The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-25
Filipino Insurgents Oppose Ev>
cry Advance.
DEFEAT DOES NOT DlSMAY.
Come Back for Fresh Effort with Much
sp~irit-sesrcitv of Food Among the
Rebels Increasing and A~guinaldo
Losing His Hoid-Censor-
chip Complained OF.

The Filipino rebels appear TO main
tain much more of the fighting spirit
than might be expected after their
San Fernando experiences and General
Lawton's drubbing in the south.
After giving up San Fernando with
n feeble struggle they entire nched
themselves at Angeles, working for
several days and impressing non-com-
batants into the work, thus saving the
armed men for the fighting. They en-
gagged Lieutenant Colonel Smiths reg
iment and the artillery warmly for
-four hours, making one of the most
stubborn ~rcsistances of the campaign.
But the Americans are indebted 20 the
usual poor Workmanship Of the Fill
ipiDos, as well as their own strategy,
for their small loss.
After the San Fernando engagement
the rebels attempted TO deter the
Americans from a further advance
northward by menaci ng the railroad
communications. Several hundred of
General Pho Del Pillars men crossed
the Rio Grande between the American
outpost towns and threatened Baliuag.
Quingua and other places with small
American garrisons, while during Sun
day and Monday nights smaller bands
tried to tear up the railroad tracks at
several points between Bigan and Ma
Ioios. Reinforcements of American
troops, however, were sent along the
railroad from Manila Il san Fernando.
while the forces at Baliuag and Quin.
qua sailed out against General Pho Del
Pilar's men aud the rebels were easily
driven away.
In brushes between these Filipinos
and the Americans during three days
the Americans lost several men, aud
the Fihpinos' loss was heavy.
The typhoon hat has been raging
o the past two days has kept the
United states transports Zealandia and
Valencia, with the Montana troops on
board, In the harbor. The United
states cable ship Hooker, which
grounded In the north channel of the
Corregidor islands, about n fortnight
ago, will probably be knocked to
pieces. A hundred miles of cable and
$4,000 worth Of instruments are on
board the steamer. Fifty miles of
cable have already been thrown over
board. The Hooker is grinding TO
pieces on the rocks.
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food Is in.
creasing, and that the rebel command
ers at Aparri and other points refuse
TO obey Aguinaldo's order in regard To
closing the ports held by the rebels
against American ships and say that
any ship bringing stores will be well
coined. Several ships from Manila are
at such ports.
Hundreds OF people come into Ma
Mia daily and return to the rebel lines
with food and other commodities. The
guards stationed along the road re-
ported that 5000 persons passed
through the lines in three DAYS. and
that forty-five tons of rice were car
ried out In small parcels on the same
road in ten days. Much of this subse.
quently goes to aid the rebels, but the
authorities permit this traffic from
motives OF charity towards the women
and children, who are undoubtedly
suffering.
In the province OF Cavite, where II
was supposed the rebels had beer scat.
tered and demoralized beyond recuper.
alton, they have assembled an arm OF
several thousand men, distributed
among the important towns from the
lake TO the bay.