The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-28
COLONEL FUNSTON.

IT. COLONEL FUNSTON.
Macarthur deemed it best to withdraw
the tired fighters and go into camp for
a nights rest before making the final
assault.
The largest buildings in Calumpit
were being fired by the Filipinos while
the Americans were crossing the river,
fully a mile away. indicating the
enemy's intention to abandon the place.
The insurgents seem to have adopted
settled policy Of retiring from one
position after another, after inflicting
the greatest possible damage upon the
advancing army. The forces yesterday
were we'll drilled. Every foot of the
ground was tenaciously disputed by the
Flpinos, who stood remarkably firm
even before artillery.
Planned to Wreck Train.
The enemy had planned to wreck our
transport train. This attempt was a
failure, but span of railway bridge
over the river was destroyed, hamper
ing the American transportation for
some time. The Filipinos cut the grid
ers, intending to have the structure fall
with the train. but it collapsed prema-
turely of it's own weight.
The Bagbag river, which is about a
hundred yards wide at that point, was
splendidly fortified, and the Americans
were compelled to approach the open
space from which the rebels had cleared
every obstacle to sight. The bank of
the river, a high bluff, was surmounted
with trenches, capped with rocks, loop
holed and partly hidden by bushes.
General Wheaton's brigade APP
preached the river along the railroad,
leaving camp beyond Malolos city.
General Hale's brigade was earlier on
the march, going westward toward the
rear. The armored transport was being
pushed by Cinnamon, the Twentieth
Kansas regiment advancing in an ex-
tended order on the left and the First
Montana on the right with the Utah
light artillery ON the right. The rapid
firing guns on the train opened the ball
at 1870 Il. M, about q mile from the
river, their popping alternating con-
tinuously with the boom of the six
Founders.
Gallant Charge of Kansans.
The Montana regiment and the Utah
artillery batteries at the same time en-
tered the jungle, from which the in
surgents, who were occupying large,
struggling village of huts, poured heavy
volieys In the course of an hour the
Americans had forced a passage through
the woods to the open space in front of
the river and the artillery Immediately
ON wheeling into the open began asell-
ing the Filipino trenches. In the mean
time the Twentieth Kansas, led b. Cap
tain Beltwood, performed one OF tie
most brilliant achievements of the cam
paign. The regiment was being held
in reserve, and company Z charged a
distance of a quarter of mile over a
Cornfield to the bank of the river, near
the bridge, where the insurgents from
trench were peppering the armored
train, then about 200 yards back down
the track. The company found shelte,
in ditch.
Colonel Frederick Funston called fol
volunteers to cross the river, and the
colonel himself, Lieutenant Ball. Cor
poral Ferguson and two privates
crawled along the iron Orders.
While this was going on the men Of
company Z from the ditch were fusil
lading the trenches in the endeavor tt
divert attention, but the Filipinos go
the range from q trench down the river