| Show BEHEADED THEIR VICTIMS Bodies of Officers Killed in Battle Mutilated by Savage Samoans NATIVES ARE f DRIVEN OFF American and British Blue Jackets Ambuscaded by Mataafans Two Lieutenants an Ensign and Four Marines Killed IAn rrantlco April II The Call Ihlt mornlnir prints Ihe following spec lit cableRTanii Auckland N 7 April IIOn April lit 0 of Mataafaa men nmbuKadrd 0 blue Jackets near Apia I The fighting was tcrrinc the American and llrlt lh tare repeatedly firstling back their assailants who sought to overwhelm them by force of number Lieut InnjAle and Ensign Mona Bhan of the United Hlalen crulter Phil adelphla and Lieut Trreinan of the i llrlllih Kunboat Tauragi were klllxl I rebels had been off Alter Ihe bl n Irlvn ol the bodlea of these thrpv ofllcvri were I recovered They had been decapitated I by the lavaxe Hunoan warrlori Four Marines r killed M a tested loss I was forty killed and a number wounded these bring earrlr1 oft Iho Stiehl by the rebels when they retired The bodlea of Lunadalc Monaghan and Freeman aa well at those of the unfortunate marlnti were burled with military honors at Mullnuu There It I constant fighting with the nathra around Apia and the life ot no Kuropean In the Ulandi I ate Lieut 1hlllp Van Home Lantdale was born In the District ot Columbia Vega 13 ISA and entered Ihe naval academy June 4 SOIL He graduated In Junt1171untl Ivan roi noted nIt n-It In fill and after duly al Ihe ordered Washington nay yard waa to the Philadelphia In June 1190 and was made Lieut Junior trade In June Its He wai In charge of the Camilla at Ihe Worlds Pair In Chlcagu and at ter rtcelUng hU full lieutenancy was a short time on the battlethlp MOIM chutelti In June HH IM votes ordered to the Philadelphia Knljn John II Monaghan WAS r polnte1 to the naval academy aa a cadet ca-det from the State of Washington en losing AnnaHla on September To Still He itraduated and vas made an en din In July IW7 Wine assigned to tile Ihlladelphla to which ternl he was allachc l up to tile time of hU death Auckland N V April l Dltpilchea rrcelnl here from Apia Hann April I aay that a parly of 101 Americana 1aiday rrIWo loatly I on aiday PA Into were forced to re treat to the beach after hatlmr larval caught In an ambush on a Herman plAntation on that data Tbe expedition open led by Llrut A I F reenlwu or the lirlilih thlrdcla cruiser Tessellate Lieut rrrtman and Lieut 10 I I lesson laid or tile United States cruiser lhll > alellhla and Knitgn J II llonanhan I ulrlW or elghin United Hlalra cruller Ihlladel phla were left its n tile Held Knilgn Monaghan remained lo aiilt Utut lion Ijnnlalo and Won ho In retlr Ila lionTito llrlllih and two American aallori r also killed The nallM enraged were some ot Malaafai warrior They itterod Ihe Sirloin ot the lliltlih and American om ccr killed Priests of the Trench million mil-lion afterwards brought the bead Intel Apia Tho answer of the Herman plantation 1140 been art Sled and de 1 lalned on board the Tauroga on anl davits declirlliK that ha wa moral urging urg-ing the rebels 10 light In n previous naamon T ut Matautts lostrIstro were killed Mid I there win Un casualties casual-ties amonic lite iuromm for n II It estimated that aboul wo War In attacked the AngluAmerlcall Irlt front Rnbuh Washington April llTh following dispatch from Admiral Kauu has been received Auckland N 7f A pi II I Secretary Navy loss inittorsVal April lit whlla Zabllnod tho combine force of tile United mate and llrltlih under Lieut Freeman Free-man of the llrltlh navy r enter Inir Apia they were ambushed Steeply roeret to announce She death of Lieut Philip II 1unJle Knilgn John II Monuhan Coiwaln James Huller or 3nnwuundcd Norman lr1 unit note men wounded belonging to the Phlla drlihla The llrlllih lot In I killed two Leon and IJeui Freeman Aukland N 7 April U 1 9 a m Further I advice from Apia Same nay FrPtm9 thai on the arrival or the llrlllih I cruller Tuna at Apia the llrltlh end Atntrivait rollout Inu1 a prattle million 10 also lalultA 4 last chance unit that Iha Ircnch prints also uc1 their Influence but all iffoit failed and tile rebel continued their depredation depreda-tion rroj ny waa deitrtyni and brldpe and rondo r ir on March nth tha enemy waa lighted at Magulgl I and marhlho l nun and I ten Itiounders were uiedTh Ut lxiron attacked the enemy durft 1 lh Ullori retreat and several I rtl W weiekllled nr wounded Thorrleodtle carried on bend through Apia I which mad Captain Cap-tain Stuart M furious that lie went In ilia king and threatened to hoot any risen found testing head The king then liue n proclamation forbMlln th lra < lIe Tito Herman