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Show c ATTACKED IN THE REAM rrlendl llltn Make Trrliri AmosII tpon Americans Washington. June SI The following dispatch has been recel ed from M nils Manila June IH-A battalion of lha Fourth Infantry, which left Imu where (len Whcalon I In toinmanl thi morning to reconnoll-r toward PeiUs de Marine, where it was " llcved most of the rebel who escaped from Paranaque and llacoor hail fled, waa attacked In the rear by apparrnlly friendly natives. This brought nn a sharp engagement engage-ment lasting several hours n suiting In five Americana being billed and about twenty-live woundril The loss of the rebels waa very heavy The battalion soon exhausted It ammunition, am-munition, and at 1 30 p in (Icueral Whralon and hlsaUlT, with two mountain moun-tain guns and onn Held piece, went to reinforce the troops attacked llcncral Wheaton was fired on In the road and had a narrow escape. A third battalion was ordered to the front anil formed on the La Pins road Heavy firing on both aldea followed, fol-lowed, the artillery being freely used The enemy was located In the woods at 4 a clock, showing algns of retiring, a the rebel were Ixrlog pressed very hard One gun of the Sixth In an ad vantageou position did great execu tlou Ihe scene of the fighting Is over twenty mile from Manila |