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Manila. sept. 3o.--A disastrous ighs
between United States troops and in
surgents occurred Saturday. IN the
Island of Samar. near Baiangixa- A
large body Of insurgents attacked
Company &C. Ninth infantry. only e
members Of the company e~-sping-
All the others are reported to have
been killed.
The company were AZ breakfast
when attacked. and made determined
resistance. but the overwhelming num-
Der. OF the insurgents compelled them
20 retreat.
OF the survivors. who have arrived
at Barry. n are wOunde,i-
According to the latest returns the
strength of the company was - The
survivors include Capt. Thomas W
ConneIl. First Lieut.. Edward A. Bsra-
pus. and Dir. r. :. Griswold. surgeon
Capt Edwin v. Bookmill~r. Of the
Ninth infantry. reports that Gen.
Hughes is assembling . force 20 at
tack the Insurgents.
The insurgents captured all the
stores and ammunition of the com
pany and all the rifles except -.
Washington. sept. lO.-News Of the
disastrous fight between troops of the
Ninth infantry and the insurgents in
the island of Sainar. yesterday. was
sent promptly by Gen Hughes. COM
manding in that island. 10 Gen Chat
fee. at Manila. and by him transmit
ted to the war department.. IL
reached the department. during the
early hours yesterday. and adTt--G~n-
Corbin. realizing its Importance. at
once made IL public. after sending .
copy TO the Whse HOUSE
Gen Chafee's Dispatch. which agrees
with the press dispatch IS as follows:
Manila. sept. -
-Adjutant General. Washington.
Hughes reports following from
BSasey. southern Samar- Twenty-four
men. Ninth regiment. L. :. wound
ed-have Just arrived from Ralangiga.
remainder of company killed Insur-
gents secured all company supple
and ALI rides except L. Company was
attacked during breakfast on the
morning of September es- Company
was - strong. ofieers- Thomas W.
Connolly, captain; Edward A Bum
pus. first lieutenant: Dr. r. : Gris
wold. major surgeon. escaped
-CHAYFEE--
The news created a sensation in ot.i-
cial circles IL was the first severe
reverse thar has occurred for a long
time. Still the officials were not un-
prepared for news of just this charar-
ter from Samar. IA which the revol's-
ton started by Aguinaldo still .so-,-
iinues. Samar i a country about n
.arge as the state of Ohio. and the
American forces of occupation num-
ber in all between two thousanl and
twenty-five hundred men These are
distributed among various posts in the
island large number bring lo-ated
at the more important centers. Spain
never made any efforts TO occupy Sa-
mar. and il only has been for proba-
bly, three months past that the init
I'D States has undertaken that work
The latest report made By Ger.
Hughes TO the war department was
that the number of insurgent rifles m
the island aggregated about thrre
hundred. The Filipinos carried on a
guerrilla warfare. and operations
against them were difficult.
The disaster TO Company c, of the
Ninth infantry. occurred. il Is be-
lieved. while il was engaged in an ex-
pedition TO clear the country of row.
ing bands of these insurgents. The
fact that the Americans were attas K
ed At breakfast indicates the daring
and pluck of the insurgents
Immediately upon receipt of the dis
patch AdIt--Gen- Corbin eabIed Gen.
Chaffee to send n complete report of
the fight and n list of the casualties
\ well-known official of the govern
meHt. IN speaking ef this outbreak
against the American forces in Samar.
said he regarded IL as consequence
of the assassination of President Nc
kinley- In all probability the insur~
gents had received. he asii. only m-a-
ger reports of the tragedy. and possi-
bly, believed the shooting to be the re-
suit of some popular outbreak against
the president. Natives had seized the
opportunity in the Pickering hope of
retrieving some of their lost ground.