Show AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED BY ten are slain and six wounded by ie ilk sur argent gents on the lelan islan I 1 0 of 8 samar the following brief cablegram from general chaffee reporting the fight figh t ol 01 the ninth infantry in samar wednesday was received at the war department friday afternoon manila oct 18 corbin adjutant general washington forty six men company E ninth regiment ninth united states infantry under first lieutenant george W wallace infield lower Ca nadara samar were attacked by bollmen october 19 1 our loss ten killed six wounded names not received eighty one of the enemy left dead on the field enemy beaten off another dispatch says the remainder of the company arrived on the scene in time to prevent further slaughter and routed the enemy killing over a hun dred of them it is believed that the enemy only retired for or reinforcements As soon as toe news was received at two gunboats were dis patched general smith going in per son to the scene the war del ailment aliment officials wre somewhat dismayed at the press report of the new setback on the island of samar they had no confirmation from official sources of the report but this was true of the last affair of the kind which happened at Balan giga the ninth infantry which suffered there was the tire same organization that engaged in the latest fight at I 1 anga jon on |