NEWS BY MAIL.
Manila files by the mail to-day report that the Filipinos are still makr ing things lively, for the Americans. 'Whilst running up the Rio Grande, not far' from Calumpit, recently, the Americans wei*e suddenly assailed by a hot cross fire from either bank, which was effectual .in killing one man and wounding two others before 'the crew of the boa.t could return the fusilade. When, however, the Yankees did open np, the insurgents were glad to take to the bush. This kind of guerilla warfare is (says a correspondent) very harrassing, and, though unlikely to produce any decisive result, seems likely to be persevered in, if only to satisfy the cravingl for. that seems to permeate one class of the natives of the island, and it is certainly probable that surprises will be of frequent occurrence in view of the nature of the country, which forms such excellent cover for these attempts.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 209, 4 September 1899, Page 4
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