The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1899, Page 1

Call VOLUME LXXXVe NO. 68, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1899. PRICE FIVE CEN FILIPINOS ROUTED WITH TREMENDOUS SLAUGHTER California Troops Take an Active Part in the Defense of M anila, American Loss Slight Compared With the Thousands Reported Slain in Aguinaldo’s Ranks. York \\ ILA, Feb. s.—Defeat- ed in a desperate effort to ¢ through the Ameri- d enter city of urgent forces, M the Mesa. They have been mpelled to retreat to a position lite a distance further out in burbs than the one they ore attacking the city. af- | urs of continuous | > been driven from | anta Anna, Paco | '00000000000000000 ‘° CALIFORNIA BOYS' S GALLANT CHARGE o 000‘00000000000000 MANILA, Feb. 5—The Cali- fornia and Washington Regi- ments made a splendid charge and drove the Filipinos from the villages of Paco and Santa Mesa. The Nebraska Regiment also distinguished itself, capturing several prisoners and one Howit- zer and a very strong position at the reservoir, which is connected with the water works. . The Kansas and Dakota regi- ments compelled the enemy's right flank to retire to Calvocan. 00000000000"000090 ment promptly against the na-| tives between the first P Although it has been & :: impossible z!uj(i far to ac- g g estimate the g¢ $¢ number of Americans # who fell, it is believed few | ;- of our men have been ;:J 8 killed. Upwards of fifty g ;: have been wounded. b & The losses of the insur- # ;: gents are heavy, the g ¢ American troops having @ # gone ‘into the engage- & ¥ ment with great enthusi- :: ¢ asm and determination 2| $¢ They made the streets of | # the city ring with cheers ¢ when they were notified g of the attack last night & # and were ordered to g :. advance. | Several vessels in Dewey's participated . in the on the natives in Ma- and driving both those ocan, nland from This engagement was brought ut by the action of three na- s, who, advancing close American lines near Santa le a feint to go through. ated upon heing chal- . but returned again in a Once more they re- When they returned a ime and attempted to make vy past the outposts of the troops, Corporal Gree- nged them and then fir- One of the natives was kill- and another wounded. This affair was followed at g time. tre thirc o’clock by a general attack on the American outposts. The in- s nts advanced all along the line from Calvocan to Santa Mesa. Our troops lost no time in replying to the attack. The]| members of the North Dakota, | Nebraska and Montana rcqi-[ ments returned the insurge\nt‘ fire with great vigor and suc-| ceeded in holding the natives in check until the main body of the American troops arrived on the | scene. There was a lull in the| fighting after the first reply of our troops, but the finng was| places, and ultimately drove them out of two villages. Telling work was being done at the same time against the in- surgents around Gagalangin, and when the fighting ceased our troops were in possession of Santa Anna, at which village the natives have rendezvoused for weeks previous to the fight. While the American troops were doing such effective work repelling the attack, news of the fight was received on board the vessels of the American squadron continued for five hours with much regularity. During the| early hours of the morning it be- | came more brisk, and at daylight | the American troops made a firm | ing on the insurgents. |is slackening as I send this dis- At daylight it was found the | advance. insurgents had massed them- and the monitor Monadnock, | which was lying off Malate, join- ed with the gunboat Concord and the cruiser Charleston in fir- The fire patch. has been ¥.€pt up through Only desultory firing the selves about Santa Mesa and Cal- | day. vocan and that they had a con-| | siderable force about Gagalangin. Qur troops directed their move- The American losses are esti- mated at twenty men killed and 125 wounded. OOOOOOOOOOQDOOOOOOOOOOO firing. sitting at his window. LIEUTENANT ROBERT P P P M L o B B B B B o B B B B B B B B B B B o B Bu Bl bl B et Bl bu oo g RIVATE GEORGE HAL USICIAN JAMES PIER! L P P B-E-E-E-5-8E-E-N-N-0-EE-EEEEEEE-EEEn SOLDIERS WHO FELL IN BATTLE. THE KILLED. PRIVATE 1. 1. DEWAR, First California Infantry. COLONEL WILLIAM C. SMITH, First Tennessee Infantry, died of apoplexy during the MAJOR EDWARD McCONNVILLE, First Idaho Infantry. CORPORAL. FRANK CALDWELL, Company B, First Idaho Infantry. PRIVATE LENGER, Company C, First Nebraska Infantry, - PRIVATE DAVIS LAGGER, Company I, First Nebraska Infantry. PRIVATE LOUIS L. BEGLER, Company I, First Nebraska Infantry. PRIVATE RALPH W. KIMS, Company I, First Nebraska Infantry. PRIVATE CHARLES C. BELLINGER, Company L, First Nebraska Infantry. PRIVATE ELMER U. DORAN, First Colorado Infantry. SERGEANT GEORGE ROGEN, Fxrst Wyoming Infantry, shot by a sharpshooter while PRIVATE NAT GOODMAN, Sixth Artillery. Four unidentified men of theFourteenth Infantry. THE WOUNDED. LIEUTENANT CHARLES HOGAN, First California Infantry, SERGEANT WILLIAM WALL, First California Infantry. PRIVATE A. F. SCHEREN, Company G, First California Infantry. PRIVATE JOSEPH MATER, Company M, First California Infantry. S. ABERNETHY, Third Artillery. LIEUTENANT CHARLES I. HOUGHWORT, Company