The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-04-06

MANILA. March 3O.-The American
amf .ayanccd at o'clock Wednesday
morning sweeping onward three miles
ic.or, 10 o'clock and driving the rebels
i .g.nl Eocave, TO the east of Bulacan.
i AMI ou the railroad leading TO Malolos.
4 o1- troop, met with but slight re-
i ararce The F.lipinos fred volleys
4 lar~ av evening for the purpose of
4 drawing the American fire and dis
4 co>.rr ;nc locality OF our positions.
j l.c country between Marilao and
4 Manila presents a picture of desola-
'.a. >mokc Is curling from hundreds
i fash heaps and the remains of trees
al. fences, torn by shraPnel, are to be
4 seen everywhere. The general ap-
rnancc of the country is as if it had |
toa swept by cyclone. The roads
i-c ,,lcwn with furniture and clothing
cropped in flight by the Filipinos.
bodies Of dead Filipinos are strand
4 e. 20 ihc shadows Of the river or in the
-l-.c~ where they crawlcd to die or
"''e c't IN the wake of the hurriedlv
4 rercatng army. These bodies give
4 :0-'A horrible odor, but there is no
't' ~ present 10 bury them. The in
'tn,N VINO fled from Marilao and q
Ar.~utFm left in such a panic that
,- 'aucs our soldiers found spread
n.''f and yaluabics, and in the rooms
'''' ''in"> containing other property
Value. bis was the case in most of
.e a'n,cs deserted. They were not IL
-o.e,icd oy our soldiers but the Chi u
Desc. "t' slip in between the armies.
ore .0o'.ng when they can and have :"
'.ri possession Of several houses, over III
'..' they raised Chinese flags some II
u WHICH we're torn down.
4-rAntrican forces met with strong CT
.'.non in the Jungle. First one tu
'' 'a,"an' then one Pennsylvanian III
afterwards two of the Montana 81
-"en'N were killed. Thirty. five ID
'' wounded, including one officer of IN
Pc Kansas regiment. The rebels w.
''1r' tie villages as they
''''a'cf in bad order to-
Del. '".o'os. The enemy also tore up Tn
.as q the railroad in many places
attempted TO burn the bridge at
.i' '1, the fire was extinguished
20 the timely arrival of the
'-'''carS The rebels had not fin ua
'ae'r trenches along the line of at
""l march, showing they ''o ~
''' "o' prepared for our advance. wh
''a. NacArthur's victorious division ing
.' 'ahch Wednesday at Bigaa. seven be
''''" Nalolos' the Filipino capt. ne'
D. '"~ 'Ne headquarters Of Aguinaldo. gov
ave was captured at S o'clock ouc
-"e'iay morning, then the second new
' 90 H'gaa, distant two miles men
'' made Bigaa was taken without the
"'' '''ng fred the enemy fleeing at II
4, -'" .! the Americans AS"o
'''A' March 5l.-Aftcr a couple men
'."'N q rest gen. MacArthpr,s Al. ship
'" pushed on across rice felds ..d of OF
'' through the iuDclc ,yi,bo,,. diffic
""F opposition, the enemy
p. ' 'Ae villages of Taal, Ucat pv
yer burning them. Even all .
D oil Bulacan, the capitol of enA, ,
r. a,hop,,, 49,. anu aoan- this
,. '''sh ten. Macarthur pass. - -
W. "e night At ) O'Clock the -,
~ '-a'c d stand in trenches hale NV y
+ beyond C,;,,..... '"ce nan ment
' crlssin0 "I ernm
be Hau>a, and po getic
rs immediately. a., ana regi- Amer
.''0ad bridge under heavy fire "n''f
',N'o the enemy's position ID
h.[ 'S',s "ithstood the musketrv NE'
"".' an hour but the .r,;,,ou Germ;
i,n, '''eih and at the end of n reach'
H., hght the INSURGENTS hol,od and S
'ne nils. Our loss ,y,o Co., helm
~ wounded. The ero,,,, dent
.. '''efe' Gen. Macarthur Samoa
b, near 'uiguinto station n, Aeon by VI
.,,. .Ouf miles from Malolos house
.d.. '''oN' March 31.-The fo,,o, intervi
hm" Vv' from Manila were re. A,
-ght: p'' 'inent Wednes- formed
SnA, March On work &
"oIutant Gen. Of Aba