Show I CAPTURE OF MORO MOllO FORTS Twenty of the Defiant Natives Killed d by Shells From Guns But No One Was las Hurt On the tha Side 1 1 Oct 1 The Macin Moros Mores MANILA I Vi In Jn Mindanao have offered but slight alight resistance to the column under Captain Pershing of ot the Fit cavalry After a series of skirmishes on Mon Monday Monday Monday day and Tuesday of ot this week the Mo Mores MOros ros res retreated Into six forts on the shores of ot the lake when the courier left Macin yesterday esterday for Camp Vicars Captain Pershing was waa V preparing to as assault assault asSault sault the last Moro More stronghold The American column reached the he former camp at Macin Sunday night On Monday the Moros Moron opened fire on them with a brass cannon and rifles froma troma series teries of new forts forta which had been erected since Ince Captain Pt first to The battry bat try under Captain William WlIIlam S McNair scaled a ridge commanding the position of ot the Moron Moros and shelled them out The engineers under Cap tain t ln J 1 J 3 Morrow lied had constructed a atran trail tran over the swamp flanking the Mores Mom position The men of or Captain column crossed the swamp by b the trail and captured and de do destroyed detro tro ed three of ot the Moro forts The Mores Moros stood but a short while and ran ranas rana as a soon SOOn as the artillery opened on them Captain Pershing had bad orders orrl s to de do destroy destroy stroy the forts unless the Moros Mores make makepeace makepeace makepeace peace Twenty Moros Moron were killed There were no casualties among the Americans The Jhc letter Jetter of General Sumner In nd nd of ot to the Macin su has baa j |