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Show IIATTLC NEAII ILOILO. rilliliM .tr limited and as U""l'Jr "' .tniiiiunllloil taiurl. New York, March H. A illtpalch from Hollo, lland of 1'anay, aaya: A battalion of the lllghtrcnth Infantry, Infan-try, n platoon of the Hlxth artillery and the machine gun battery made n rccoiinoluance In lliadlrrctlonof Man-durrlao Man-durrlao and Hanta llarbnrn Thunulay. While they were returning the tnaur-gvnla tnaur-gvnla attacked the uutpoata on tho rlgkt- tleneral Miller waa on the aceno rnrlynru ntrectcd thefnperationa from Immediately K'hlnd the fighting line, lie had aercrnl narrow rwipe. 'lhe lino advanced by ruihra 30(H) yanl under a hot fire, pouring In deliberate de-liberate volley upon the lnurgciit' position, the artillery making good practice. Tho engagement wa brought on by the cneuiy'a peralatunt altacka upon the uutpoata at ,lan bridge. Ihoavvcrlty cf the engagement may be Judgnl by the fact that tho Klght-renth Klght-renth regiment nlonu fired M.HOO ronuda. It la ratlmatril that the luiur-genta, luiur-genta, with their mora than 5,000 rllle fired more thuu double our total of ammunition. The loaa to the American troop waa one killed and fourteen wounded. The minimum eatlmato of thu Inaurgcnt lo wa :oo killed aud 300 wounded. A large quantity uf ammunition waa captured from the luaurgeuta. The inatructlon printed on the captured raM-K of ammunition wcro In Herman and allowed that the cartridge came from the artillery depot at Maycnce. It la anapveted that the ammunition and arma haro been aupplled to the Insurgent from Herman and Japanrao aource and from the French colonic. |