| Show I FIRST BATTLE WITH THE I PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS Our Correspondent a Private In the Ranks Gives the First Detailed d Account of the Openini EnaeInent With Apinaldos Men III THE CHARGE 1 OF SAN JUAN OUTDONE I I I ICepyrliM IKK by I William IL Wllera War with all Ira horror now > ur I I round us and It 1 to I almost Impoilblo to And word lo deirrlhe tile ileviitn lion In th Iniurgent ranki alnce the SI juralto udlen opening I of hotlllttt Our force have been urprled tu find to much fight In the Klllplnoi and like Udy Macbeth In her walking deep ae expreilng wonder that this olonl1 lInon lusapo much 101001 lie I loin An ills hb IN I ono or Ih Inunl on I making however the losses are rllin vihtr3 they rlhtlY I Ionlf end It Ih I milled followers of Agulnaldo see uttering ut-tering they are doing Po because of I little own folly I It IA I doubtful It any met lime for the 4 I fleet oulhk 11 Lon antd by tho I 1 Insurgents a a the altark on our out j po1 In 1 Was not a concerted one Ther n had 1 been unrest for earn day out at t the result or the First Nbk text I I Sweet at Kant Mesa Th guard ot that 1 1 l command neverthelei toot no time In gelling nl Into line and Immediately I were marched to the front 1 tons the Unit thy reached the native village which form the outtklila ot the clly oUt men latin continually unler fire When they ran hoill Shelf Places on the adanve line II was at seen seen that there who much work ahead All along the head there wn lieaty tiring with only alight cessations Tht Hlll artillery will put In position out at Malat on tile test side I of the palate before the old city nn1 I Iht Utah artillery wa stationed to 1 the wet of the Ialg In front of New Manila Th boat of our fleet were aim In pnrltlm the Concord Callao nnd Charleston In the weal of New 11 eta If and the Monidnock rime 1 up lo Malat Al a signal they opened on the Input gent polllon am did the land batteries The lien of ilia musketry wan urnthing treniondons I Very Noun after the Cast outbreak i the I It V 1 11 I 1 t 1 0 Ile f 11 11ZMRJX l 0 X aoj I W V jr I I 1 I I as 1 1j 0 f are Ii AMt AM-t rift I I Up I ol I ool lalampe 001 Pi Jt I 1 1 i I I i I I I iy rl j so 0 I 0 t j t f I r rommanj luj Uyn bovine truulU X t tile Insurgent lIull MI who wen ma tlone1 ridiculously 1 close lu tile Amul 1 can line IOn IOn I I-On Old plan Josh bridge aver A portion I por-tion or Ih IMols risen ollr Retested wa In I trillion at ont end and the ln > ur nii im rd at Hi other About I Write k > tl rnturdy rtenlng 1 Hi Inurgni guort attempted to iron the bridge II u hot dead I b > fI1I nenlry Ilifnrv this I houttor tile I IniurgfnU had opened tea from their Italian In n nlorkhou nnr by And shot Into the Nebraska ramp I Tlj contest noun Spread along the line to the left I Tile First Colorado Kirnt I Foil Hi Dakota Tenth lnnylvnniii I rirlt Montana Thltd arllll ry and Tveullelh KHIIIMI were > utonh l > v Ai flrM upon Kiwi 1 ill r lurn il the in f with vigor To tile right II rlt i Washington yonilng luttallon III Idaho Tint Pallfornn Tourteenlh r u ulr and 1 Sixth arllll ry vere nt th losing lease ingnml und In Ui > cour 4 1 ot nn hour tb tiring extended from bunch to beach a distance of our tit 11111011 lullTbicall Tbicall in nnrw undd I through out the army nlu ill I 10 on Rattled ty nltjit Thtr hud been many pmtuui calls and all tho I livit 1 initial bad om I to nothing Ho li 1 us thought by aole I that thin nears wul1 turn out as tile li other Th ooldn of the dmnl 1 ii 11 1 me general 1 Moil of the tiring in ih earlier part of Iho ball s a don by the insurgents Their vol ley I wore not destructive they fired high Soon our men replied with tlgor and thin throughout the nlglit th light i minimi our arllllry in the I IIIMII Hen pliilnc upon Ih Iniurgent lutt lion Apinriilly Ih native had nit Ideas I I that we would follow the Kganlih I intth od ot allowing thom to right at night 1 mid 1 test by day When at mrly morn ur rtglninnti lineal liP tv make Iho hige that had bean l ordered Seem native I na-tive thought Hut atio war u lnK to r turn to tht city and In unlnon they shoutiij Xmerli BIII niucho malol RIOS Hi > y tier mlataktn In their guei A g nn1 advene all alone Ih lilt h I 0 I titen ordered Already iliyirtlery I kllkln down the IdocklluUM l 1 the tiier works held by the nil ii i II foe tills work was compi ml Hie whole gritty wm lineal up In 0 t iinallnn and then dvnl ll tot u kirtulh lint fur Shot duptrul work xjjd All know tint they were on fiuuil by oternhtlnung number of niiiriflua and that It would rOutell ih uinwt valor 10 tllludgt them f um ih Ir I Ktronii imtlttttn When the advanjt mAs begun nil na five habitation