The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-09


MORO CHIEFS.
Ger and seven enlisted men were killed
and four officers and thirty-seVcn men
wounded. The American loss was eight
killed and fOrty-One wounded. The
MOrOs lost more than 200 killed, and
at the end of the battle the survivors,
eighty-fOur in number, surrendered IN
cOnditiOnalIy.
Americans Killed and Wounded.
OF the Americans Lieutenant Bovars
was killed and Captain Moore, Lieu
tenant BOSNIAN, and Surgeon Major
Porter were wounded. The principal
Moro leaders were killed, including the
sultan of Bayan, Raja Muda of Bayan,
the sultan of Panda Patan, and many
of the leading dattos.
The capture of the fort and the sur
render of the surviving defenders is q
severe blow to the Moro rebellion
against American sovereignty in the
most savage part Of MindanaO, al
though the military authorities realize
that the cooperation of the sultans
and chiefs is general when the flag
OF the prophet is raised in a jehad or
holy war. The battle was a hand-to-
hand one. The fort was defended
by fully 300 men, and was surrounded
by four trenches.
Bombardment of No Effect.
The attack began soon after day
break. The American force, consist
ing of 40 men, with four mountain
guns, had slept all night in pouring
rain, without blankets, and were
drenched to the skin long before the
fight began. The mountain guns fired
l2O rounds at range of 1,40O yards,
but the Moro Notifications withstOod
the bOmbardment. and Colonel Bald
win ordered the infantrymen to take
the fort by storm.
The Americans were compelled to
work their way forward through en-
tanglements of grasses and took the
successive trenches after hand-to-hand
encounters. The Moros fought furi-
ously. After eXhausting their ammu-
milton they resOrted to krisses, barongs,
and kampilans. Several wounded
MOros who We're hidden in the high
grass attacked the members of the hos
pltai corps, who were seeking the
wounded to succor them.
Praises American Ga1lantry.
Brigadier General Davis. in his re-
port to Major General Chaffee, char
acterizes the engagement as one of the
most gallant performances of Ameri-
can arms in the Philippines. He says
he has never seen nor heard of any
thing exceeding the grit of the Ameri-
can troops. who fought their way over
one trench after another. When the
engagement was ended the trenches
were filled with Moro dead.
When the MOros had lost their lead
eTS the survivors raised the white flag
and eighty-fOur of them marched out
of the fort and surrendered. After the
surrender eight MorOs who had con-
cealed themselves inside the fort made
break for liberty. but all were killed
NIOROS DASH FOR LIBERTY
Eighty-Four Start and Forty Succeed-Our
List of Serious Casualties.
Manila, May 6.-Eighty Moro
prisoners, under guard. made an at
tempt to escape yesterday At q pre-
concerted signal they got between the
soldiers forming the guard and a
company at dinner The latter. real
iZing what had happened, fired on and
pursued the Moros, killing thirty-tive
of them and capturing nine. The
other fugitives escaped.
Washington, May 6.-General Chat
fee has cabled the war department a
list of casualties at the battle of a.
yam, Mindanao, which was fought. by
the way. on May ,. The killed are:
First Lieutenant Thomas A. Nickers,
REIMBURSEMENT United States infan-
try, and Privates James j. McGrath,
Company f, Twenty infantry
William LorenZ, Charles Reynolds and
John Langdon, Company G, Twenty
seventh infantry: Alfred j. Callahan,
Frederick Cornell and Corporal Mich
ael Golden.
The seriously wounded are: r. S.
Porter, major and surgeon, thigh:
Captain James T. Moore, head; Second
Lieutenant Albert l.. L. Johnson. lung:
First Lieutenant Henry S. Wagner,
leg and abdomen; Sergeant John Whea-
ton, Sergeant Eugene L. Mccarthy
Frank A. Perry, John Brady, Arthur
Smith, Edward w. Blair. Charley
Cobb, John O'Donnell, William II
Brogan, William Brown, George w
Drear, John Daley, Hermidas Viola
Peter Sullivan, Joseph Lyons, James
J. Haley {mortally, since diedl.
Later news is that Lieutenant Wag
ner's stomach may not be penetrated