in their recent attack upon Gag
ayan de Aisamis in northern Min
danao. Five hundred dead Filipinos
would be a conservative estimate of
their losses during the past few days,
and a number of smaller engage
ments that have passed unnoticed
will bring the total up to. at least
six hundred. A remarkable feature
is that during the fighting, which re-
suited in this heavy loss to the rebels,
the American forces have not had
more than six men killed and four
teen wounded.
On April 10, Lieut.. Duncan, of the
Slth, with eight men, met three hun
dred insurgents, and after a short
fight, returned to Batac and repotted
to Col. Howse. The colonel with
drew his troops from the town. and
when the insurgents entered, he sur
rounded the place. A fight ensued,
in which $50 FilipinOs were killed.
the official report of Col. Howse
reads:
THE attack on Batac, on April 10,
was precipitated by three causes. the
Imprisonment of several insurgent
leaders, Capt. Dodds' punishment of
the rebels the day previous, when
tifty-siX were killed, and Lieut. Dun
cans attack on the enemy that same
morning. Duncan met them in the
foothills, and with eight men dis
pcrsed two hundred. of whom seventy
had rifles. He killed twenty-nine and
captured twenty-five. He exhausted
his ammunition and fell back, fight
ing all the way to Batac, where Capt.
Rollins prepared for the insurgents
''When the insurgents reached Ba-
tao their force had increased to six
or seven hundred, who made a de-
teTmined attack. 1t was necessary
for our troops to charge the enemy
in their positions. and two Americans
were killed and three wounded. At
times the fighting was hand to hand,
and the desperation of the fanatics
was shown by the enemy. BY forced
march, Lieut.. Thaler, with twenty
five cavalrymen and ammunition.
reached Ratac at 2:45 p. IN. At + D.
m. the enemy withdrew, but soon
were greatly reinforced. They set
fire to the town, and under cover of
the dense smoke fought stubbornly.
At $50 Lieut.. Haight, with troops L,
of the Sd cavalry, arrived, and the
enemy was soon driven off. Their
losses were los killed and wounded
ana ~ prisoners. This same dav Capt.
French, with 100 men, met the en-
envy near Vintor and killed %"
The total number of killed in North
Ilocos province in three days is given
ut 1913. This does not include the
wounded who crawled away into the
brush.
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