The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
INSURGENTS
HARASS THE
AMERICANS
Four Hours Combat in the
Intrenchments at
Angeles.
NEWS WAS CENSORED
General Otis Prevented the Sending
of Detailed Accounts Of the
Fighting.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

n r ANILA, Aug. 10, via Hongkong
II II Aug. 22-The Filipino rebels
lNI appear to retain much more OF
IVl a fighting spirit than might be
expected after their recent San
Fernando experiences and General
Lawtons drubbings in the south. After
giving up San Fernando with a feeble
struggle they intrenched themselves at
Angeles, working for several days and
impressing non-combatants into the
work, thus saving the armed men for
the fighting. They engaged Lieutenant
Colonel Smiths regiment and the artil-
lery warmly for four hours. making one
of the most stubborn resistances of the
campaign. But the Americans are in
debted to the usual poor craftsmanship
of the Filipinos, as well as their own
strategy, for their small losses.
In the province of Cavite, where it
was supposed the rebels had been scat
tered and demoralized beyond recuper-
alton, they have assembled an army of
several thousand men, distributed
among the important towns from the
lake to the bay.
After the San Fernando engagement
leans from a further advance north
ward by menacing the railroad commu-
nications. Several hundred of General
Pho del Pillars men crossed the Rio
Grande between the American outpost
towns and threatened Baluig, Quingui
and other places with small American
garrisons, while during Sunday and
Monday nights smaller bands tried to
tear up the railroad tracks at several
points between Bigam and Maiolos.
Reinforcements of American troops.
however. were sent along the railroad
from Manila to San Fernando, while
the forces at Baluig and Quingui sal
lied out against General Pho del Pillars
men and the rebels were easily driven
away.
In brushes between the Filipinos and
the Americans during three days the
Americans lost several men, while the
Filipinos loss was heavy.
OF these operations the Associated
Press correspondents We're permitted
only to send an inadequate dispatch.
dictated verbatim by Major General
Otis The censor writes Stereotyped Of
fetal phrases and adjectives into the
dispatches, tending to magnify the
American operations and to minimize
the opposition. General Otis says the
newspapers are not public institutions
respondents are only here on suffer-
ance.
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food is In
creasing, and that the rebel COM
manders at Aparty and other points
refused to obey Aguinaldo's orders In
regard to closing the ports held by the
rebels against American ships, and say
that any skip bringing stores will be
welcomed. Several ships from Manila
are now at these ports.
Hundreds of people come into Manila
daily and return to the rebel lines with
food and other commodities. The
guards stationed along the road re-
ported that 5000 persons passed
that forty-five tons of rice were car
ried out in small parcels on the same
road in ten days. Much of this un-
doubtedly goes to aid the rebels, but
the authorities permit this traffic for
motives OF charity toward the women
and children, who are undoubtedly
suffering.
General Macarthur is establishing
municipal governments in the villages
north of Manial. The Mayor of Ba-
luig, the first town where General
Lawton established the same rule, who
was supposed to be one of the most
friendly and trustworthy of the ma
tives. has been placed in Jail, charged
with arranging with the rebels for an
attack on the town.
The American troops have been with
drawn from all that part of the coun-
try which was half cleared of rebels in
the expedition of the Americans in
June last The rebels have returned 20
San Mateo, which was abandoned for
the third time after it's recent capture.
1t is alleged that more than half the
a. =,
fight at Angeles was defective and
failed to explode.