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Show FIQHTINO AT ILOILO. fn.ureent. Numbering 30,000 Mm Havo Hiirrounded the City. Mnnlla, Dec. 20. Tho Spanish steamer steam-er llrutus has arrived hero from Hollo with 315 native soldiers and soven priests on board. Sho reports thnt fighting occurred at Hollo nightly, and that tho merchants there are anxiously waitlng tho arrival of Americans to relievo re-lievo tho situation. Tho streets of Hollo aro almost deserted. Tho Spanish officers ndmtt thnt it Is Impossible for them to maintain their fiosltlon at Hollo unless thoy nro speed-ly speed-ly reinforced. Thoy are surrounded byBupcrlor forces of Insurgents who aro estimated to number 25,000 men. Against them the Spaniards havo only 8500 rifles. |