THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING AT MANILA.

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 32, 8 February 1899, Page 5

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING AT MANILA.

THE FORCES COVERED SEVENTEEN MILES. DESPERATE RESISTANCE TO THE AMERICAN ADVANCE. [press association.] (Received February 8, 9.10 a.m.) Hongkong, 7th February. Further particulars have been received of the battle which took place outside Manila on Saturday and Sunday, aud which resulted after 14 hours' fighting in the repulse of the Filipinos, who had made the attack. Tho battle extended over an area of 17 miles. The strongest defensive point of the Filipinos was at the entrenchments in the vicinity of a church and convent near Paseo. When the Americans advanced against these, tho defenders fought desperately, and in the course of the engagement the ambulance waggons were set on fire. On being driven out of the entrenchments, the Filipinos retired to the church aud oouvent. The attack of the Americans was so hot that these buildings were set on fire. The Filipinos, driven out by the smoke and flames, were shot down as they emerged. In an endeavour to seize the waterworks outside Manila, the Americans advanced six miles. Some 2500 Filipino women and children sought safety by approaching the American lines, and were admitted as refugees.