Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1899 — NATIVE ARMY FLEES. [ARTICLE]

NATIVE ARMY FLEES.

AMERICAN MOVE SURPRISES AGUINALDO’S TROOPS. Fierce Fighting Marks the Advance to Paranaque—Two Officers Killed and Twenty-one Soldiers Wounded— Insurgent Loos Is Very Heavy. Manila advices say that Gen. Lawton has occupied Paranaque and the village of Malibay, to the north, and Las Pinas, to the south, preparatory to moving upon Bacoor, whence the insurgents fled during the night. The natives deserted Paranaque and the trenches south of Manila, finding the 'Americans behind them, and escaped along the coast. Only alleged amigos were found in Paranaque. An American force, 4,500 strong, Saturday drove the insurgents from the entire district between Manila bay and Bay lake, from San Pedro Macati to Paranaque. T.he natives resisted the advance, attacking the United States troops while they were crossing a swamp and fighting from well-built intrenchments, but were routed with heavy loss. In one trench fifty dead Filipinos were found. The American loss was two officers killed and twenty-one soldiers wouqded. The extreme heat and rough country added to the difficulty of the movement. Many of the United States soldiers were forced to drop out exhausted. Four.warships, including the monitor Monadnock, shelled the town of Paranaque, driving the natives out.