The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11
||GAT IN SOUTHERN lUIOl.
Force Under Col. Birkhimer De-.
feats the Insurgents.
sEvENTY-FoUR REBELS KlLLED D..
Three Americans Dead, Including
Lieutenant = Twenty Wounded en-
moro Safe at nanils-Four OF the
Party Were Killed.

Manila, Jan. g. ~ The campaign
against the insurgents who have been
massing in the province of Cavite dur
ing the last few weeks has been opened
by Gen. Bates in decisive fashion, and
a severe blow has been inflicted on the
rebels-not without a serious loss to
the American troops, however.
Preliminary reconnoissances have
been made by Col. Birkhimer with q
battalion of the Twenty-eighth volun-
teers and one gun at Novaleta, by
Major Taggart, with two battalions OF
the same regiment, at Perez das Mari
mas, and by detachment Of the
Fourth infantry south of linus.
Seventy-four Rebels Killed.
The American force under Col. Birk-
miner was strongly opposed by the
rebels, who were attacked in strong
ly fortified position. Sixty-five Of the
insurgents were killed in their trenches
and forty were wounded.
The Americans lost three killed, in
Guiding a lieutenant. Twenty were
wounded.
Thirty-five rifles were captured.
Gen. Schwan's command. which is
now at Binang, also had an engage
ment with the Filipinos, in which nine
OF the enemy were killed and twenty
six captured. The American losses in
this fight were one killed and eleven
wounded.
Gilmore Safe At Manila.
Lieut.. Gilmore of the cruiser York
town, who was captured by the insur-
gents near Baler many months ago,
arrived here Saturday night by boat
from Vigan.
Four Of the Party Killed.
In the fight near Baler. where Lieut.
Gilmore was captured, four Of the
landing party which he commanded
were killed. These were Dillon, Mar
cy. Mcdonald, and Nygard. Three q
the men, Winders, Vanville, and Woods
bury, were wounded.
The survivors of the party are Wal
ton, Voudoet, Ellsworth, Edwards;
Petersen, Andersen and Brasolese.
After the men were captured they
were all taken to San Isidro, where
Lieut.. Gilmore, who had been wounds
ed in the knee, recovered from the ef.
fects Of his injury. They were then all
marched to Vigan, where, under Agui-
naldo's orders, they were accorded exn
cellent treatment.
Treated Harshly by Tho,
When Gen. Tino arrived at Vigan.
however, they were treated very harsh
ly. They were thrown into Jail and
were held "incomunicado" for three
months. On Dec. the prisoners were
taken from Bangued, where they had
been confined. and they accompanied
Gen. Tino's retreating army, which
had been defeated by the Americans.
Our troops were in close pursuit of the
rebels. and in the nope Of avoiding
them the Filipinos marched at night
with the aid of torches. This was kept
up until Dec. 16, when the source OF
the Abuluy river was reached.
The rebels were unable to proceed
any further in body, and Gen. Tino.s
with 300 soldiers and many Spanish
prisoners, disappeared, leaving q
lieutenant and fifty guards with the
American prisoners.
Their Death Was Ordered.
The lieutenant in command Of tho
party told Lieut.. Gilmore that he had
received orders from Gen. Tino to kill
all the American prisoners, but he said
that his conscience forbade him to
commit murder, and he therefore in
tended to abandon them to look out for
themselves. Shortly afterward the In
surgents withdrew, and the released
prisoners foated down the Abuluyi
river. The next day. being without
food, they landed and made raid on
some houses, securing quantity Of
rice and figs. They had absolutely no
idea of their locality, but hoped to fol-.
low the river to the sea.
Found by Hare and Howe.
On the following day Coils. Hare and
Howe. with lao picked men, were
marching up the trail along the river
bank. The American troops suddenly
dashed round a point and saw the
party.
The Spaniards, some of whom were
on the raft, resembled insurgents. and
the troops were about to fire on them.
They had, however. recognized that
Americans were in the party, and
thinking they were prisoners, yelled at
them to lie down to escape the Ore.
Lieut.. Gilmore and his American cons
panions shouted back not to fire, that
the party were all friends, and in 8
few minutes they were safe ashore
with the troops.
Urdaneta's Mon Also Safe. a
Washington, Jan. 9.-The secretary.
Of the navy has received the follows
ing dispatch reporting the arrival In
Manila of Lieut.. James G. Gilmore
and the other naval prisoners recently
rescued from the Filipinos:
Manila. Jan. 8.Gilmore. Walton.
vandort Ellsworth, Brisolese, Ander-
son, Peterson, Edwards arrived. Also
Farley. Burke and Herbert OF Urda-
meta. Only Venville unaccounted for.
Last seen Baler June is. WATSON
Last seen Baler June IS. a.
wATsoNnm
The men named with Gilmord
attached, to the gunboat Urdanets
that vessel ran aground and va
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