St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-03-29
M nEAN Foes.
Insurgents put up Vigorous right-Amel'-
can Soldiers steadily advancing-Now with'h
the insurgent capital.

the insurgent capital.
Manila, March 81. The United
States troops, under Brig. Gen. Lloyd
Wheaton, captured the town OF Ma
linta, beyond the Tuliahan river, yes.
terday, after sharp fight. Colonel
Harry c. Egbert, of the Twenty.secs'
ond regular infantry was killed.
Prince Loewenstein, formerly aide
de-camp on the staff Of Brig. Gen.
Miller at Iloilo, somehow got in
front OF the firing line and was shot
int he side. dying almost instantly.
A 6 erman, who accompanied him,
was wounded.
The American casulties yesterday
were much lighter than those of Sat
urday, the total losses thus far re-
ported since the engagement com
menced being as killed and 145
wounded.
General Wheaton entered Malinta,
which is a small collection of huts,
at 1 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The United States gunboat Helena,
and other gunboats have been shell.
ing Malabon, about mile north
west Of Caloocan, for several hours.
The insurgents made fierce resis-
tance to the American advance up
the railroad at Malinta. In addition
to the fatal wounding of Col. Egbert
several men of the Twenty-second in
fantry and several of the Oregon and
Kansas regiments were killed.
Evidently anticipating lombard
ment by the feet, 1000 rebels evacu.
ated Malabon Saturday night,
leaving few to burn the town.
General Wheaton's brigade, COM
posed Of the Second Oregon regiment
and the Twenty-second and Twenty
third infantry, stretched out along
the railroad from Caloocan to the
Tuliahan river, was powerless to pre-
vent the withdrawal, owing to the
natural obstacles and to the strong
opposition. A column of smoke at
daybreak was the first intimation
of the enemy's intentions, but Others
followed at various points, all soon
blending in dense balloon-shaped
cloud. The flames of the burning rice
mills and large buildings could be
plainly seen from Caloocan, despite
the strong sunlight.
BY II o'clock yesterday morning
the only building of Importance not
destroyed in the entire town was a
large stone church. but even at noon
fresh fires were started among the
native huts in the outskirts of Mala-
bon, although the general exodus
took place much earlier. Many of
the rebels sought refuge in the
suburbs Navotas and Casag, or were
driven inland by the shells of the
Helena, Caloa, Ningdapan and
Laguna De Bay.
In the meantime General Wheaton's
brigade held the railroad to the river,
but was unable either to repair the
bridge, which had been destroyed by
the enemy, or to advance, owing to
the opposition and the hills on the
other side.
The calculations of both General
Hale and General Harrison Gray
Otis, whose brigades constituted
General MacArthur's division, were
much interfered with by the charac-
ter of the country in front of both,
and the enemy was able to take ad-
vantage of this so that the opera.
tions against Novaliches and Polo
were delayed, though the right wing
of the division swung out, sweeping
the enemy in a northwesterly direc-
ton.
Manila, March 2s.-When the
American troops rested last night
after the three days battle, they
were in possession OF Marilao, which
is within about eight miles of Ma.
lolos, the insurgent capital.
The resistance of the rebels yester-
day was not quite SO desperate as
during Saturday and Sunday. They
seemed more inclined to fall back on
what they consider their only hope,
the intrenchments at Malolos.
Nevertheless, the advance made by
the troops yesterday was not per.
mitted without struggle. The in
surgents made some fierce rallies,
and in some cases they had to be
routed from the trenches at the point
of the bayonet.
The decree has gone forth from
Aguinaldo that if the rebels are com.
PEELED to abandon any of their cities
or towns they are to set the place on
fire before doing so. 1t was thus
big surprise to the Americans
yesterday to find the important
town OF Polo and a number of the
adjacent villages on fire. 1t had
been expected that some hard fight.
ing would have to be done before
, Polo was taken.
Probably the hardest fighting yes
terday was done by MacArthur's
division, which met a large body O
insurgents commanded by Aguinaldc
, in person. They made quite stanc
+ for some time, but were finally rout
ed with great slaughter. They left
nearly 100 dead on the field, anc
many prisoners and some small arms
were captured.
r Our casualties in yesterdays fight
: ing are estimated at from 70 to 80
The number of dead is much smalle,