Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
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1 partles; They killed eight men. brought
IN ~ prisoners and had five men wounds
The santo Tomas road seems to$ he
the only possible means of retreat for
a. large body north from Tarlac. and
General Wheaton commands IL .rhe
insurgents of this section are going to
relntorces Tarlac. The battleship Ore
son mas arrived here from H ong Kong.
captain Cbenoweth and 5Lieutenants
laws, van Horne and Bradford. with
Two companies of the Seventeenth regi-
Lllent, accommodating northeast Of Ma
oalacat. attacked and routed battalion
OF insurgents, killing 20 of, them. Three
americans were wounded
SPANISH PRISONERS RESCUED
General Wheaton reports, by the Ben.
nington, that when the landing was
made at San Fabian the insurgents en-
countered were 800 recruits. who were
on their way to Dagupan, where they.
expected the expedition to land They
refreated to the mountains. Twenty
eight Spanish prisoners were rescued.
Inc report of the landing at Lingayan
was brought by the commander of the
Manila, who saw the fight. He got the
| geography mixed.
HANDICAPPED BY RAINS.
It has been raining hard throughout
the week. handicapping Generals Law
is the chief difficulty.
In the advance General Lawton de-
pended on the river to get his supplies.
The San Tsidro river Is fed by noun
tain streams, and is alternately too
swallow for navigation or too swift.
Two and three launches were necessary
to pull the casco moving the supplies
from San Isidro, and the mule trains
moving supplies from San Isidro over
the muddy roads made only two or
three miles day. The troops were on
snort rations most OF the time. The
only provisions the country Yields are
rice "a few chickens and buffalo. The
oihcers carry supply OF cash to pay
the natives literally for all they take,
The highlands are cool and the health
OF, the troops is good.
AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
General Young has captured an
other large share of insurgent ammuni-
ton and munitions of war, which thew.
We're obliged to leave in their hurried
retreat -
General Macarthur is bringing sup
| and carabao teams. -.
Reconnaissance along the front baye
discovered the insurgents strongly in
trenched before Bamban, with several
cannon and rapid-fire gun, but they
are short of ammunition.
"A DARlNG EXPLOIT.
Major Bell has been engaged in an
otner DARING exploit. While scouting
MI, WITH nVe otficers and two men Of the
IMrty-siXth Infantry and Lieut. Haw
kins and ten men of the Fourth Cav
airy, he crept behind a trench contain
Ing a hundred Filipinos, rode them
down and killed and wounded 20 men
ana captured six. TIE also brought
back 20 Mausers.
OTIS OFFICIAL REPORT.
Washington, November 10.-The War
Department has received the follow
ing:
Manila. November 10.-General Law
ton experiences some difficulty on nc
count of continued unprecedented rains
IN that section of the country, his adj
Vunce at san Jose yesterday at Car
ranglan to-day; strong force put
through on Aliago route; Young cap
tured Yesterday considerable addition
al Cubanatuan arsenal property in
transit north, among which LII two
inch guns and % boxes one and one
siSty-five hundredths inch ammunition
for Hotchkiss guns, so projectiles for
flve and eight-inch breech loading rifle
cannon, two boxes of grenades. con-
siderable other ordnance property. two
tons casting and arsenal machinery in
parts. He Is meeting with opposition.
but advance not much impeded there
by.
Macarthur accommodating north of
Mabalacat yesterday, Bell to left,
Slaven's scouts directed to form, and
Smith, Seventeenth infantry, on Mag
alang and Conception road; Bell, Thir-
ty-sixth, with five of his officers and
| two priNa tes of his regiment, mounted.
one officer and ten men Fourth cavalry,
struck 100 insurgents In mountains west
Mabalacat. charged, killing and wound
ing 49, captured six, and thirty Mauser
rifles; railroad from Angeles to Bam-
ban destroyed. Macarthur will have
10000 rations to front o-day, and will
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