Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-09
REBELS Twice DEFEATED
General Halls Column Ad-
vanees to the Bay.
MADE A GALLANT CHARGE
Artipolo, Mountain Faslness, which
Cost Spain Many Lives, Fell With
nut a Shot-Gunboats Shell the Hills.

in the movement on the Morong penin-
sula. completed the circle of 20 miles
over a rough and mountainous country,
having two engagements with the in
sugents, one of them severe, and keep
ing up an almost constant fire against
scattered bands of rebels for nearly "a
hours, from 4 O'Clock Saturday morn
inp, when the column left the pumping
station.
The Filipinos were driven in every
direction, and the country through
which General Hall passed was pretty
thoroughly cleared up. AT 10 O'Clock
tbIs morning the column reached a
pont few miles from Taytay, where
General Hall was met by General Law
ton. who had already entered the town
and found it deserted. General Halls
objective point was Antipolo, 10 miles
off, and there was desultory firing all
along the line of march. The gum
boats could be heard shelling the hills
in advance of the column.
The column, after driving the rebels
from the foothills near Maria Chino,
about noon yesterday, with loss of
but two or three slightly wounded. pro-
ceeded with all possible haste toward
Laguna de Bay, the Fourth cavalry in
the lead, the Oregon regiment next,
and the Fourth infantry last. At 5
o'clock these regiments fought their
second battle Of the day, and it result
ed like the first-in the complete lout
of large Filipino force located in the
mountains and having every advantage
of position, In this fight the Ameri-
can loss was four killed, three of the
Fourth cavalry and one Oregonian, and
about Is wounded. The Filipino loss
could not be ascertained, but the ter
rife fire which the Americans poured
into them for half an hour must have
inflicted severe loss.
In this engagement our troops made
one of the most gallant charges of the
war, and the enemy was forced to flee
in the greatest disorder. 1t was the
intention to press on to Antipolo last
night, but this was found impossible
owing to the two fights and the con-
slant marching for more than 12 hours,
with nothing to eat since morning,
and no supply train in sight. The
troops, however, suffered from the in
tense heat, many being prostIated, and
all greatly exhausted.
The cavalry, the Oregonians and two
companies of the Fourth infantry had
just crossed a small creek about
o'clock yesterday afternoon and entered
upon sunken road, from which they
were emerging upon smalltvalley sur
rounded on all sides by high and heav-
lily wooded hills, when the rebels, con-
cealed in the mountains on three sides
OF the plain, opened a hot fire, and sent
showers of bullets into the ranks of the
Americans. The latter deployed i'm
medlately in three directions. Then
followed charge across the rice fields
and ditckes and up the hllsides, from
which the shots came all the time pour
ing in terrific hail, while the air re-
sounded with the constant rattle of
musketry.
General Halls advance was first mo-
mentarily halted after he had crossed
inc first range of hills to the east of
monte, town in the valley at the edge
OF the hills. The insurgents were
driven out of the town and it was
burned. The Second Oregon volun-
'eers pocketed the Filipinos on three
sides, and brisk fight ensued. Gen
eral summers threw battalion on each
hiil' and the Americans chased the
reoels for some distance. The Oregon
regiment lost three men killed and six
wounded. 1t is impossible, on account
U, the terrific fighting and the condition
VI VI 'he signal wires, to get particulars.
Not even the names have been sent to
0eheral Otis at this writing.
The Fourth cavalry, being in the
'front.', suffered severest loss when the
ATTACK opened. two of their killed be-
my MY sergeants and the other private.
Inc natives were unable to stand the
vigorous fire Of the Americans long,
".'u at the first sign of their wavering
sne cavalry, Oregonians and Fourth in
iah'ry men broke into wild cheers and
vn"fged still faster up the hillside,
pouring volley after volley. until the
enemy left the places where they were
partially concealed by the thicket, fled
Vver the summit in the widest con-
iusion and disappeared in the surround
.s ,hs valleys. After the fight was over,
i,e nring was continued by the Amer
Oahs 1or more than an hour in clearing
O,i Or' lne bush and driving away strag-
gllng Filipinos.
,;, Inc troops, after camping for the
n,l, nsn' on the battlefield, started at 5
olock this morning tor Antipolo,