Salt Lake Herald | 1899-06-20 | Page 1 | Fierce Fight with Rebels

FIERCE FIGHT WITH I REBELS Five Americans Are Killed In An Engagement 4 OUR TROOPS PLACED II I I I IN A BAD SITUATION 1 Short of Ammunition Were Saved 1 By Reinforcements 4 t General Wheaton Was Fired On In the Road By Insurgents and Had i a Narrow Escape Utah Artillerymen i Artillery-men and Other Volunteers Getting f Get-ting Ready to Leave For the United States California Can Furnish More Soldiers 1 + I Manila June 19A battalion of the j Fourth infantry which left Imus where General Wheaton Is in command 1 com-mand this morning to reconnoiter J towards Pcdas des Marin where it was believed most of the rebels who escaped from Paranaque and Bacoor had fled was attacked In the rear by apparently 0 friendly i I natives This brought on a sharp engagement lasting several hours resulting in five Americans being be-ing killed and about twenty being wounded The loss of the rebels was very heavy The battalion soon exhausted Its ammunition am-munition and at 230 D m General Wheaton and his staff with two mountain moun-tain guns arid one field piece went to reinforce the troops attacked General Gen-eral Wheaton was fired on in the road and had a narrow escape A third battalion was ordered to the front and formed on the L Minas road Heavy firing on both sides followed fol-lowed the artillery being freely used The enemy was located In the woods at 4 oclock showing signs of retiring as the rebels were being pressed very hard One gun of the Sixth artillery execution in an advantageous position did great i executon The fighting was still in I progress at 3 oclock at which time the Americans had secured a quantity of Filipino arms which had been abandoned In the woods The scene of the fighting is 4 over twenty miles from Manila 3