Albuquerque Daily Citizen, 1898-08-09
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Laudlug at the camp delayed on account of the high surf. To gain the approach to the city, Green's outposto were advanced to con continue - tinue continue the line from ("amino Real to th beach ou Sunday eight. The Spanish attacked sharply. The artillery outpoete behaved well and held the position. It was necessary to call out a brigade. The Spanish loss Is rumored to be heavy. Our loss-Killed: Tenth Pennsylvania, John Brady, Walter Brown; Infantry, Win K llrtnton, Jacob Hull, Jesse Nose, Wm. SiillWHgoui Kirst California, Maurice Just; Third artillery. Kit Dawson; Kirst (' lora ln, Kred. Springhead. Seriously wounded: Tenth Peiineylva ni l, Sergeant Alva Walter, Privates Lee H iler, Victor Holmes, C. 3. Carter and Arthur Johnson; Kirst California. Cn.pt. H. Htchter aud Private C. J. Kdward; Third artillery. Privates Charles WluUeld and J. A. McKlroth Thirty-eight were slightly wounded. Mkkhitt. IiKTAILS Of THK BATTI.K. New York, Aug. U. A copyrighted cable from Manila bay, August 4, via Houg Kong, August M, to the Kveniug World, gives the following particulars of the lighting near Malal ou the night of July HI: Gen. (ireeue's force, Dumhering 4,khj men. had been advancing and entrench entrenching. - ing. entrenching. The arrival of the third eipedltion filled the Spaniards with rage. They de determined - termined determined to give battle before Camp liewey could be reinforced. The trenches extended from the beach 300 yards to the left Hank of the insurgents. Sunday was an Insurgent feast day, and their left Hank withdrew, leaving the American right Hank exposed. Companies A and K of the Tenth Pennsylvania and Utah
rado, and two mn were wounded. Ou the night of August 2 the artillery duel was renewed. Two men were badly wounded, and are this morning reported dead, which brings the total dead to thir thirteen, - teen, thirteen, with ten in the hospital mortally hurt. CONI.HATl LATKS HIS TKOOI'S. New York, Aug. U Gen. Greene has Issued this address to his troops: "Camp Dewey, Near Manila. The brigadier-general commanding desires to thank the troops engaged last night for the gallantry aud skill displayed by them In repelling such a vigorous attack by the largely superior force of Spaniards. Not an inch of ground was yielded by the Tenth Pennsylvania Infautry and I'tah artillery stationed In the trenches. A battalion of the Third artillery and Kirst regiment of California Infantry moved forward to their support through a galling fire with the utmost intrepid intrepidity. - ity. intrepidity. The courage and steadiness shown by all iu the engagement is worthy of the highest couiiueudatiou."
Hong Kong, Aug. 9. The German ftcHinwr Patriarch, which left Manila, August tUh, arrived here to-day, and hrouKht the drat newit of a severe en en-KHgement - KHgement en-KHgement between the Spaniard and Americans near Manila. The American were victorious and only loet eleven men killed and thlrty-pigM wounded. The Hpinish lossee are reported to have been heavy. The Insurgent forced remained neutral. The attack wag made on the American c imp between Cavlte and Manila on the night of July 81. The Spaniards who numbered over 8,000 made several des desperate - perate desperate charge upon the American lines, and each time the Bra of the American troops drove the Spaniards back, and finally broke the Spanish centre and the enemy retreated. Later the Spaniards made a second at attack - tack attack and were again repulsed and re retreated - treated retreated Into the bush, keeping up an
losses at over five hundred men killed and wounded. Three transports which sailed from Sua Francisco with Gen. Merritt, but which were delayed at Honolulu, arrived August fl. The monitor Monterey had also arrived. HKI'OKT OK HiTTI.K CONriHilKU. Washington, Aug. fl.m. Merritt hue milled the war department a dispatch confirmatory of the Associated Press re reports - ports reports of the battle of Manila. Secretary Alger regiirds the Manila fight as the beginning of a general attack on the Philippine capital. I.IT UK AMKRh'ANri KILI.KU Washington, Aug. 1. The war de department - partment department to-day received the following c thlegraiu f roui Hong Kong: Adjutant General, Washington: Macarthur'a troops arrived on the 81st. No epidemic sickness. Klve deaths. Lieut. Kerr, of the engineers, died of spinal meningitis.
Iaili or t'ol. Ilin. Boston, Aug. U Col. Kred. G. Bogan, commander of the Niuth Massachusetts r 'glment, I'nltwl States volunteers. Col. Bagan arrive t from Cuba a few days ago lu a greatly debilitated condition as the result of hardships. He was 4S years old. D.r.ua... of Nan Join, New York, Aug. . A dispatch to the Herald from San Juan, Porto lileo, says: Troops are busily engaged constructing defenses, although the local papers large largely - ly largely publish rumors of peace. The greater part of the population has left for the
Hopping must have been about thirteen miles from Siboney ou July 1H or 1'.'. when Guy Is supposed to have died, and he might have been misinformed, follow following - ing following up his Information by writing home without first personally making an Investigation. Although this paper has
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the report of his death, stating that sure surely - ly surely the olllcers at the hospital would not have been so derelict In their duties as to have failed to olliclally notify Mrs. Net Net-tleton - tleton Net-tleton had Guy's death occurred. They
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