THE REVOLT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
SPANISH SUCCESSES. JAPANESE ASSISTANCE. . [Per Press Association.'] MADRID,. Jan. 3. : ; * The i vigorpu^y pupV suing efforts' for the suppression of the revolt in the Philippine Islands, A report from Manila states that following their recent reverses at Tavete and Noveta the Spanish troops have inflicted a severe defeat on the insurgents. The rebels lost, very heavily during the fight. Jan. 4. 7, Later details show- that the Spanish, f oirces/attacked •■ three thousand insjirgentß:7massed<Bt- Bullacani a town j.evrate<in: miles north.- west of VManiia. Eleven hundred of the .insurgents were killed, while the Spanish lot-sea amount to twenty-three killed. Prisoners who fell into the hands of the Spanish confessed that the rebels had procured their arms from Japan They also stated that Japan had promised to recognise the revolutidn if the whole of the Philippines would join the revolt against the Spaniard..
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5762, 5 January 1897, Page 1
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