Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-11-25
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PAsAY. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
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get on TO the ropes" for getting official
reports Of engagements that are taking
place upon the island some OF the news
send you comes from along the lines la
N front, and some Of II Is CLEANED from
newspapers and the natives. The fight.
ing Is confined TO guerrilla warfare.
The insurgents are kept continually on
the retreat. gradually dropping back "a
the troops advance. But when troops
withdraw from ground gained-owing TO
the fact that there Is not forces enough
10 garrison the town tsken-they fall
back In their old position TO court
another thrashing. This Is the dry sea
son and IL Is presumed that active opera
tions will soon be begun. A resume OF
the diminishing for the past ten days will
foot up about as follows: The Macsbebe
scouts NATIVE soldieryl on the 9Th sur
prised and captured an insurgent out
post at Hogenoy. At linus on the sth,
the insurgents attacked the town bu,
were repuised with severe loss. On the
9Th q skirmish took place ut Los Banos,
which involved four companies Of the
Thirty-seyenth and n battery OF light
artillery. Ii was Of shors duration, the
insurgents ~retreating and leaving sew
eral wounded upon the heid. There was
a pretty good scrap ut Arsyst, TO the
south Of Thursday. which fell before
General ioung's troops, with but little
loss to the Americans. The insurgents
were about 800 strong, but had TO give
before the undaunted ,s.or Of a battalion
Of the Twenty fourth infantry. which
charged the works and drove them out Of
town. As the American forces neared
the objective point the enemy opened ny
q heavy fre from ambush, which was re.
turned with telling effect, As the sd-
vance consisted Of flooded rice fields II
Wa impossible 10 use cavalry. 10 they
were dismounted and joined In the nd
vance. A mountain battery under Cap.
tain Scott played into the works as volley
after volley Of the krsg variety were
sent In by the infantry. A hail Of lead
wss kept up for q half ar hour, and the
colored troops under Bachelor were or.
dered 10 charge. They say It VAS San
Juan over again. With q yell that drove
terror into the very heart OF the enemy
the colored boys charged and soon what
remained Of the insurgents In the town
Of Arayat were fleeing into the brush In
the direction Of Msgalong. A commits.
ssry station Of considerable Importance
was captured. a. WAS some 300 prisoners
and sympathizers, among whom was q
captain and Q lieutenant.
The troops under General Schwan,
who have been operating around Santa
Cruz and San Francisco dc Mslsbon, have
been very successful, and II Is felt BY
some that the blows dealt the insurgents
there will be followed up BY more until
they are completely oornered. In this
Aght Captain Woodbridge 6eery OF the
Thirteenth infantry. w m~ortally
wounded. The insurgents also lost their
leader. C0mmsndsnts 6olverio, who fell
In the irst fire. The insurgents are said
70 feel the loss OF G0lverio more than any
other commander since the instruction
began. not even excepting General Luna
who was sssassinsted. lie was univer-
sally loved In their ranks and had the
supreme confidence Of Aguinsldo.
This fight. coupled with several lesser
ones OF the north, seems to indicate q
very disastrous week for the insurgents,
and whatever their position they sprint
for cover upon the approach Of the Amer
leans. A leading general has been killed,
many prisoners taken, large numbers
wounded aud killed. All In all. the work
Of the week has been replete with success
and the temper Of the boys In brown is
at the proper pitch for victory whichever
way the old Tag leads. All want to end
the trouble and teach the rebelling sub
jects that IL doesn't pay to brook the dis
pleasure Of your Uncle Samuel. lean.
not prognosticate the work of the week
ahead. but from the way orderliss are
flying around and orders going In every
direction, l take 1t that there will be q
hot time" around here before many
moons have come. In my next l will
probably have 70 chronicle that the Thir.
ty-fOurth has been "undsr FIRE."
On Sunday night Manila was visited
by an earthquake which WAS felt very
perceptible. The reverberations seemed
from east 10 west, and many Of the boys
crawled from under their "shacks",
thinking that Aguinaldo's tread WAS
nearing US. Though window panes are
reported rs having been broken In some
portions Of the city the damage was not
material.
or the natives here. they are In many
respects similar 10 the Mexicans OF New
Mexico and Arizona; their language is
somewhat different. but the boys who
talk the tongue OF the Aztecs have little
trouble In making themselves understood.
Their mode Of dress, however, differs
somewhat, inasmuch that II Is very
meagre and fashioned more after the
Yuma Indians. They appear to be clean
~ their scanty dress Is always scrup-
ulously neat. Those who live around
here. seem 10 be perfectly contented that
the Americans should come and govern
for them. still they are u t~reacherous lot
and are capable of coming" one 10 a
finish. They are allowed TO 20 back and
forth by passes, and are limited to the
amount OF merchandise or subsistence to
be carried through. They are often
turned back because OF too much OF such
and such An article. They have q place
TO leave 1t. however. and unload TO the
maximum amount, leaving the surplus
until next day. In my opinion the In
surgents are getting all the supplies they
need right through the lines. for all day
long the road leading TO Manila, both