The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-27
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vacated Malahon last night, leaving a
few to burn the town. General Wheat
On's brigade. composed of the I'd Ore
gon regiment and the 22d and 23d in
fantry. stretched out along the railroad
from CaloOCan to the Tuilahan river.
was poWerleSs to prevent the with
draWal, owing to the natural obstacles
and to the strong opposition coll
| umn of smoke Il daybreak was the first
intimation of the enemy's intention,
but others followed at various points,
all soon blending in a dense balloon
shaped cloud. The flames Of the burn
ing rice mills and large buildings could
be plainly seen from CalooCan despite
the strong sunlight.
BY II o'clock in the morning the
only building Of Importance not de-
strOyed in the center of the town was
a large stone church. but even at noon
fresh fires We're started among the na-
tive huts in the outskirts of Malahon,
although the general exodus took place
much earlier. Many of the rebels sought
refuge in the suburbs Navotas and
Casag, or were driven inland by the
shells of the Helena. Callao. Ningda-
pan and I.aguna de Bay
In the meantime General Wheaton's
brigade held the railroad to the river,
but was unable either to repair the
| bridge which had been destroyed by
| the enemy. or to advance. owing to the
| opposition and the hills on the other
! side.
| The calculations of both General Hale
| and General Harrison Gray OTIS. whose
| hrigades constituted General MacAr-
| thurs division. We're much interfered
| with by the character Of the country
| in front of both. and the enemy was
| able to take advantage Of this SO that
the operations against EOvaliches and
Poi" We're delayed, though the right
| wing of the division swung out. sweep-
| ing the enemy in a northwesterly di-
! reCtiUn.
| General WheatOn's headquarters last
| night were half of a mile south of
the river on the railroad, The oppo-
| site bank was protected yesterday by,
| block houses and entertainments. Oc-
| caSionaliy the artillery and infantry
| fired across the stream. Finally the
| engineers moved construction train
Up to the bridge. the iron framework
| Of which remained, and began to re-
| place the floor.
Taking of Malinta.
| While this was going on the I'd Ore
! 2on regiment 'rrOEsed the river on the
| left and the 22d on the right, with four
| companies of the 2Sd infantry sup
| porting the latter regiment. rising
! clear ground stretched away a dis
| tance Of half mile to Malnta. sir
| uated on its crest.
In front Of the village We're strong
| Filipino entrenchments but no Fill
| pinos were to be seen. Apparently they
! had fed. The 22d regiment approach-
| ed aiagonal1y, with General Wheaton
and his staff close behind and scouts
| closely observing the ground
! When the Americans We're Within
about 800 yards of the entrenchments
| The Filipinos suddenly Tolleyed heav-
| ily. The 22d. which was holding the
| "a Al t,yyt ,1rir
| the Oregons on the left and the Kan
sans on the right in the woods the
lighting was kept up for half an hour.
the 22d infantry advancing up the
slope through the thick grass, under.
| the hottest fire.
General Wheaton and staff were all
| the time under rain of bullets. Cot
| Cnel Egbert. who was in the thickest
e the fighting. was shot in the abdo-
men. He was placed on a stretcher
and an attempt was made to carry him
| to the cars, but he died on the way,
II Must Die"
It was a most affecting scene Gem
| eral Wheaton. barring his head, said:
You have done nnbly."
Colonel Egbert gasped in reply: "r
| must die: I am too old"
| No F'ilpinOs We're found in the
trenches.
Though apparently their force was
| much smaller than that of the Ameri-
cans, they had an immense advantage
in position and an opportunity to re-
| treat
General MacArthur's advance guard,
the Sd artillery and the Goth Kansas
| regiment. joined General Whea.on's
! brigade shortly after Mainta was
taken, approaching along the Naval
| iCheS road westerly.
The soldiers were much exhausted
a
from the heat, which was intense. The
| dead and wounded We're collected in the.
| shade of the trees and carried on
stretchers by Chinese across the river
| to the train.
After luncheon. General MacArthur's
division advanced toward Polo.
The I'd Oregon regiment encountered
a thousand Filipin0S west of Malinta,
who We're re;reatins from Maiabon.
The enemy had taken up a position be-
hind four rows of entertainments, but
was driven out after an hours heavy,
firing. One Or"gCrian was killed and
five were wounded.
The Sd artillery. acting as infantry,
with two guns Of the Utah artillery
and the karsans. had a sharp fight
east of Malinta. The Americans had
but slight losses Five Fiipinos were
found dead and several were taken
! prisoners
General MaCArthur's division is ad-
| Vancing upon Polo along the railroad.
| As the bridge is destroyed and the river.
cannot be furded the advance is tenn
| porarily checked tonight
In the fighting west of Malinta the
! OregOnianS captured Il Sna niard. but
he denied that he was taking part in
the battle.
The surgeons from the fleet and the
| British cruiser Powerful volunteered
| their assistance and were ndefatigable
! their n h,
The Helena and the army gunboats
shelled Nalabon and the country be-
yond, while the MnradnOck focused all
its batteries upon Paranuue for two