Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — FAILED TO RETAKE CALAMB[?]. [ARTICLE]

FAILED TO RETAKE CALAMB[?].

Filipinos Repulsed by Americans,Who Lose One Killed. The Filipino insurgents Sunday made an attempt to recapture Calamba, which was taken by the Americans on Wednesday. A force of 2,400 rebels attacked the town simultaneously on the north and south. In repulsing the attack the Americans did not even require all their fore*. Two companies of the Twentyfirst regulars, some cavalry and ene gun were sufficient to repulse the attack on the north, while 400 men from the Washington Volunteers drove the enemy back on the south. The American loss was one killed and seven wounded.