Show BATTLE NEAR ILOILO filipinos are ar touted routed and a quantity of ammunition captured Cp new york march 23 28 A dispatch from iloilo island of pansy says ay A battalion of the eighteenth infantry a platoon of the sixth artillery and the machine gun battery made A la in the direction of mau man and santo santa barbara thursday while they were returning the th insurgents attacked the outposts out on the right general miller was on the scene early and directed the operations operation from immediately the fighting lin line Us lie had several narrow escapes the line advanced by rushes yards under a hot hoi fire pouring in ill deliberate volleys upon the insurgents insurgent position the artillery making good practice the engagement was brought onby on by the persistent attacks upon the outposts outpost at jaro bridge the severity of ct tile the engagement may bo be judged by the fact that the eighteenth regiment alone bred rounds it is in estimated that the incur gents with their more than 2000 rifles fired bred 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 lose was killed and soo wounded A large quantity of ammunition was captured from the insurgents the tha instructions printed on the captured eases casem of ammunition were in german and showed allowed that the cartridges came from the artillery depot at mayence it is suspected that the ammunition and arms have been supplied to the insurgents from german and japanese sources and from the french colonies |