The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-08
DESPERATE
3-H0UR FIGHT.
At the End of the Battle
l25 Insurgents We're
Dead and No Ameri-
cans Dead.

Manila. May After an ab
sence SO long and mysterious tha'
ne was believed to be dead. Gener
! al Aguinaldo, the rebel leader,
has reappeared in the North, and
with the rebel General Tino, is
raising new army.
He has already assembled con-
siderable force in the mountains,
and evidently intends to march
against the Americans as soon as
the rainy season shall have begun.
General Young, commanding in
Northern Luzon, has discovered
the rebel leaders presence, and
has telegraphed to Governor Gener-
al Macarthur for re-enforcements.
He is very anxious to strike
northward before the rains, hoping
to crush the rebel army, and, if
possible, to capture its leader. be-
fore it can be reorganlzed.
-Four fierce and bloody fights
have taken place recently, all re-
markable for the bravery display
ed by the Americans and also for
their small losses.
In these fights over 600 rebels
were slain, while only two Ameri-
cans were killed.
Perhaps the most extraordinary
fight was that which took place at
Jaro, on Leyte Island. on April Is.
The place was garrisoned by a
platoon OF Is men, from Company
B, Forty-third Regiment, under
Lieutenant Estes.
The garrison was attacked by
800 Filipinos, 200 of whom were
armed with rifles, and 600 with
bolos. They also had four muzzle-
loading cannon, with which they
shelled the town.
Lieutenant Estes left Is men to
protect the town, and, with the re-
naming ten men, he advanced on
the enemy in two squads, sheltered
by the ridges south of the town,
whence they stood off the Filipinos
nearly all day. Finally 20 ar med
members OF the local police force
sailed out to help the Americans.
The latter, with the Americans,
charged the rebels and routed them
capturing a cannon, silken BAN
ner and a large quantity OF equip
ments and food.
The Americans buried 125 Fill
pinos after the fight. Not a single
American was hit.
The most sanguinary conflict re-
Gently reported took place in the
Visayan Islands, where there is an
American garrison.
The post was twice furiously at
tackled by large force of rebels.
and both times they were repulsed
with heavy loss. Two hundred
and eighty of the Filipincs we're
killed; the wounded were not re-
ported. In these encounters two
Americans were wounded.
On April lS Company f, of the
Forty-seventh Regiment, met and
routed band of insurgents be-
tween Legaspi and Riago, Province
of Albay. Two Americans were
killed and five were wounded. in
Guiding two officers. The Fllipinos
lost heavily.
The conditions in this district
continue disturbed.
At daybreak on May l, 400 in
surgents, 100 of them armed with
rifles, attacked Chairman, in the
Northern Samar, in the vicinity of
Catubig. Company B, of the Forty
third Regiment, was garrisoning
the place.
The insurgents built trenches on
the outskirts of the town during the
night, and fired volleys persistent
ly in the town until the Americans,
charging the trenches, scattered
the Filipinos.
They afterward buried the bodies
Of 155 insurgents. Two Americans
were wounded.
This attack was precipitated by
the insurgents recent successful
fight at Catubig.
The garrison at Chairman has
been removed to the seaport of
Laguan.
Impossible to forsee an accident. Not