F, First Colorado Infantry. RIVATE JAMES C. HENSON, Company A, First Idaho Infantry. RIVATE ERNEST SCOTT, Company B, First Idaho Infantry. L, Company B, First Idaho Infantry. CE, First Nebraska Infantry. PRIVATE CHARLES HECKLEY, Company A, First Nebraska Infantry. SERGEANT O. T. CURTIS, Company C, First Nebraska Infantry. JTENANT L. ERWIN, Company A, First Washington Infantry. PRIVATE JOHN KLEIN, Company A, First Washington Infantry. RIVATE WILLIAM E. FAIT, Company A, First Washington Infantry. PRIVATE JAMES INGREEK, Company A, First Washington Infantry. PRIVATE R. H. McCLAIN, Company A, First Washington Infantry. RIVATE OSCAR HOWARD, Company A, First Washington Infantry. -§-B-E-H FILIPINOS ARE REPCRTED SLAIN BY THOUSANDS LONDON. Feb. 6--The Morning Post publishes the following account of the fight at Manila: The immediate cause of the attack was an advance by two Filipinos to the Nebraska outpost on the northeast of the city. When or- dered to halt they refused and the sen- try fired. An insurgent signal gun was then fired from blockhouse 7, and an at- tack was immediately begun on the Ne- braska regiment. The fighting soon spread on both sides and the firing' was in progress on all the outgosts around the city. The American troops responded vigorously, the insurgent fire being heavy and the | attack hurriedly planned. Firing continued throughout the night, with an occasional cessation of mon. The prayer, as it was said, is Amen. Eternal rest grant unt Amen.” 440+4¢¢A¢4 P peace. namerl‘lllllllII.IIIIIIIIIII.III—IIIHI-‘-I‘ | “GoD GUARD OUR MEN IN MANILA.” SOLEMN prayer, invoking the blessing of God upcn the soldiers who fell in battle at Manila yesterday, was of- fered up in St. Mary's Church (Paulist) last evening by the members of the congregation, who recited the sacred words after the dictation of the Rev. Father Francis B. Doherty. for the occasion and was announced from the pulpit by Father Walter -Hopper immediately before the ser- The idea of remembering those in Manila who fell in the defense of their country was not only a trib- ute to their memory, but was said for the protection of the survivors who are now risking their lives in Manila. Although the announcement came as a surprise to the congregation, this being the only church in the city where prayers were offered up and a blessing invoked, they responded to it with devotion and sincerity. It was an impressive spectacle to see the entire congregation with heads bowed and on bended knee reciting the sacred prayer of requiem and at the same time giving it the double meaning of prutectlun as follows: B e e e o b B o e e S e R R R R R RANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, that the souls of Thy servants, the com- memoration of whom we keep with special reverence and for whom we are bidden and bound to pray, and the souls of ail our. benefactors, relations and connections and all the faithful departed may rest in the bosom of Thy saints, and hereafter ‘in the Resurrection from the dead may please Thee in the land of the living through Jesus Christ, our God. o them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the sou]s of all the faithful departed, through God’s mercy, rest in l444444 444444444 #*+#f+++++fi+#*##+¢+#++§++++¢+<P e from half an hour to an hour at a time. At daybreak the warships Charleston and Callac began shelling the north side of the city. Their fire was followed later by that of the Monadnock on the south side, the insurgents’ position having been previously accurately located. The Filipino loss is reported to have | been heavy. The wounded on the American side is now estimated at 200. Few Americans were killed. The Americans began a vigorous ad- vance all along the line Sunday morning and were soon pressing back the insurgents in every direction, main- taining steadily their advanced posi- tions and capturing the villages of San Juan del Monte, Santa Ana, San Pedro, Macati, Santa Mesa and Lomin. The splendid police system prevented a general outbreak in the city, though DEWEY MANILA, Feb. 5.— To the Secretary of the Navy, Washing- ton: Insurgents here inaugurated a general engagement yesterday night which has continued to-day. The Ameri- can army and navy have been generally successful. The in- surgents have been driven back and our line advanced. No casualties to the navy. DEWEY. Hogan and Sergeant Wall were shot by three natives, the former being seri- ously wounded and the latter slightly. Lieutenant Colonel Colton was attacked by a native with a sword while riding in a carriage to the front. He killed his assailant with ° s revolver. A sharpshooter within the American lines shot and killed a sergeant while he was sitting at a window.of the sec- ond reserve hospital. Colonel William C. Smith died of apoplexy. Many of the insurgents were driven into the Pasig River and drowned. Several hun- dred were taken prisoners. In a subsequent telegram the follow- ing statements are made: Last night's | (Saturday) and to-day’'s (Sunday) en- gagements have proved a veritable slaughter for the Filipinos, their killed being reported as amounting to thou- sands. The American forces could | scarcely have been better disposed. It | is now known that the attack was fully | expected and that every preparation had been made to meet the contingency. several soldiers were attacked by na- tives in the streets. Lieutenant Charles The prayer was selected specially S PRy §¢++¢+f+#fi Firing slackened at noon (Sunday) the enemy being apparently demoral- ized. The American troops, however, are fully equipped to meet a possible attack to-night. Aguinaldo’s private secretary has been arrested as a spy in Manila. Per- fect quiet now reigns in the city. More than 100 wounded Filipinos, taken from the trenches, are being cared for in the American hospitals. o ol o TREACHEROUS NATIVES TAUGHT AN AWFUL LESSON MANILA, Feb. 5, 1:25 p. m.