Show BATTLE NEAR ILOILO luos are R on led nod and a quantity of ammunition captured new york march 23 A dispatch from iloilo hollo island of panay says A battalion of the el eighteenth infantry a platoon of the sixth artillery and the machine gun battery made a 0 in the direction of man durriah and santa barbara thursday while they were returning the insurgents attacked the outposts on the right general miller was on the scene early and directed the operations from immediately behind the fighting line lie ile had bad several narrow escapes the line advanced by rushes yards under a hot fire pouring in deliberate volleys upon the insurgents position the artillery making good practice the engagement was brought on by the persistent attacks upon the outposts at jaro bridge the severity ct ci the engagement may be judged by the tact fact that the eighteenth regiment alone fired bred rounds it is estimated that the insurgents 0 with their more than 2000 rifles fired more than double our total of ammunition the loss to the american troops was one killed and fourteen wounded the minimum estimate of the insurgent loss was killed and wounded A large quantity of ammunition was captured from the insurgents the instructions printed on the captured cases of ammunition lion were in german and showed that the cartridges came from the artillery depot at mayence it is suspected that the ammunition and arms have hate been supplied toabe to the insurgents from german and japanese sources and from the french colonies |