THE ALAMEDA BRINGS NEWS OF FIGHTING.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 586, 15 April 1899, Page 2

THE ALAMEDA BRINGS NEWS OF FIGHTING.

ANGLO-AMERICAN FORCES CAUGHT IN AMBUSH.

IiEIT "SH & AMERICAN OFFICERS BILLED.

THEIR HEADS CUT OFF BY NATIVES.

CONTINUED LIGHTING,

News from Samoa by the Alametta \ ■ Teports serious fighting between the | Britisii and American, forces and Samoaus under Mataafa, on the 27tli: ulfc. The engagement occurred at Magiagi. ... Twenty-seven Samoans were Jailed and wounded. . There were no casualties on the side . of the Anglo-American forces. On April Ist, 105 of the allied forces, assisted by 150 friendly natives, fell into an ambush at a German, plantation at Vailele. There were 800 well-armed Mataafa ."warriors present. ;" Desperate fighting ensued. . 1 Lieutenant Freeman, of the Tau.raiiga, who was leading the expedil ttGB, Lieutenant Lansdale, of the Philadelphia, and Ensign Monaghan, of the Philadelphia, were killed, also two British and two American sailors. The dead were left on the field, where the bodies were subsequently found. The heads of officers had been cut off, but were later on brought in by a French priest. Only the ears of seamen were taken. .^ Ensign Monaghan had remained to assist Lieutenant Lansdale, who was wounded, and he was shot through the heart when retiring.

The wax ships are carrying on active operations along the shore, landing: parties of Europeans -and natives at various-places, who are doing good execution against the enemy.