Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11
It WAS BRILLIANT
Landing American Troops
at San Fabian.
RUSH THROUGH SURF
GuntoatS Shelled the Shore For Some
Time and Then the Troops Cay
tured the TOWn-Mary Filipino
Officers Among the Captured.

Manila Nov. 10, $50 .. m.-The land
ing Of the American troop at San Fa-
bian Tuesday vas the most spectacular
affair of it's kind since General Skaters
Decentralization at DaiQuiri. The CO.
operation of the troops and the navy
was complete. The gunboats main
tanned a terrific bo1nbardment for an
hour, While the troops rushed waist deep
through the surf, under a heavy but
badly aimed rife fire from the insur-
gents trenches and charged right and
left. pouring volley after volley at the
fleeing rebels. Forty Filipinos We're cap
'tured, mostly non-commissioned Off
GERS. Several insurgent dead and five
wounded were found in a building which
had suffered from the bombardment.
The town was we'll fortified. The
sand dunes We're riveted with bamboo
20 feet thick, which afforded a fine cover.
When the transports arrived in the gulf
they found the %gunboats Princeton, Ben
nington and others waiting. After a
consultation with General Wheaton,,
Commander Knox of the Princeton and
Commander Sheridan of the Bennington,
! anchored in the shadows two miles off
shore. The %gLnboats formed a line in
side, the Helena, Callao and Manila
close in-shore.
With the first of the bombardment,
the small boats We're filled rapidly, with
out confusion, by Major Cronite's bat
TALON of the Thirteenth infantry. While
the lines of boats moved shoreward the
gunboats poured the full force of their
batteries into the trenches, soon forcing
the insurgents to flee through the bur-
rows dug back of the trenches. About
200 men held their places until the keels
of the boats grated on the shore, when
their Mauser bullets commenced to sing
overhead. The battalions formed in good
order, Captain Buck With Pierce's n
Patton'S companies, pursued the insur-
gents on the left into the bamboo thick
! cts. On the right was a frail foot
bridge across the river, leading 10 the
TOWN, General Wheaton,, personally COM
manding, ordered a charge across the
bridge and Captain Rowland of his staff,
led Colemans and hiliot'S companies OF
the Thirteenth and Shields company of
the TWenty-third, who behaved splen-
diGly under their first fire, into the town,
Which was found to De nearly deserted,
except by the aged and some Spaniards,
who had hidden in the buffalo Wallows
and who cam shouting delightedly to-
ward the Americans.
Two companies of the Thirty-third had
a skirI1ish along the Dagupan road with
the retreating Filipinos. Major Shields
of the staff, with his command, cap
tured several Insurgents. The troops
camped in the rain during the night and
in the morning General Wheaton estab-
lishea his headquarters in a church,
quartered his men in the houses and sent
the captured Filipinos beyond the out
posts, With orders not to return. The
inhabitants describe all the roads as
practically impossible and say they be-
lieve Aguinaldo has secreted a yacht in
the river Longapo, near Sublg, for use
in his flight when he finds his capture is
inevitable.
Wednesday was devoted to reconnoi-
sances, Major Logan went nortnWard to
San Thomas and burned the F'ilipinos'
barracks. Captain Bucks Thirteenth
went to San Jaointo and disposed OF
small bands. Marsh's Twenty-third
went toward Magadalen, on the Dagu-
pan road and had several sharp fights
With small parties. They killed eight
men, brought in 20 prisoners, and had
five men wounded. The Santo Tomas
road seems to be the only possible means
OF retreat for a large body north from
Iarlac and General Wheaton commands
it. The insurgents Of this section are
going to reinforce Tariac.
The battIeship Oregon has arrived here
from Hong Kong.
Captain Ci7enowith and Lieutenants
Davis, Van HON and Bradford, with
two companies OF the Seventeenth regi-
ment, accommodating northeast Of NADIA
laca. attacked and routed a battalion o,
insurgents, killing - of them. Three
Americans were. wounded.
General Wheaton, reports by the Ben
nington that when the landing was made
al san Fabian the insurgents encounter.
ed We're 500 recruits who We're on theil
way to Dasupan, where they expected
the expedition TO land. They re~treateG
to the mouEtains. TWenty-eight Span
ish prisoners were released.