The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-16

Manila, Dec. Z, 1899 (via san Fran
cisco, Jan. 15).-The Associated Press
correspondent with Marchs battalion
pursuing Aguinaldo through the noun
tains which Spanish soldiers and writ
ers said were impossible to white men,
sends from Bontoc the following ac-
count Of the fight of Dec. 2, wherein
General Gregori0 Pillar was killed;
'@rhe entire march of March'S bat
TALON of the Thirty-third infantry from
Candon 20 Cervantes has been re-
markable exploit With four depicted
companies and Cunningham handful
of scouts, the command left Young 5
headquarters at Candon on the after
noon Of Nov. 80. March having received
information on his journey up the coast
which led to the belief that Agmnaldo
had left the coast road at Cand0n Tor
the mountains, instead Of going fur
tner north as had been supposed. This
information was confirmed by General
Young. who remained at CandOn with
/ one troop of the Third cavalry, sent
two other troops to occupy Santiago
and then ordered March's battalion
| into the mountains after AgWnaldo.
/ The men had only 140 rounds of ammu-
milton, no rations and had to live on
/ the country.
Fired From Ambush.
1.-THE four companies were command
ed by Captains Jenkinson and Davies
and Lieutenants TOmpkins and White
/ After two days hard climbing the
command reached a point two miles
| beyond the village of Lingai, where the
fight occurred. There was a snake-like
trail leading up the precipitous noun
{ 20, 81 nd I-1T the inCTr.
/ gents had constructed trenches from
| which they could pour deadly firt
down on the troops advancing up tins
lower reaches of the trail or in the val.
ley below.
Cunninghams scouts with Davies
company were in the advance and were
fired upon first. Jenkinson's company
| went to their support, and after ex
| changing few shots, these troops
waited in the shelter Of hill. Th'
enemy continued their fire and Jenkin
son ordered a charge around benz
in the trail Captain Cunningham ant
Lieutenant McClelfand led the charge
and as the men rushed around the benz
they came into full view of the insur
gents 200 yards. above, who opened (
| Yell-directed fire from trenches ant
from behind rocks and trees,
GIL \ AO4-A = - t~AA-N = 49,
Half dozen Of Jenkinson's mel
fell, killed or wounded. Within feE
feet of each other, some hit in severa
places. Their comrades dragged then
behind shelter, and March with the re
mainder OF the battalion coming VI
the troops sought what shelter the
could, while March sent twelve sharp
shooters to the top OF a knoll on tn
/ opposite side OF the valley OverlOOkin
the trenches.
These men made the ascent Of tn
/ knoll under heavy fire, but when the
reached the top their well-directe
shots soon had the effect of making tn
, insurgents careful not to expose them
! selves.
March then directed Tompkins t
! execute a flank movement with n
: company by climbing the side OF a hi
900 feet high on the insurgents lef
, TOmpkins, with Lieutenant True an
4, fifty men. made the ascent Of the hi
by dragging Themselves UP with the al
. of bushes and punches of grass, an
: reaching the rocks above found sex
eral insurgents there. who fred c
! them, but were soon put to flight
''Tompkins then took position owe
/ looking the entire rebel force, and toe
them completely by surprise. as the
= /
4 Americans could climb an almost We
: tioal hill and flank them out Of the
f position.
= Poured In MurdeTous Fire.
THE company or the hill and Il
y shareholders on the knoll poured in
: numerous fire. and at the same tin
) March, with three companies belo'
= charged up the HILL shooting and ye
: ing. The insurgents broke from b
hind the rocks and trenches and eve
other position and fed up the trail al
: into the thick Underhrush. and &
fight was over.
Their force was not large, pro
ably not over 200, but only twenty-fi
passed in retreat over the trail thrOu
Augagui to Cervantes. The remand
q were killed and wounded or escap
into the brush. Pillars body was fou
a, in the road where his men had be
compelled to abandon il. The bod
Of six others. ilcluding a ieutenal
n were found but this was only a SIN
l. proportion OF their loss for a numt
% were S-an to fall from the rocks a
mountain side into an inaccessl
u abyss below and bloody trails led
every direction showing where
p dead and wouEoed had been CARR
"a into the brush. TIE American loss W
two killed and nine wounded.
Part of the battle was fought in {
clouds, as heavy mist settled or
the mountains concealing the tr;
OF The two American dead were bur
"a where they fell and the remainder
~ the column moved on III search of
ID hiding place of the Filipino reful
&c president