Show 0 mr U jt utan UT U X A A n T r P O ys caver WITH 6 J TERRIFIC NIGHT FIGHT AT AL utah battery flanked the spaniard spaniards in their mad rush and did heroic work while a typhoon was raging the enemy charged upon the trenches containing the utah and pennsylvania volunteers and in overwhelming wh elming force attempted to carry the works battle continuing three nights deweys deleys snips stripped for action american loss thirteen killed and ana thirty seven wounded no utah men in the list ot dead spanish loss soo killed and wounded san francico francisco cal aug 9 0 A special ito to tha the examiner dated manila july via hong kong aug ath bays says A heavy engagement took place tonight between the american and spanish forces at malate the spanish made an attack attempting to turn our right after an hours lighting fighting they were repulsed the troops engaged were first battalion california volunteers tenth pennsylvania first battalion third artillery regulars and battery A utah our oar loss was nine killed and forty four wounded the spanish loss lose was upward of killed and 1 00 wounded oar volunteers made a glorious defense against upwards of 3 acco of an attacking force the battle raced raged tor for three hours san francisco ual cal aug lug aa 9 A special to the call from cavite aug 6 via hongtong Hong kong aug 9 says the american forces engaged the enemy before malate last sunday night and compelled them to retreat with heavy losses our troops lost thirteen killed and forty seven wounded it has been impossible to ascertain certain ae the exact losses of althe the spanish Spa the lighting fighting lasted four hours the american troops engaged were part of the tenth pennsylvania first california and the third regular artillery the spanish led in the attack attempting to dislodge our troops by a flanking movement from the strong position they bava have been holding near the lines the position is still held by our troops I 1 san francisco aug 9 A special to the call dated august 6 says the three transports which sailed from san francisco with general meritt but which were delayed at honolulu arrived today the monitor monterey aleo slot arrived uong hong kong aug 9 the german steamer patriarch Pe re which left manila on aug au 0 6 arrived here today and brought the firby news of a severe engagement between the spaniards and americans near manila the americans were victorious and only lost eleven men killed and had 37 men wounded the spanish losses are not known but they are reported to have been heavy thein the insurgent forces remained neutral the attack was made on the ameri can camp between cavite and manila during the night of july 31 the span lards who numbered over men made several desperate charges upon the american lines buttach but each time the fire of american troops drove the spaniards back and finally broke the span ish centre and the me enemy retreated h later however the spanish made a see ond oud attack but were again repulsed and retreated into the basli keeping up an incessant fire on the roads leading to manila over which they appi apparently ex pecked the american troops to advance some estimates place the spanish looses at over men killed and wounded washington aug 9 the war department today received the following cablegram from hongtong Hong kong adjutant general washington me mc arthurs troops arrived no epidemic sickness five deaths kerr engineer died of spinal tie landing at camp delayed on account of high surf to gain approach to the city greens outposts out were advanced to continue line from the camino aleal to the beach on sunday night spanish attacked sharply artiller artillery y outposts behaved well and held their position it was necessary nece to call out the brigade span spanish ish loss rumored heavy our loss killed tenth pennsylvania ul vania john brady walter brown regular infantry wm win E brinton jacob HulI jesse Jeese noes wm win azon first california maurice just third artillery eli dawson first Cold colorado rado fred springstead seriously wounded tenth pennsylvania sergent alva walter privates lee snyder victor holmes U S carter arthur johnson first california captain reich ter private 0 J edwards third artillery privates charles wide field J A mcelroth McElro tb thirty eight elight slight wounded 8 signed MERITT secretary alger regards the manila fight as the beginning of the general attack on the philippine capital new york aug 9 A copyrighted cited cable from manila bay aug 4 via hong kong aug 9 0 to the evening world gives the following particulars of the fighting figh tinz near malate I 1 on the night ot of july 31 uen gen greenes force numbering men bad been advancing and entrenching tren ching the arrival ot of the third expedition I 1 tion filled the spaniards with rage and they determined to give battle before I 1 camp dewey could be reinforced 1 the trenches ei extended tended from the beach three thousand yards to the left flank of the insurgents sunday was the ansur j gent cent feast least day and their left flank with drew leaving the american richt right flank exposed companies A anil and E of the tenth pennsylvania and utah battery j were ordered to reinforce the right flank j in the midst of a raging typhoon with a i I 1 tremendous downpour of rain thy the ene mya mys force estimated at men af at j tempted to surprise the camp oar our I 1 pickets were driven in and the trenches j assaulted i the brave pennsylvania men never 1 flinched but stood their ground under a withering fire the alarm spread and j the first california regiment with two companies of the third artillery who j fight with rifles were sent up to reinforce the pennsylvanians ians the enemy were on top of the trenches when these reinforcements arrived and never was the discipline diec iDline of the regulars better demonstrated than by the work of the third artillery under captain allara Ol lara nothing could be seen but flashes of mauser rifles men ran right up to to the attacking spaniards and mowed them down with regular