Fair play., 1899-03-25
FILIPINOS AGAIN REPULSED.
Driven Back Fifteen Miles with
Heavy LOSSES by Gen. wheat
On's victorious Men.

Heavy LOSSES by Gen. Wheat
on's Victorious Men.
Manila. March 20.-Soma of the rclp-
els recently expelled from Cavite an.l
the small towns in the vicinity OF
Pasig combined forces, and Saturday
nioht-as already cabled, attacked =
company of the Washington volunteers.
a detached post at TagrIig. about \
mile and IA half southeast of Pasig.
Gen. Wheaton Immediately reinforced
the Americans with two companies
each of the Washington and the Ore
cor regiments. The post had held the
enemy in check. and the fire of the re-
inforcing companies repuisrd thenI-
driving them across to In island
formed by the estuary. They were
thus i'll front of the Twen1y-second
regulars. :
The Rebels Fought Desperately.
On discovering that they were en-
trapped, the rebels fought desperately,
aided materially by the jungle and tine
darkness, but they We're completely
routed, with heavy loss. after tw"
hours fighting. The Americans lost
two killed and 20 wounded, among the
latter being Lieut.. Frank Jones. Il,
Determined to Punish the Enemy.
Gen. Wheaton determined to punish
the natives, and AT daybreak yesterday
his brigade started in the following or
Her: The Sixth artillery holding the
Ia, ynlunfeerQ
heading the center the Washington
regiment keeping to the tIge of the
lake. and The Twenty-Secori regulars
occupying the right of the line, which
swept the whole country along tho
lake. in q southcasterly direction, to-
ward Gen. Overshine's position.
The line thus extended over two miles
Of country. rough and covered with
thick Jungle. advanced II miles. The
enemy fed the last of them being
seen about half-past three yesterday
afternoon. At scarcely any time did
the Americans get within leo yards
of them.
Troops Returned Exhausted.
The troops returned to Iasig last
night. exhausted by the hard work un-
Her Il hot sun. The Oregon regiment
had one man killed and four wOtnded.
and the Twenty-second regulars Onn
wounded. According TO the official re-
ports no fewer than 200 Filipinos were
1illed.
Now Command the Lake.
Gen. Otis SAYS the American army
and @unbOatS now command the lake.
He estimates that proper: CT the in
surgentS valued at 100000 has been
DESTROYED. while quantities of rice and
sugar and 400 tons of coal. which is
gery valuable here. was captured.
The FiIipinOs Are Weakening.
Many prisoners represent that the
Filipino soldiers are weakening. Tl,a
generous treatment that tie Ameri-
cans administer to the native prisoners
and wounded seems to influence tine
iusurgent army powerfully. In the
opinion of the Americans. how weyer. the
Filipino leaders will continue to pro-
yoke tightin" just as long as they can
retain their hold upon their followers,
because they have everything to gain
anG nothin" To lose.
More Ner Than Arms.
The enemy has twice Is many meI
Oh their firing lines as they have arms,
and the fact that 90 few arms are cap"
tIired by the Americans is because the
guns of the wounded Fiiipiuos and
manv of those who surrender are spir-
itc'. away.
The Tour Of the Lake by Armed Tugs.
The armed tugs Laguua de Bay and
OeSte have TetIrned To San Macati. and
reported the results of ,hci. tour on
the lake. On Friday morning last they
shclled the town of Morony. the rebels
fleeing without making any response
to the fire. The Americans landed
party. which DESTROYED quantity uf
stores and all the stone bI.ldingS, eN-
cept the church.
The expedition then proceeded to
Maiay"ay. where sugar mil and
savmiIl were destroyed.
santa CRUZ Strongly Intrenched.
On arriving at Santa Cruz. Il town of
loo inhabitants. il was found that the
enemy WAS strongly intrenched an!
prepared to defend the position as
sisted ny two gunboatS and several
launches. Moreover the mOu, IN of the
river was blocked with rocks and bam-
boo
Exodus of Citizens.
\ few shells caused the exodus of tho
citizens. but not of the eneInys troops.
The Americans did not attempt land
ing
Capt. Grant. who is in charge of the
expedition. asked for reinforcements,
and will probably take Santa Cruz to-
day.
Arrivals mt Manila.
The United STATES disrllling ship Iris,
which left Honolulu. for Manila, with
the United States battleship Oregon, on
February 20. arrived Yesterday.
Yesterday morning also arrived the
San Joaquin, the last of the overdue
English steamers sailing under Ameri-
can registers. that were detained l:y
the insurgents on the northwest coast
of LrZon.
Gen. OTIS Official Report.
Washington. March 2o.-The war d..
partment yesterday received the FOL-
lowing dispatch from Maj.-Gen. Otis
regarding operations against the i'll
sursen.s:
Manila, March 20.