Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-11-30
SUBDUINC FILIPINOS.
Recent Battle on the Island
of Panay.
INSURCENT FORTRESS CAPTURED.
Stronghold of Geronimo, Located
Twenty-Five Miles North of Ma
Mia. Destroyed by Colonel
ThOmpsOn's Command.

MANILA, Nov. 26.-Thc funeral of
Baron Dumarais, the Frcnchman who
was killed by the insurgents while within
their lines last year, where he had gone
to intercede with Aguinaldo for the re-
lease of the Spanish prisoners. took place
yesterday in the great Church of San
Augustin in Manila. 1t was attended by
a distinguished concourse. including gen
erals, commissioners, cOnsuls and hun
drcds of Americans, who were on each
side of the catafalquc in front of the
altar. Archbishop Chapcllc blessed the
remains.
Particulars have just been received
from Iloilo of the battle oct. 30 at Buga-
son, island of Panay. when 200 bolomen
and 30 riilcmcn attacked the Americans.
who lost three killed. Lieutenant H. Nj.
Koontz, Sergeant Kitchen and Corporal
Burns, all of Company +, FOrtyfourth
infantry.
1t appears that Corporal Burns was
boloed while accommodating and Lieu
tenant Koontz and Sergeant Kitchen
were pierced by spears while going to re-
licVe an outpost.
When the garrison in force attacked
the rebels, 40 of the latter were killed.
None of the other parties of attacking
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insurgents lost 1U3 killed all told.
-Four natives will be hanged ut Dagu-
pan, Luzon, next Thursday. They are
under conviction for arson and MURDER
the victims of the latter crime including
two American prisoners. The military
courts are now returning numerous death
sentences upon natives.
The fortress of the insurgcnt chief Ge-
ronimo at Pnauran. which the insur-
gents boosted was imprcgnable. was TAX
en- and destroyed Thursday by force If
the Forty and Twenty
infantry and Troop 6 of the Fourth cav
airy under Colonel Thompson. Geronimo
and most of the rebels escaped. The
leader has long harassed the Twenty
seventh infantry, operating i'll the vicin
| ity of San Matco. Montalban and Nova
liches. lie was finally located at Pinau-
ran, 30 miles north of Manila. His posi-
ton was considered the strongest in Lu-
ION. 1t was Il stone fortress surmount-
ing steep hill surrounded by canyons.
! The Spanish forces lost heavily in at
tempting to take it.
Colonel Thompson modified 900 men
at Moutulhan. The attack was made
upon four sides. the main body under
! Major Carey of the Forty-sccond adj
vancing from the south Captain Atkin-
| son of the Twenty from the east,
/ Captain CaStccl of the Twenty
from the west and Captain Sloan of the
| Twenty from the north. The
asccnts were steep. and the men climbed
| them by graSping the Shrubbcry. 1t was
! impossible for the eastern column to
reach the summit, but the others arrived
after three hours climbing under fire
from the fortress and the hillside in
trcnchmcnts. The encmy's force. num-
berng several hundred, fled before the
attackers reached the top. The Ameri-
cans destroyed 1000 insurgont uniforms.
/ scores of buildings and large quantities
of supplies and seized barrel full of
documents.
Private Hart of the Twenty-seventh
and Private Koppner of the Forty-second
and two native scouts were killed, and II
of the attacking force We're wounded
| The insurgent casualties could not be
ascertained