Tro burned al we mat fly Ihl mean the IniurjtenU ere derrUed of heller The natlvr attempted to make stand at tht differ rr feet tlllagei I I around the city but all ot tI I late an went up In flame Then land rh the queer rattan palm roofed lumbon hut Steve 1 been burned by I our men Th native harph < Mera alto ma 1 rrted lhem > lv o In tree and attempted i attempt-ed lo Pick off our officer but wore driv ain out 1rom early morning until evenIng even-ing on Sunday there wore dwperalt I charge on dlftcoi I 01 of the tine rwT Fj I A 38 Tel is wr vl zzrn We Krv A or ti 44 its 7 t n F111r jar I W C VqOK to 404 As cgs A vw fil Nor If I > I I A lip tip Ne IV 011 iA 1110 Cepyrtglil 189 TIM CHARGE UP THE BINONDO CEMETERY HILL but fly nightfall Iniitrgint I bad bn driven from their positions at ctvrx mint and note dropping lack across 1 Iho country In front of our new poll lien liy Sunday tixn It mall evident Hut the Insurgents had enough nf th flint for the time being During Hi nfirnoon tiulnaldo Pent word to 011 I erl oil Hint tie had no control over the Iniurgent around Manila whereupon where-upon lenrral Oil tent a rtly laying that he himef mil bad control of them used would kn ntrol or them tly noon in Hundy the fighting wan over 210111 Ina Ih Immediate I vicinity I of the clly was iomermxl but 1100 ea I grenade of our troop to advance led tu th rapture of u number of Important I I I udvaniMl iviaiUuii Nothing nmalned but rum tu mark the torn und Mark h > iwea formerly held by Ilia Insurgents Ih pso I In killed und wound d on the Inturont aide wa frightful the whites to n ter 111 doing Imndu eXcen tl I n Along the I resume 1 whole towni were n ned 1 out < > t existence but unfortunately unfortu-nately along wllh Hie t eolllr there tnuia have perished hundrellit or women mil ihilJren The Iniurgenti fired u > UnIt i Un-It ten from the church and related > UK and little neeenaliatid tile itormlng I I f the positions I In Ilan city the Thin to entli Minnesota Keiond Oregon and T > vnly third regu Uri kept perfect order and Manila weIrs A More peaceful aspect today than It fins for month last Panic I thirvaAle nrlcken men women And hllJren al 1 Moot afraid lo t venture on the Metals nil the house nnd IhouMndi of nlmot alto Ived native whose home went up In I flame cam Into Manila before our line were doled Now no one li I allowed allow-ed lo enter or teat I lisp city The llronn Uh are most jubilant al the outcome of the fight and thouianda of our prison art now alarr I n 011 31aralla set nooul lo I omelet In fighting the murrecloi i Kunday night thing were quiet anl 1 rate n desultory fire nt time and the burning of native habitation then wai nothing lo Indlcnt that It great battle hail taken plate Anal there Pies I now only a lull in hxilllllr our army bltouncked the Held Occailorially a volley of M iivr would ling iug gci > llvelr over the head of lilt men to remind them of the work Hill In store for them All our hay I wore thoroughly llmt and needed the rest thai mot ot llleln lecjucd the night 1APPIng without with-out any eventful happening Our fleet out In I Rho bay kept leanMight workIng work-Ing and ccralonally Pent a hell Into the Insurgent village ahead of our Hats to M them know that they vitro not orxollrn I Tho SHr from Nrhra > ka hn Poe lalnrd Ile Opening ne of tile lutll thownj themselves tile equal of any oldlery fioin Pixel In I finish they uei In I th lluhl and now their h ay lour I hatt driven the men In omlnuui despite alien The poiltlon held by Shia Nebraskans Ike Immediately on the left bank of the Pail To the left of the Nebraskan rI Klrtt Colorado r rtilmrnl 1 wa tn KUie1 Ilk tie Nebraskans that command com-mand held an oulpoit on the line und part of the rexlment use rncami > ed on the rand beyond Call do All und beyond be-yond llrlaaillir General Oil head < iuar less at the llolunda rlanipuloo Tile i Colorado command area the second entire en-tire icKlmrni In rrucli the I front and all yalurday flight runalnid comparatively quiet walling for dawn In I begin work In earnest Companies U 1 und I under Majpr ilrovr vattre on Ih right of Him Colorado lint und F n und I under f tilo IIh Meulenant OnionI 1 Motel In the ien ler Willie II K and Is I Occupied lite left Th first charge of the Colorado sias mule tiy Compnnle II 16 and K I on block house Ni f Till charge mod at sill on Sunday inornln following she bombardmeni of the Insurgent Pool I I thus by Iran 1Uh battery Ana the first I ow of the tier and It 1 was brilliantly uicetWul Tht old Indian IHhter who larnrly Snake up lite command from the llocky Mountain State carried the blockhouse k lIh a ruh UII tha left of the Colorado regiment the flouth Dakota