volleys the utah battery under captain young covered itself with glory the men pulled their runn through mui mu 1 axle deep two guns were sent around on the flank and poured in a destructive enfilading fire the enemy was repulsed and retreated in disorder oar our infantry bad had exhausted its ammunition and did not follow the enen enemy I 1 kot not an inchol inch of ground was lost bat tho the scenes in the tren trenches chas was one never to be forgotten during flashes ot of lightning the dead and wounded could be seen lying in bloody water but neither the elements of heaven nor the destructive power ot of man could wring a cry ol 01 protest from the wounded they encouraged cou raged razed their comrades to fight and banded over their cartridge balls wits during the night the spanish scouts j were seen car carrying oft off dead and wound 41 ed of the enemy toe the american dead were buried next day in the convent of Mara caban one the night of august 1 I the fighting edg was renewed but the enemy had been taught a lesson and made the attack at longe range with heavy artillery tho the utah battery replied and the artillery duel lasted an hour one man was killed he ile was fred springstead tead first colorado and two men were wounded on the night ol 01 aug 2 the artillery duel was renew rene vied ed awo men were badly wounded and are this morning reported dead which brings the total dead to thirteen with ten in the hospital mortally hurt UTAH troops I 1 gener general I greene issued this address to the troops camp dewey near manila the brigadier general commanding desires to thank the troops engaged last night for gallantry and skill displayed by them in repelling euch such a vigorous attack by largely superior numbers of spaniards not an inch of ground was yielded by the tenth pennsylvania I 1 infantry n and and utah artillery stationed in the trenches A battalion ot of the third artillery and first regiment of the california infantry went to their support through a galling calling fire with the utmost intrepidity the courage and steadiness shown by all in the he engagement is worthy of the highest commendation first california volunteer killed san francisco aug 9 sergeant maurice jueth justh the only californian killed at malate was employed by a local wholesale clothing firm as its city before he be went toabe to the war howse he was twenty four years old and a native of this city he helas was a national guards man and bad had risen in the ranks to the position he held when killed by spanish bullets strange to say he was the first california volunteer accepted by the examining surgeons captain reinhold richter who was wounded in the battle at malate is a native of austria aged forty eight years he ile begun his military career in the regular army in march 1880 being discharged with the rank of first surgeon of battery D first artillery U S ain A in march 1885 hu ile entered the national guard of california in july 1889 and was retired as first lieutenant of battery B first artillery regiment sept 1 at 1891 1894 in march 1695 be he was elected reelected re captain of company 1 I first infantry at the head of which be he went to manila new york aug 9 A copyright dispatch to the world dated manila aug 4 via hongtong Hong kong aug 9 says the anitad states monitor monterey arrived here today the attack on manila will begin as soon as the monitor comes here she is expected by nest next thursday admiral deleys deweys ships are stripping for action owing to the high wind and heavy seas the troops of the third expedit expedition iva lavi bava not yet landed two lighters were capsized in the attempt and three natives were drowned immediately after the arrival of the expedition gen merritt organized all bis his forces for as attack on manila the troops were formed into one division under command of gen anderson the division is to composed of two brigades the first under gen made up of the and regular infantry and the wyoming north dakota idaho minnesota volunteers and the astur battery the second brigade under tinder general green ia Is made up of the regular infantry ad artillery engineers signal corps and california colorado and sad nebraska pennsylvania volunteer utah battery the two brigades number men the oregon troops garrison cavite admiral deleys fleet commands the trenches and camps of tho the spaniards the situation in manila ie is critical the lights of the city are extinguished the defenses are a cordon of tt trenches eaches two batteries of nine six inch guns gune each the i latter on the cavite bide side the big guns are directly in front C Mer erritt has over men mon washington aug 0 gen merritts tB force forc ein m the philippines consists of three expeditions I 1 which have arrived there P amounting to officers and 1046 4 men they are the first california oregon tenth pennsylvania first colorado first nebraska thirteenth minnesota first idaho fir first st wyoming fourteenth eighteenth and twenty third united states infantry the first california Cali tornia battery the astor battery and batteries G 11 II K and L third united states artillery battle or manila receives attention washington aug 9 the cabinet meeting was devoted largely to a dis of a speculative nature as to the reply the president informed his ad that he was expecting response at any moment secretary day said that be he understood the do document coment was very long the president told the cabinet that be he would call a special session for tomorrow in all probability considerable attention was devoted to the situation at manila and to reports of the battle there kerp kerr was from west virginia washington aug 9 0 robert D kerr whose death was reported today by gen merritt was appointed from greenbank W va and was graduated in april kerr waa was assigned to the engineer corps two members of this class were killed at santiago governor ot north dakota dead bismarck N D aug 9 gov I 1 P F A briggs of north dakota died this morn lag ing ol 01 consumption J A devine ie a lieutenant governor |