Show BATTLE AT 31 MANILA ANILA BATTERY A UTAH volunteers IN THE engagement atla l ads atta ked a rosi petition tion by tha americans md and 61 ere era with albry Amr loo io 60 50 in X killed filed and wounded Woun sn san arrn francisco isco aug 0 9 the utah boys boy of battery A who balled for ma dalh on the second expedition have had a dahte of war an advanced post tion they ii were ere holding together with t h e 1 i r st b battalion a tt a li on california tenth I 1 pennsylvania e air is y 1 va ni a a and n d fir first st battalion third artillery regulars was stormed by the spaniards pan larda on the night of july 31 the attack was repulsed wita heavy losses to the spanish troops estimated at killed and wounded about fifty in killed ond and wounded was as the los to the amex leans immediately after the arrival ot of general merritt which occurred about july 20 news naive of active operations was expected ilia plans plana wite to demand the surrender of the city and to take steps to enforce the demand it necessary it was not elpi expiated acted however that the spaniards would be the rr ag gres sors like the campaign at ago it was supposed they would lie in wait in trenches and behind breast works and await the coming of the enemy one of the first acts of Al merritt erritt was to surround nut round the otty city of manila gener ally placing the troops immediately behind the insurgents in some cases however where there wale barly favorable positions our troops either displaced those of aguinaldo Agul naldo or moved up in front it w m as one of the latter that the spaniards attacked and the louses they sustained shows that the attack M was ra fill fleite ce on the american side it was batly an artillery engagement the r attacking forces were probably in fantry seeking becking to capture some big guns for defeudis decensi e put pui poses of welb they ate aie believed to be sorely in nee need battery A the alia utah battery which wan waa in the enga gimont is composed comp compo obed ted lai laidely gely of halt bait lake men it was re fruited to its maximum strength from fill ah over the state but the nucleus and many of the recruits reci were aiom salt lake county batter tea A and B m were ere mustered in to service at I 1 ort douglas may 0 and left for san francisco may 20 they sailed for manila on the colon june 18 I 1 ahe he officers of battery A at the time of muster were i ere captain R W young first lieutenant george NV gibbs see sec on ond d lieutenants ray C naylor and W V 0 webb first seargent argent be athan E allen alien before Defore sailing salling ho however mever cap tain young was waa to the rank of ina major jor i caulking caul ting in promotions promo tiona for all the offices officers ceis a so it Is in probable that cap tain gibbs commanded the battery during the engagement A special dispatch to the ban frandisco francisco examiner under date of july 31 lays ays aheady A heavy engagement took place to night between the american Americ anand and spanish forces at malate the troops engaged were the first battalion of cal volunteers tenth pennsylva tile nia first battalion third artillery regulars and battery A utah our losses were vine nine killed and tori for ty four wounded llie spanish loss lohs was wall U upward of killed and ff wounded ded our volunteers made a glorious de fonse against dpn ards of of all au attacking force the battle raged raced for three hours |