regiment held an outpoll out-poll and there that command was en rallied In end did noble work Th South Dakota men ought between the Colo I rn In and Ienni Until Nara Their out I poitf uer fired on early In the evening 1 and the Outpost I vompuny formed end I replied with vlnor Th entire regiment trot In line nul < kli and durlnz Ilia flight thee allas considerable firing but like ties rest of the army like Houtli Dakota men ptllently availed the corning day before they began their part of Ih pro itrummt In lito tuplur of blockhouJ No I the Rolith Dakotan ulna played an Important part and thud the Iniur itiili to cover In Ilan wood away to the rlsht of Caloocan Tile fighting organisation from The Keyilon Plate Which 111841A Jim repute lion at Malat on hut I fearful night of July 31 occupied the I ponlilon to the I left of the South Dakota anti a moil dangerous on It van Opposed to title command was the Power of Agulnnldoa army The old Chinese hospital not half a mile In advance of Iht Tenth Pennsylvania regiment oulpont It strongly fortified position was gnrrl onrd by several 1 thousand Insurgents The entire hill In front of the Ienniyt ants poilllon won on ireat graveyard and arfordetl Urn strongest defenses Crowning the hill n mil beyond the Chine hoipllal woo the great Illnon do cemetery one of those queer walled I g I burying place wher the dead Are de posited In Mellon Theme oiltloni war strongly fortine l against our field lllcff In tho Interior of the trailed space > lon < l tile chapel of Iho burial I lounI or Chpll tie In Lom an i It to I rolled by the Hpanlard The chapel Is I an large Ike an ordinary church and In III great dome unit hah tower the In urgent sharpshooters wets In ponltlon to pick off our men Then different poiltlnn were captured cap-tured by the Keyitont boy In the most I magnificent charges of the day and went by far the utrongnl held by tht Insurgents Jut beyond and to the left uf lhcmt ry the Iniurgrnl were rll stuX Intmichrl In a aturrly tont fort or blmklKiuw Oeuln those Positions a irglmnt of our army might have Hood orf 1000 men lltfort the Ion yhanla bojadiowivfr the Insurgents fled l like hunted 1 animal When the command Colonel llawkln moved up In line of balll to charge across the uneven but open rlceneldi and pl fences end I ditches II Premed like going 10 certain death Yet not a man ninth IA 1 awl Ih rsa Ana not a waver In the line or Splendid oldlry Tho officers or the mlId ere alwaya In I list load of the man awl the Nen themselves always I rarer it keep Iare with their tralets Nu longer does the rush III Han Juan hill stand Alone In the list 01 Sterols charges TIa dh ur the Inn klelvanla olunleer luldlery across the I IcelWIdt and Up the stories ilotlrd with lite home of the dead will Hvia In laid tory Nothing could lea been more daring nothing more brilliantly luc easeful And It must U I rtmcmlwred that U was arcomdUhed by a mere handful of men opposed In hundred of Iht enemy Inlrenchfd In a franc i Pool l tlonTh Th righting Tenth which for the Poe ond time limit covered Itself with glory Is I a short riglmrni When the torn mead I left I lenniyltanui It was com Postal of eight companies of II men each1 and thus It remained until the ordeal of a tiattatlon of recruit some two month ago which leave ilia real men right full companle of 101 men tvhlch win lomewhat reduced bydeath Two of then companies were nation at Corregldor and One company was do l tailed to art U bodyguard to llrliadler General nil 10 the regiment want Into balll with rcnrcely 900 men During Saturday night the Tenth won under quite A heavy lire but the command com-mand held Its ponltlon n1 I until day break the cool Panels > lvanlalioyi play 001 a > alllng gum It Woo probably 8 oclock on Hunlay morning when Colo nl llawkln lined till lllll command up In company formation and then de played qui kly Into a skirmish line In Ship meanwhllt three gun it the Utah a battery had been ihellloit the Chlneig hospital from a potllloti In the rearot the Ptnniylvanla command Tho rharg of the Tenth on th < f Chin Chi-n hospital was one of the moil brilliant bril-liant of the fight with Iho exception of the sloth up the hill to the Illnondo cemetery following the first heroic tharge Fom Ihe time ilia regiment lined up In company formation until It rnted on irmtop of the hill at the Illnondo cemetery Iho men Were con Usually under nrr When the regiment had deployed at iklrmlihrrt Colonel llnnklni lAY the command For wnrdl from false poilllon In the lead MeuUntnt Colonel foretell Major 111 rer And Major Cuthberlion 111 led In the charge It was a splendid line that the onicer nf the Tenth Pennsylvania text menl led 1 across the rough