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Show oo BRAVERY OF U.S. SOLDIERS Major General Bell Makes a Report to the Government of the Desperate Battle With the Rebellious Moros and Their Defeat Washington. July 9 A hair raising storv of hand to hand conflict with spear-hurling Moro savages, of battle to the death on an Isolated mountain top, with no quarter given or expect ed has been cabled to the war de partment from the Philippines by Major Ma-jor General Bell. It was the commanding com-manding general's report on the campaign cam-paign of Brigadier General Pershing, which resulted In the extermination of the la6t considerable band of re bellious Moros and the complete dis armament of this warlike tribe Long ago most of the Moros gave up their arms peacefully but the fierce tribesmen of Iitl Ward, embracing about twenty 9quare miles on the southern coast of the island of Jolo made ready for war whenever ther was a suggestion of depriving them of their weapons. Recently nearly 10.0Q0 of them stampeded to Mourn Bagsak. a wild peak, which they be lleved impregnable. Many confer ences and patient diplomacy dre most of them away and 6ent them to their homes but 300 or 400 of the most desperate fortified their strong hold and decided to fight It out witn the American nation "When no reasonable hope of a peaceful conclusion remained." says General Bell In his report today. "Brigadier "Brig-adier General Pershing arrived at Jolo with boats durfng the night of June 10, secretly embarked his command com-mand and landing nearby surrounded Bagsak the same night to prevent i stampede of the women and children and non-combatants to the mountain again Assaults began at daylight, fierce fighting, part of it h?nd to hand, during five days marked by tenacious te-nacious resistance and counter-attacks from Moros rushing on troops with barongs and hurling spears at the storming lines "The control of troops by the offl cer9 was admirable, thus preventing r greater number of casualties The enemy was completely defeated and all the strongholds were finally taken None of the Moros would surrender, some escaped, but the remainder were killed, including Amll and his prlnci pal lieutenants, during the engagement engage-ment "Our mountain guns which were dragged up the mountain, by block and tackle finally reached commanding positions and rendered material assistance Apparently Ap-parently officers and men behaved without exception with admirable cour age and determination, though con stantly on duty five days and nights of little rest and torrential rains The district commander has commended Captain Taylor A Nicholas and Captain Cap-tain 'George C Chirlton of the Philip pine Scouts and First Lieutenant Ed ward Rackley of the same organize tlon for conspicuous courage and lead-ership. lead-ership. "Brlgadler General Pershing personally person-ally planned and conducted the Bagsak Bag-sak operations, commanding the for ces In possession and sharing all hardships hard-ships and dangers of the troops. From all Information obtainable the ordeals undergone are believed to be surpass lng. He has been subjected to much criticism because of patient negotla' tlons. forbearance and efforts to avgld a resort to fighting, but succeeded in avoiding unnecessary' injury to non-combatants non-combatants and minimized casualties In his own command " no |