MANILA NEWS,

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 9, 1 July 1898, Page 19

MANILA NEWS,

Manila news of June 7 states that the natives under Aquinaldo several times defeated the Spaniards and captured 1,200 prisoners. The Governor of Batanzas completely surrounded the town, and a number of other towns are in the hands of the rebels, who from other provinces are marching on Manila.

Two thousand five hundred American troops are expected to arrive on June 16, and it is understood that they will reduce the Ladrone Islands en route.

The Americans have raised some of the Spanish ships sunk during the battle at Manila.

The rebels are daily increasing in strength. Many of them are armed with magazine rifles.

When the mail left Manila was in such straits that it was expected that the city would surrender before the arrival of the American troops. The rebels murdered three priests.