THE PHILIPPINES.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright New York, April 13.
Furthor fighting is reported in the Philippines. Colonel Persbings’ battery shelled Bacolod, a Mindanao stronghold. A battalion of infantry and a dismounted troop of cavalry then crossed the moat, 40ft deep and 30ft wido, surrounding the stronghold, and Bcalcd the earthworks, bayoneting the enemy. The attackers had three casualties. A hundred of the enemy were killed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 865, 15 April 1903, Page 3
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65THE PHILIPPINES. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 865, 15 April 1903, Page 3
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