The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-28
COL. FUNSTONSACTR REPEATED.
United States Officers Swim a
River in the Face of Insur.
gents Deadly Fire.
SPANISHPRISONERSR RSRELEASED.
In Captivity Over a They
Embrace the American
Soldiers Hysterieally.

MANILA, July n, 7,4O p. MAN ex-
pedltIon Of troops from San Pedro Ma
cati, Pasig and Morong, under BrigadIer
General r. H. Hail yesterday captured
Calamba, an important trading town
on the south shore OF Laguna de Bay.
There was two hours OF sharp fighting
during which four soldiers were killed
and twelve wounded. The trenches
commanding the harbor were under
water, but the swamplness of the land
made the work harder. The troops
boarded cascoes Tuesday night. The
force comprised 400 Of the Washington
volunteers, 45O Of the Twenty-first in
fantry, $50 Of the Fourth cavalry. and
two guns OF the First artillery. These
and the gunboats NapIdan and Costo
assembled opposite Calamba Wednes-
day afternoon. Crowds of people in
carts and on foot were seen rushing to
the hills. Natives escaping from Ca
lumba in canoes said a hundred insur-
gents held the town.
Repeated FunstOn's Act.
A force under Captain McGrath, OF
the Twenty-nrst infantry, and Captain
Eltonherd landed east OF the town but
found river intervening. Captain Nc
Grath and Lieutenant Batson swan the
river under a FIRE from twenty. Mauser
rifles. Having crossed the stream, the
officers secured casco to ferry the
troops over. The insurgents retreated
through the town, shooting from houses
and bushes as they fed TO the hills.
Three members OF the Washington reg
iment waded from cascoes through
swamps, often shoulder, deep, while u
group of FllipInos concealed in hay
stacks were shooting at them, until the
Napldan focused he slx-pounders and
gatlIng guns on the stackE for a few
minutes. Most of the work was done
before the Washington volunteers could
reach the town.
The Filipinos left three dead. OF the
casualties on the American side, two of
the killed and three of the wounded,
wero members of the Fourth cavalry
and two killed and eight wounded be-
Ionged to the Twenty-tirst infantry.
There was much shooting at amigos
who emerged from the bushes with
white flags.
Spanish Prisoners HystericaI.
After the fight, a dozen men holding
up their hands and shouting "castIl-
lanos" met the American cavalry. Even
Spanish soldiers embraced the Ameri-
cans Historically. There were fifty
Spanish prisoners at calamba, OF
whom some were civil officials and some
were soldiers. They had been given the
choice Of Joining the Filipino army or
becoming servants to FilIpinos, and
chose the army, intending to surrender
at the first opportunity. Most Of the
civilians reached the American lines
during the fighting, but the insurgents
took others away with them In their re-
treat.
General Hall captured twelve FLIP
inos with guns Major Henry W. LAW
ton, Prof. Dean C. Worcester, Of the
American Philippine Commission; Mrs.
General Lawton and General Lawton's
son accompanied the expedition on
board a launch and sat coolly in an un-
protected boat close to the shore dur
ing the fighting, the bullets splashlng
about them.
Over a Years Captivity.
To-day General Hall brought to Ma
nIla the spaninrds whom the expedition
had released from captivity of more
than year.
Lieutenant Larsen, commanding the
Nnpldan, to-day found n long missing
Spanish gunboat which had been COW
cred with bushes and FISH nets so as not
TO resemble n vessel. The Fillplnos
having met relnforcements and think
ing that the Americans had evacuated
the town, descended from the hills to-
day intending TO rG-occupy Cnlambn.
General Hall easily drove them back.
General Hall Will leave n garrison nt
Calamba.
Calambn is town on Laguna de Bay
about thirty miles southeast OF MANILA.
1t Is much farther south than the
United States troops have yet penc-
trnted on lnnd. 1t Is in tho province
OF Laguna. It has population OF
1l.47G and is twenty-seven miles from
Santa Cruz on the eastern shore of the
bay. Its capture is not considered OF
nny stratcGIcal Importance. except ns
n part OF the plan to hRrrass md worry
the Insurgents.