—The at- tack by the Filipinos o1 the Americans last night has probably taught them a lesson they will be long in forgetting. This lesson may result in the better- ment of the anomalous situation here caused. by the delay of the American Senate in ratifying the treaty of peace. The delay undoubtedly had the effect of encouraging Aguinaldo and his supporters, whose agents in the United States have kept them well in- 1 REPORTS FROM 0239034550 50 B+ RN INERNINIRNINIRNIRNINIBIR+ RN+ RN+ RNoRNeReN AND OTIS MANILA, Feb. 5.— To the Adjutant Gen- eral, Washington: Have established our permanent lines well out, and have driven off the inpsurgents. Thetroops have con- ducted themselves with great heroism. The country about Manila is peaceful and the city perfect- ly quiet, List of cas- ualties to-morrow. OTIS. [ 3 [ [ ® [ ® [ ® ® [ ® [ [ @ ® [ ] ® ® ® ® ® ® [ 3 [ © '2082080820!2 +R 4NN+ ReRNeRK 2 % DEATH BLOW TO INDEPENDENCE MANILA, Feb. 6, 6 a. m.—The g8 Filipinos have apparently reached 4 the conclusion that the Americans mean business now that the bar- riers are removed, as there were ¢ Do further hostilities last night g8 and no attempt was made to re- cover the lost ground. It is possi- ble, however, that they are fol- lowing the tactics they employed against the Spaniards, and will merely lie off a few days to re- cuperate their forces before re- turning to the attack. It is impossible to ascertain as yet how the news has been re- ceived at Malolos, the seat of the insurgent government, but the Filipinos in Manila express the opinion that the movement for in- dependence has received jts death blow and that annexation will soon be welcomed generally. + BRI R ! HeeReNe R e B .gg.gg.sg *RIRIRIR NI HeRIRIReR+ NN RNeNeReReReN ¢+ @ FRINOUIU+ RN+ RNe NN ReNI R formed of the situation at Washington. The natives have also had an excellent opportunity to learn the difference in the fighting qualities of the Spanish and Americans, and their enlighten- ment has been great. Twenty Ameri- can soldiers were killed in the action. Qne died during the firing from disease made worse by the excitement. Eight- een Americans were wounded serious- ly enough to take to the hospital. A number of others received slight .in- Jjuries. The fighting was not the result of any aggression on the part of the Ameri- cans, but was precipitated by the ac- tion of two native soldiers, whe refused to obey the order of the sentry who challenged their passage of his post. Two natives advanced to the outposts of the First Nebraska Regiment, who are stationed to the northeast of Ma- nila. As they ap-roached the sentry the latter ordered them to halt. They insolently refused to do so and con- tinued to advance. The sentry again called upon them to halt, and as they paid no attention to the order, he lev- eled his rifle and fired upon them. The action of the natives leads to the supposition that their refusal to obey the sentry was a part of a preconceived plan. No sooner had the sentry fired than the Filipinos who were occupying blockhouse No. 7, fired a gun, which was evidently the signal for an attack to be made on the Americans. The Ne- braska regiment was encamped in the vicinity of the outpost where the shoot- ing occurred, and it was upon this reg- iment the first attack was made. Im- mediately after the firing of the signal gun the Filipinos moved asgainst the Nebraskans. They were not prepared for the reception they got. They thought they would take the Ameri- cans by surprise, but in this they were grievously disappointed, finding the Americans ready for any contingency. The fighting spread on both sides un- til there was extensive firing going on at all outposts. Our troops, who had been expecting trouble, were glad to have an opportunity to square accounts with the natives,. whose insolence of late was becoming intolerable, and re- sponded with alacrity and vigor to the fire of the Filipinos, which was heavy. The enemy occupied trénches they have been digging for some time past in plain view of the Americans. much to the disgust of the latter. In the meantime Admiral Dewey had net been idle. During the night it was impossible for him to use shells. as his firing would have been as dangerous to the Americans as to the natives. He gave orders, however, that as soon as it was light enough to allow the positions of the enemy to be determined with accuracy the cruises Charleston and the captured gunboat Callao should take a hand in the game. At daybreak the two warships took up positions and opened fire on the enemy north of the city. Later on the monitor Monadnock Continued on Bighth Page