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Fight At Manila

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Day
12
Month
August
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Washington, Aug. 9. - Secretary Álger regards the Manila flght as the beginning oí the general attack on the Philippine capital. Hong Kong. Aug. 9. - The Germán steamer Petrarch, which left Manila on Aug. 6, has arrived here and brought the first news of a severe engagement between the Spamards and Americans near Manila. The Americans were victorious and only lost eleven killed and had thirty-seven men wounded. The Spanish losses are not known, but they are reported to have been heavy. Tne insurgent forces remained neutral. The troops engagea were the first battalion California volunteers: Tenth Pennsylvania, ñrst battalion, Third artillery, regulars, and battery A, Utah. Attack Made at Xight. The attack was made on the American camp between Cavite and Manila during the night of July 31. The Spaniards, who numbered over 3,000 men, made several desperate charges upon the American Unes, but each time the fire of the American troops drove the Spaniards back and finally broke the Spanish center and the enemy retreated. Later, howev;r, the Spaniards made a second attack but were again repulsed and retreated into the bush, keeping up an incessant fire on the roads leading to Manila, over which they apparently expected the American troops to advance. Some estimates place the Spanish losses at over 500 men killed and wounded.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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