rouniul wrote in Admiral Ad-miral Kuuix aklnor It two wrong Christ lon nations approved 01 tilt Inhuman unit barbAroum practice against the lamp cot Ihrllolly anti the docreso ul 1110 ulrno court The admiral replied I agreeing with the con of ai la the Inhumanity or the practice and ixlnted nut lhat had I Ihe Herman cunul 1 upheld I the deem of Init pIN dlh famAI pupreme court 1 January them wcull hae born no hloodihed that the rut join wax Iln 1 Paintings rifir but first finite known lo the world ten year ago when the head of hotness Herman allrr were cut on by the barbarous chief Maiaafa whom I the 1 rcprvaenta five or the agrees Chrlllan nation tier many go now upportlnif iiwdlllon In armed cutter Iwlong 1111 to lie Taurangu and Purging are filing considerable execution against Malaafa lrnghildi classic the cvail The lirlllh force are bring Anointed by one hundred Harnoan About forty PIK opt Mataara1 toalm an i tWi leave I have been destroyed In the mennllme llln columnt r twinst 0 dally along the foods and through the huh War Apia On April I a force of ill llrltlh and Americana and IM 1 rrlendUra were Fur primed In nmbiuh at the Herman plant often or Variant The rebel force opened nre on Ibe rear Ion Hank and from ir tha AimloAmerlcan force The friend urom ltolte1 but Ihe marine and Hot Jacket ituod their ground iplendllly Americana and llrlllih rUlna ihouldrr to idioulder The Colt Automatic nun with Ihe landing party became Jammed And the Anittlefins n1 r Anittlefinslon nrtj11hrowrc1e r cex11r he ac wIts 1 l gut relr w-Its we lolusid ot I throo timed Wfore th marine and bluJkl rv Orri Lieut Angel I Freeman first lieutenant lieu-tenant nf Iho Tauranga who wai In 1 command of the allied force wa Pilot through she heart IJeut Philip Lamhorn Ianilale U H N 11 I Ihll leg ihattered vilkilogn dcuvorlng to fix tile Jmmed RUII Hen man Hum or tile llrltlih ililp Pur lan 111 had an extra rap He remained wllh IJrul nlolo until Uuhbcd ovei the head and knocked Poltergeists 1 The bluejirket revived A the nntlte were culling off Sold light car and wer turning turn-ing him oter In order In cul off hi left 1 ear At Ihli juncture b ibell from Ill llrlllih cruiser lloyalltt bunt on flow battlefield cirlii Hie rebel 1 and Hunt neaped to Ih barh I although 1 reverrly itabiwd I In on root Ittlip Him night the rrlendlle found the boodlell l ot all the otllcer heedless The bilied l were burled with 1 honor at Mullnuu on flatter Sunday Their headt were ubequently brought In by ome French prlein and the grave were reopened I and the head burled with I Ito bodle Ueul Freeman and Ixinidale were reliable and popular officers The Sol floor wait ilngio I and the latter was mar rl1 In June The officers who returned were Lieut llorio p coast nf the Sterling and Ueut C M 1 Perkins of the Ptillalel plate All behaved mdendldly lleuL CAn look command n the retreat Captain glurdee or the Puri > ult > e waa away on an expedition wllh I hli cruller crull-er and Uaunia brlaadewaa I Alio abmt on duly The tinto or the enemy li I not known but probaly t or Ih rebels 1 were killed AlI many were wounded Tile Nattiest of three Witte were round near where Lieut Lannlat and llnilgn Monaghan or the 111allAdoll file were killed Th pileit burled as robot u 1 and much Mood wa seen on the mad over which tile Malaafana had bn l drag King away their dead and wounded There r salon pool of blond behind Iha OKoanul tree the bullet from Ih American unit llrltlh rifle going light through thick tree and killing men tilling behind them Home ot tile rel elo rim from Iho top of cocoamit 1 palm I Tito retools I opened fire near the town lait evening orr propoied Irnl lumnvm i another warship to site tltag t a more I arm mietmir 11 fit I In In l orl additional frltnllle from Tutllcu it It I aloo lugviwted that InI might l > obtained from New Zealand or Hydnry N H W I a lumrlrnt quantity of arm could h obtained about > 0 frlendlle coult In tamed l nvalnit the Mataaran llul they are not brave and have not shown fight I Ir qua lit lop rireptln < there w llh I quells brigade and that force may not arvompllih much Admiral Kauti 1 Captain J Wllle nf the Philadelphia and the American out coup ventrally have earned golden opirs Ion aa have Captain Stuart and Blur doe of Ilse llrlllih navy They are doing everything popsibloo and even on recngnlie that better l rlno r il IIJ men ccjuil not M handling the iliua flonTito The liamoan pay Mataafa on the nccalnn had reunited tn iiirrrnder but i the Herman Consul Ilerr Slope adtliM I him not to do in and lie now sayo hoI I will never give In but will light lo the I I death I |
