Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-02
Filipino Insurgents Pay Dearly for
Their Recent Activity. .,..
LIST OF FIGHTS and CASUALTIES.
Estimated That They Lost 600 i.
Men During Past Month.
A MEXICAN LOSS ,oLIG 1T

Correspondence of the Associated Press
MANILA. May /. 1900.
The last two weeks have seen IL general
spread of rebel activity throughout Luzon
and even into the other islands. which has
been sharply offset by immediate rl,talid-
tlon The rebels have attacked by daIys
and by night several Of the 267 towns We
garrisoned. Over 300 Fiipinos were Killed
by troops of General Young's command IN
north 1locos province during three days
hard fighting last week. Over 100 were
killed down in Camerinos province, under
General Bell. and at least fifty were killed
in their recent attack upon Cagayan de
Misams, in northern Mndanao. Five hum
dred dead FilipiRoS would be conservative
estimate of their losses during the past fif-
teen days. and number of smn35ef engage
ments that have passed unnoticed would
bring the total up to at least 100 y
American Losses Were Light;
A remarkable feature is that during the
fighting which resulted In this heavy loss
to the rebels the American forces have not
had more than six men killed and fifteen
wounded. The following notes from thu
diary of an officer down in Neuva Caceres,
in north Camarines province, will show
what has been going on in that locality:
April 9-Private Richard lsenback, Com
pany X, 45th Infantry. was murdered by
bolo man. who has been captured.
April 10-Lieutenant Shurman. 45th 1n-
fantry, attacked rebels eight miles from
Neuva Caceresa and killed three.
April 12-Insurgents burned half ''tha
town of San Fernando. in south Camertpes,
and two Spanish merchants Of mat town
are missing. They were probably tsken
prisoners Three of the incendfaries vera
killed in the town, and Lieutenant Balch.
who pursued the remainder. Killed seven
more. - -
April 14-In a fight near Neuva Caceras
United States troops 45th Infantry and
Kiehlers Battery killed two insurGent
officers and seventy-nine men. One shell
killed seven. Many of the insurgents wore
helmets, shirts and shields made from
dried caraboo hide.
April 15-Near the town of Peli our
troops killed two rebels, and few days
previous to this Capt. Mountfort of the
45th captured S4.1I5 of rebel funds. One
major, one captain and seven rebel soldiers
were captured today near Neuva Caceras.
April 1--we had two men wounded be-
tween Neuva Caceras and Peli and killed
several of the rebels, the exact number
not being learned" -
Example of Rebel Activity.
Perhaps the best example of the rebels
activity and the way the Americans deal
with them is given in the recent report
from Lieutenant Colonel Howse of the
saith Infantry, in which he describes the
recent fighting in the province Of North
Ilocos. On April 10 Lieut.. Duncan of the
Saith, with eight men, met 800 insurgents,
and. after short fight, returned to Batac
and reported to Col Howse. The colonel
withdrew his troops from the town. and
when the insurgents entered he surrounded
the place. fight ensued, in which los
Filpinos were killed. The official report of
Col. Howse reads:
1.-The attack on Batac on April 16 was
precipitated by three cause.-the imprison-
ment of several insurgent leaders, Capt
Dodds' punishment of the rebels the day
previous, when fifty-six were killed. and
Lieut.. Duncan's attack on the enemy that
same morning. Duncan met thefh III the
foot hills and, with eight men dispersed
200; of whom seventy had rifles. He kill
ed twenty-nine and captured twenty-t wo-
He exhausted his ammunition and fell
back fighting all the way to Batac, where
Capt Rollins prepared for the insurgents.
When the Insurgents reached Batac
their force had increased to six or seven
hundred, who made a determined attack.
1t was necessary for our troops to charge
the enemy in their positions and two Amer
leans We're killed and three wounded.
Hand-to-Hand Encounters.
eat times the fighting was hand to hand
and the desperation of fanatics was shown
by the enemy. By a forced march Lieut..
Thaler. with twenty-five cavaIrymen and
ammunition, reached Batac at 2:45 b m At
4 pm. the enemy withdrew, but were soon
reinforced. They set fire to the town, and
under cover of the dense Stoke fought
stubbornly. At $50 PM. Lieut.! Haight.
with Troop L of the I'd Cavalry, arrived
and the enemy was soon driven off. Their
losses were los killed and wounded and
seventy-two prisoners The same day
Capt. French, with 40 men, met the enc
my near Victor and killed twenty-three.
ION April II 200 natives. twenty of whom
were armed with rifles and the balance with
bolos and clubs. entered the town of Loaag
to attempt an uprising. We killed forty
captured eighty and drove off the rest"
The total number of the enemy killed in
North Ilocos province in three days IS
given at 1888. This does not include the
wounded. who crawled away into the brush