Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-10
MOROS KILLED
IN A BAT Tie.
American Troops Victorious on
Mount DajO Six Hundred
Outlaws Slain.

MANILA. March TO- Eighteen Unit
ed States soldiers were Killed and fifty
two officers and men wounded in a
battle with the Moros which lasted
nearly two days. Six hundred Moros
were killed.
The battle took place at Mount Daj0,
near Jolo. 1t began in the afternoon
and lasted until the early morning. A
force including United States lnfau-
try. Il naval detachment and some Of
the local coustabularv under the com
mand of Colonel Joseph W. duncan OF
tile Sixth infantry climbed a lava cone
200 feet high with a crater OF the
summit. 1t was so extremely steep
that the artillery had 10 be taken up
with block and tackle for 300 feet.
The last 400 feet was at an angle Of
sixty degrees. General Leonard Wood
was present during the engagement,
but Major General Tasker II. Bliss
was In command Of the operations.
Major General Leonard Wood, com
mander Of the division of the Philip
pines. reports as follows from JolO,
capital Of the Sulu islands:
"A were action between troops. n
naval detachment and cOnstabulary
and hostile Moros has taken place at
Mount Daio, near .Jolo. The action in
volved the capture of Mount Dajo, n
lava cone 2.100 feet high, with a crater
at its summit and extremely steep.
Troops. naval detachment. constab-
ulary, Colonel Joseph W. Duncan, com
m%anding. attacked Moro Notifications
Artillery was lifted by block and tao
kle 300 feet. Moros have been ravag-
ing the country from stronghold for
past eight months and resisted TO the
death. About 600 killed.
1.-THE army casualties were fifteen en-
listed men killed, d commissioned Off
Ger wounded and four enlisted men
wounded. The naval casualties mum
bered thirty-two. Ensign H. d. Cooke,
.Jr.. of the United States steamer Pam
panga, commanding the Pampanga
fort, was severely wounded, and Cock
SN AIN blLuOIe was eeNciCiy NOuhuSb
in the elbow.
THE constabulary casualties were
Captain John R. White, wounded in
the thigh, severely; three enlisted men
killed and thirteen wounded.
Captain Tyree Rivers sustained a
slight flesh wound in the thigh. Lieu
tenant Gordon was slightly wounded
in the right hand, Lieutenant Wylie 7.
Conway of the Sixth infantry was
slightly wounded in the left eye. All
the wounded are doing we'll.
Colonel Joseph W. Duncan of the
Sixth infantry directed the operations.
All the defenders of the Moro strong
hold We're killed. SIX hundred bodies
were found on the field.
THE action resulted in the extinction
no chief, had been raiding friendly Mo
ros and who, owing to their defiance
of the American authorities, had stirred
up a dangerous condition of affairs"
In this particular fight the heavy
mortality among the MOros engaged is
eApldlleu ny tHelI LletilouS vi HSHlIuS.
The Moros on the appearance of the
troops sounded the alarm and gathered
everybody inside the fort on the noun
tain top, where they fought to the
death. Their big loss in this case was
principally caused by the fire of the
artillery. The ~blueiackets were called
upon to assist in getting the guns up
the steep heights of the mountain be-
cause of their activity and of their
knowledge how to handle heavy ord
nance.