The Philippines.
General Law'on. found himself od Tuesday morning unexpectedly involve:! in one of the hottest engagstnenig of the war, while operating against the Filipinos to the south of L*s Pino?. The American gun? were fir=t engaged in an artillery, duel with a Filipino battery concealed in the jungle. Two o impaniea of the 21=t Infantry were nearly surrounaed by « large body of the insurgents but succeeded in cutting their way out with heavy loss. The monitor Monadnook and the gunboats Helena and Zifiro trained their batteries on the enemy's position at Bacoor and on the tranches near Ins Piras and bombarded them all the morning. At one period of the engagement B iooor was seen to be in fit me?, bat the native got the firs extinguished.
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Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1899, Page 2
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128The Philippines. Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1899, Page 2
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