He says:-- "The officers of the United States Army who believed that the insurgents were informing the Spaniards of the American movements were right.

Sastron has printed a letter from Pio del Pilar, dated July 30, to the Spanish officer commanding at Santa Ana, in which Pilar said that Aguinaldo had told him that the Americans would attack the Spanish lines on August 2 and advised that the Spaniards should not give way, but hold their positions.

Pilar added, however, that if the Spaniards should fall back on the walled city and surrender Santa Ana to himself, he would hold it with his own men.

Aguinaldo's information was correct, and on August 2 eight American soldiers were killed or wounded by the Spanish fire." [133] Taylor continues:-- "And yet Aguinaldo claimed to be an ally of the Americans.

It is not probable that these were the only two such letters written.