THE PHILIPPINES.
A DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT. SUSPECTED SPANISH TREACHERY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MANILA, May 4. The Americans entered Santomas, 'a port and town on the island of Luzon, one hundred and twenty-five miles north-west of Manila, after a desperate fight with * the Filipino defenders. THURSDAY ISLAND, May, 5. Eastern files state that: the Spanish authorities are suspected of treacherously handing gunboats purchased from them by ■he Americans to the Filipinos, who removed the guns and ammunition. •. ,
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11884, 6 May 1899, Page 7
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