Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1899 — JARO IN AMERICAN HANDS. [ARTICLE]

JARO IN AMERICAN HANDS.

Another Battle Fought More Serious than That of Iloilo. The village of Jaro, a mite north of Iloilo, was captured on Sunday afternoon by a battalion of the Eighteenth infantry. It was learned that the rebels were assembling there, and our troops were dispat' h«-d to make a reeonnoissaiiee. It was not expected that any serious resistance would be made by the insurgents, but they made u better defense than was anticipated, with tlie result that the American josses were heavier than in the capture of Iloilo. Lieut. Frank Holies of the Eighteenth regiment and four men were wounded. Lieut. Bolles' injury is slight. The enemy resisted for about an hour and then retired into the hills, taking their dead and wounded with them. Their forces numbered about one thousand men. Iteconnoissance developed that the town of Molo had been deserted by the enemy.