The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-26
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Story of the Attack Upon the Lin es
of the FiIipinos.

Story of the Attack Upon the Lines
of the FiIipinos.
MANILA, March 25.-At o'clock this
morning a general attack on the Filipino
lines, which resulted in a desperate and
drawn out battle, was inaugurated. Gen.
McArthur's division, consisting of the
brigades of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, Gen.
Hale and Gen. Hail. supplemented by
Gen. Wheaton's brigade, advanced at
daylight and cut the enemys forces in
two.
They captured the town Of Novalich,
on the left, and San Francisco del Monte
and Mariquina on the right, clearing the
rebel trenches in front of the line north
from the river to Caloocan. They also
secured possession of the railroad, prac
tically cornering the flower of Aguinaldo's
army at Malabon and in the foothills at
Singalon, twenty miles apart The troops
engaged wore the Third artillery, as in
fantry; the Montana, Kansas, Pennsylva-
MIA, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado South
Dakota, Minnesota and Oregon volun-
teers, the Third. Fourth, Seventeenth and
Twenty-second regulars, the Utah artil-
lery battalion and Twenty-third regulars.
YANKEE YELLS.
The American troops swept the in
surgents back towards Malabon. Gen.
Harrison Gray Otis brigade was concen-
trated in front of Laloma, where there is
a stretch of a mile of rough, open coun-
try. The insurgent trenches In the edge
of the woods are four feet deep, and fur
nish a good head cover. The American
troops advanced on the double quick,
yelling fiercely, and occasionally dropping
in the grass and firing by volleys. The
natives stood until the Americans were
within 200 yards of their position, and
then broke and ran for the woods. About
thirty of them were killed in the outskirts
and seventy on the roads. The Montana
and Kansas troops met the hottest resist
ance In a strip from which the rebels
have greatly worried the Americans re-
Gently during the night time.
Twenty minutes after the start-at 6
o'clock-the whole front, for a distance
of three miles to the north, had been
cleared Gen. Hale's brigade had sim
ultaneously swept in a northwesterly d.
rection, routing the enemy and burning
the town of San Francisco del Monte
and q number Of scattered huts. The
line was then opposite Novalich, the
artillery advancing along good road
from Laloma to Novalich, the wagons
carrying pontoons, telegraph supplies
and ammunition following. The infantry
moved in splendid order Smoke from
the burning huts marked the line of the
American advance. Ambulances and
horse litters led by Chinese, brought in
the wounded, among whom were few
Filipinos The Americans who were
wounded endured their injuries bravely,
one group which had been brought into
the hospital singing Comrades
The Pennsylvania troops took nine pris-
oners, among them great naked captain
of the MacAbebe tribe, and one Japanese.
All the prisoners were greatly terrified,
expecting to be executed Immediately.
PREPARATIONS WERE ELABORATE.
Elaborate preparations were made for
the movement. Gen Wheaton's brigade
was placed in the rear and Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis and Gen. Halls, were massed
behind Gen. Hales Under the cover of
the darkness Gen. OTIS and Gen. Hale's
brigades left their trenches and advanced
close upon the enemX's line without be-
Halls brigade occupying the vacated po-
sitions. At 4 o'clock the American troops
breakfasted and the F'ilipinos. noticing
the camp fires, their buglers called to
Halls brigades advanced from Laloma
church straight through the rebel lines,
cutting the enemys force In two.
Upon this occasion the rebels adopted
the American tactics of holding their fire
until the attackers were about ], 900 yards
distant. The rebels also fired lower than
usual. The Americans fired volleys with
cheering and carrying everything before
them Once through, Gen. McArthurs d.
vision was swung to the left drawing the
rebels away on all sides.
Gen. Wheaton's brigade in accordance
with Instructions remained in the
trenches. Before joining In the movement
at noon. Gen. -Wheaton's troops devel-
oped a, strong opposition between Mala
bon and the River Tuliahan.
The brigades commanded by Gen. Har-