. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. they could whipthem as easily as their ancient enemy. The conflict between the Americans and the insurgents was opened by fr ? ?? 1 r Krilli^^lidH PjH r ?^^ttt^^Lm^^^ml. 1 ?--? r. AGONCILLO, ENVOY OF INS!lifiKNTS. 300 THE KAU EAST. a shot fired on tlie evening of February 4, 1899, by a sentry namedGrayson, belonging to a Nebraska regiment. General Otis had given anorder uoi to allow a Philipjiincj to pass the lines after nightfall, and thisorder had bee
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. they could whipthem as easily as their ancient enemy. The conflict between the Americans and the insurgents was opened by fr ? ?? 1 r Krilli^^lidH PjH r ?^^ttt^^Lm^^^ml. 1 ?--? r. AGONCILLO, ENVOY OF INS!lifiKNTS. 300 THE KAU EAST. a shot fired on tlie evening of February 4, 1899, by a sentry namedGrayson, belonging to a Nebraska regiment. General Otis had given anorder uoi to allow a Philipjiincj to pass the lines after nightfall, and thisorder had been confirmed by Aguinaldo. Tims tlie Philippino who methis death by this shot in trying to pass the sentinel knew the risk he wastaking. Firing all along the line, from Tondo on the north to Malate onthe south, was begun witliin half an hour. Thrown at first upon the defensive, the Americans the following dayassumed the aggressive, and on the 7th had driven the insurgents fromtheir trenches, thus gaining possession of all the suburbs of Manila. Dur-ing the three days of almost intermittent fighting, the Philipphios had fully. PLAZA ALFONSO XII., ILOILO. two thousand men killed, while the slain on the American side were fourofficers and fifty-two soldiers, with eight officers and two hundred and sevenmen wounded. The force of the first numbered twenty thousand ; that ofthe Americans thirteen thousand. The great loss of the insurgents was dueto the fact that they had not yet learned the difference between Spanishand American means and methods of fighting, and they stubbornly stoodtheir ground until so hard pressed they had to retreat. They learneda lesson they have not forgotten, and since they have retreated earlyenough in the fray to escape with a smaller list of the dead. Thus farthis has been the greatest battle of the war, and while the Americans firedthe first shot, the Philippinos were really responsible for it. No doubtAguinaldo was planning to attack the city directly in
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