ELMS." Swift: has arrived from Manila, tween, the rebels and the Spaniards.
There. has been severe fighting be;
four hundred Spaniards, including The rebels on. the Ist of June captured seven officers and one colonel. Other reports place the number captured at one thousand.
Cavite is full of prisoners and Imus and old Cavite have been captured by by the insurgents, i Two, Governors of Provinces have been. taken, and General. Aguinaldo is Jncreseing: his forces every day. The railway has been cut, the company being promised compensation by the; insurgents.
Supplies in Manila are getting scarcer and it is feared that the troops who are without their pay will make a riot.
Permission, has been given by Admiral Dewey to charter ships for the foreign refugees. Several Spanish vessels have been allowed to come out of the river under British, French, and'German flags, and are anchored near the warships with refugees. on board. These vessels are eventually to be turned over, to Admiral Dewey, whose consideration meets with general raise.
General of the Philippines is anxious Tt: is reported that the Governor-to surrender and: avoid farther bloodshed, but has been persuaded by-his! officers to hold out for the present. Hongkong, 9th Jane.
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