Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1899 — LAWTON'S NARROW ESCAPE. [ARTICLE]

LAWTON'S NARROW ESCAPE.

Rebels Were Retiring When One Fired from Ambush. Gen. Lawtou has continued his advance beyond Santa Cruz. The rebels are slowly retiring, but except for brief stands by skirmishers, are doing little fighting. Gen. Lawton had a narrow escape from death at the hands of a daring Filipino. The man remained behind when his companions fled and concealed himself in a house by which the American soldietv, passed. When Gen. Lawton and his staff reached the spot the rebel fired point blank at the American commander. Fortunately his aim was bad and he missed his mark. The American soldiers quickly rooted him out of the house and bored him full of holes. The Filipinos lost 150 killed and wounded in the fight at Santa Cruz. ' ; "• Gen. Wheaton, with the Tenth Penn* sylvania and the Second Oregon regiments and two gnus, met with slight resistance near Santa Maria and had one man wounded. But the enemy bolted when shelled by the artillery, and burned and abandoned the town of Santa Maria, where a thousand rebels .were reported to have been concentrated. The enemy retreated toward the mountains, burning the villages behind the retreating force. Occasionally a few of the rebels dropped to the rfcar and fired at the advancing American troops from the jungle, apparently with the idea that this would check Filipinos' 14 llut'finding thesetactics Uiefmiljn body. j,•; g ? ——— n