The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-04-27
WAR NOT ES.


ers from the province at Tayabas, South
Luzon, have arrived at Manila. The
insurgents have 400 more Spaniards in
that district. Recently the Filipinos
destroyed several rods of the railway
line near Paniquo, in an unsuccessful
attempt TO wreck train. The insur-
gents have been aggressive in almost
every province of Luzon. Gen. Pho del
Pillars band, numbering 800, which
was out of sight for three months, the
leader being reported killed, has re-
appe AIRED in it's old field about San
Miguel. Pillar is supposed to be again
in command. He gave the American
garrison at San Miguel, consisting of
three companies of the 35th infantry,
with Calling gun, Il three hours fight,
during a night attack. The loss of the
insurgents in this engagement is not
included in the foregoing total, as they
removed their dead and wounded, but
presumably it was considerable.
Twelve hundred Tagalos recently at
tackled Cases battalion headquarters of
the 40th regiment at Cagayan, island
of Mindanao. The Americans had Is
casualties, while of the attacking force
so were killed and 30 wounded or taken
prisoners. The enemy, numbering $50
riflemen, the remainder being bolomen,
archers and mounted spearmen,
swooped down in a bowling mass at
daylight, surprising and killing three
of the sentries. They swarmed the
streets in small parties, some bearing
scaling ladders, by means of which
they attempted to enter the houses
The Americans tumbled out of barracks
and formed in the plaza and companies
began sweeping the town. The subse
quent street fighting lasted 20 minutes
Twelve of the wounded Americans are
now on board the hospital ship Relief
The enemy withdrew to the mountains
in great confusion.
Last week was one of the bloodi-
est of the war since the first days
fighting around Manila. Authentic
reports, mostly official, show total of
37s Filipinos killed, IL officers and PA
men captured and many more wounded
The number wounded is hardly guess
able. Considering that the Filipinos
entirely lack hospital facilities a great
majority of the wounded will die
Probably the weeks work finished
1000 insurgents. The Americans total
loss was 0 killed and 16 wounded; two
sergeants and one private were killed
in ambushes while escorting provision
trains
Col. Smith, of the 18th infantry, who
captured Gen. Montenegro and took
him TO Manila, is in the isolated hos
pital suffering from smallpox, presum-
able caught from the Filipinos. Col.
Smiths command captured $50 officers
and men with Montenegro. The Off
GERS were taken to Manila. Montene-
gro, who was formerly one of the most
dapper officers in the Filipino army,
looks worn and haggard. He says he
had led terrible life for months, and
he has offered to return TO the north
with Col. Smith to endeavor to persuade
his former comrades of the uselessness
of opposing the Americans.
Gen. Montenegro, one of the insur-
gents best fighters, has surrendered to
Col. Smith, in the mountains near
Camaling in the province of Pangas-
imam, where, with Gen. Macabulos, he
had been trying to reorganize the Fill
pino army. Col. Smith, with five COM
panies of the 18th regiment, nearly sur
rounded the force of Montenegro, who,
discouraged by the impossibility of
making his men stand against the
Americans, surrendered. Macabulos
escaped.
Twenty Filipinos in the province of
Batangas attacked Lieut.. Wonde, who
with 80 men was scouting near San
Jose. The lieutenant and five men
were injured and one private was
killed. Sergt. Ledoins, of the 35th in
fantry, was badly injured in an ambush
near Baliuag. Lieut.. Balch, of the
37th infantry, with 20 men, had five
hours fight with 500 insurgents in the
Nueva Caceras district. Twenty of the
insurgents were killed.
The military commission which tried
three Filipinos at Leallamba for guer-
rilla warfare, has found all three guilty
and sentenced two of them to life i'm
prisonment and one to 30 years impris-
onment. Maj Gen. Otis has approved
the findings, but has reduced the sem
fences to Is years. Two Ladrones,
convicted of murder, have been SEN
fenced to be hanged at Odonnel.
Filipinos attacked the American gar
rison in Batoc North Ilocos province,
Philippines, on the 18th. They were
repulsed with loss of LOG men. No
American casualties.
The Philippine commissioners sailed
on the transport Hancock on the 18th.
The Hancock will stop at Honolulu,
Yokohama and Hong Kong en- route to
Manila.
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