THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3726, 28 April 1899, Page 6

THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.

MOTHER VICTORY FOR THE AMERICAN TROOPS. FILIPINOS LOSE HEAVILY. CLOSING OF THE COGLAN INCIDENT. MANILA. Wednesday. Further fierco fighting has taken place on the Island of Luzon at aplace named Calumpit. The Filipinos, after losing heavily, were driven from their entrenchments, and fled to the hills. Eight Americans were killed in the engagement. WASHINGTON, Thursday. Tlio Coglan incident—arising from the speech made by Captain J. B. Coglan, commander of the American cruiser Raleigh, at a banquet in New York, relating that Admiral Dewey threatened Admiral. Von Dioderich, the German commander in Philippine waters, with hostilities if further interference was offered at the time of the blockade of Manila—has now closed. The German authorities have expressed themselves satisfied with the explanation given by the United States Government. ANOTHER DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT. AMERICAN ROUT OF THE FILIPINOS. SEVENTY KILLED. . (Received April 28, 12.50 a.m.) MANILA, Thursday. Another desperate engagement has taken place between the insurgent forces and the United States Army. Six •thousand Americans engaged the bulk of Aguiimldo’s army at Calumpit. The Americans shelled the enemy’s trenches. They then forded a river and advanced in. an extended lino steadily, firing continuous volleys into tlio trenches. The Filipinos used two guns with modern shrapnel shot, but they had the wrong range. Seventy' Filipinos were hilled.