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Show IL0IL0 "HAS FALLEN. AMERICANS CAPTURE THE CITY WITHOUT LOSINO A MAN. temmt Cltjr of the Philippines Fasltr Ca tnred hy Our Forces-Flllplnos fired the Town and Kvacuated- Manlla, Feb. 18. Hollo has fallen. The Filipinos havo fled from tho towni nnd the stars and stripes float proudly over the second city of the Philippines. Tho United Stales gunboat Petrol has arrived with dispatches from Hrig-adler-Gcncral M. P. Miller to Major-General Major-General Otis, announcing that Ilollo had been taken by the combined military mili-tary and naval forces Saturday morning. morn-ing. General Miller, on receipt of his instructions in-structions from Manila, sent nntlvo commissioners nshoro from tho United States transport St, Paul, with a communication com-munication for tho rebel government of Ilollo, calling upon him to surrender within a tlmo stated, and warning him not to mako a demonstration In tho Interval. The rebels Immediately moved their guns and prepared to defend their position. Thereupon the Petel fired two warning guns, the rebels Immediately Immedi-ately opening flro upon hor. Tho Petrel nnd tho. llaltlmoro then bombarded tho town, which tho rebels, having sot It on Ore, Immediately evacuated. evac-uated. Tho American troops were promptly landed and extinguished tho fires in all cases of foreign property, but not before considerable damage, had been done. It is bcltcvod tho enemy's loss during tho bombardment was heavy, but no American casualties aro reported. |