rlctneld In front of file Chlnfio hoipllal This building wan used by the Innurrerlo ai barrack and headquarter When a Mitt did III deadly work Iho gap In the American rank wax qulekly cloned In and wHIt cheer and volley the Inn lylvantanl swept onward unmindful of tile ihonrr of Mothers and Ilemlngtona On the right Wtlo the boys from South Pakoln on the left Ihont other went orncrs rm Iranians antan out or orator dmlrnllon rot She magnificent charge of their eastern comrades could not resist re-sist the temptation to I Join In the ad tanr Onward swept 1M IVnniylt nears and until they role tied the very walli of the Insurgent ilronghold there was no plot When they swept up and I captured the poilllon tho Insurgent horde were well out on their headlong retreat up the rough hillside toward the Itlnondii cemetery where they massed In fare They carried away their wounded but rrallilng that a dead nigger was of no further use they left the dead behind Al tb Chinese hospital thia Tenth balled for a rent 1 In Iho matter of via ualtlei the reilmenl had been exceedIngly 1 exceed-Ingly fortunate Then hut been I no men killed and but two or three wounded WhIlia tilt regiment bivouacked the men reiinl preparing for the work still ahead nf them All this time the Miu era whlitlrd disagreeably overhead the llllplno sharpshooters keeping up a galling fire Tht Montana and Houth Dakota divisions moved forward on u title with Iho Tenth nnd a pact Ion of he I Utah battery with the Tenth moved Ihrt gun up on that line and proceeded proceed-ed li hell Old Insurgent Petition on the hill Tor an hour or w Ilia Mormon dl1 I rrrat work Minting shills end lolld shot all around the hllliLM cemetery 1h chat el In the center wa riddled by half a duen shots and the gun of th fleet likewise dropped llielll all along the Inurgent line It was probably 2 m in when tile Tenth reformed for tho second chare of Shia day It was then loon obiervrd that an ajHunc directly to the front would occasion a great Ion 1 of life to the Statement and In consequence an order or-der to deploy to 116 left no at to gain the shelter of Hit Peters blurt who given out and quickly executed After an ad 1 vane at lorn distance along Stan bluff well under cover tilt men followed their leader iprnng from rover and by a right Hunk movement the real chargo up the hill began Tito firing of th I Utah hattery onUnud until ills 110 was wU up the rtant tit the hill Then tilt Insurgent advance lines were driven In and there wa a grand ruih of the native Into Ilia cemlery iniurreclo fell thick and fait American orrlciri tumbled quickly I from their mount and II As tilt Pennsylvanians neared their I goal tho Iniurgenti eicaped by a rear route and wn wn across the deep ravin beyond the cemetery and from the far her slope lId upon our advancing IIn Immediately to the left of the could tery I and OH lh nearer brow of the ro Vince a body of the enemy occujled a Strong Plant blockhouse and from thee olio directed a heavy fire upon our mon I Prom the cemetery Ueulenint Colonel Itarnttt of th Tenth led a nt directed charge and raptured thai monaelmr no Ililoa nut thi did not end tht firing I of tht Insurgents ho contlrluid tttr fuilllidt from the open ground ai they fled to corer Inward Cnlooean Com panle C D K II and K competed he i Innlnnl line when the C hired be tan i but 0 and 1 which had been on duty with rjrlg dler General oil St rlv1 In llm to get under fire before the ctoin of the measurement At night the Tenth tested with the left in the cemetery where the three cum of the Vlah buttery were rlatlcned the right extending across the dipping cround the Couth Dakota line In ManlU there hall been no attempt nl a concerted outbreak but there art houiand of Inmirgent and nilplno sympathizers In Iht city Our Provost guard has boon able to preiervt the nt mot quletudt They use herolo mtih file of dealing with the native and lh < litter art In ronilant terror of them All native habitations tire searched anl ill kind of arms and nmmunlllon con 1catrd Marine can bt landed the mo < nent there li I nerd of them Tho Insurgents have butchered a number of Americana h1d prisoner still mutilated their hndlea In it horrlllt manner Dr Young of the Wtah drift lery I was killed and cut to I plecri Noth ing hits been heard of half a dozen Americana held prisoner before the outbreak and they undoubtedly hav twin I murdered The Inurgent hv bon firing on our ambulance nigoni and respect nothing American Our aid rtlallate by burning everything a we KO This hoxevtr U I A necessary fti caution ai the native ympaihtier time tho place no positions of vantage from which they pick off Date men WILMAM n WAIVTEItS Manila |
