The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-18
Was Captured and is Now Held as
Official Interpreter.
INSURGENTS ARE IN TROUBLE
Are Hemmed in and Their Condition is
Rapidly Growing Desperately
American Casualties Are
Relatively Small

Kania May 17-General Lawton'S adj
vance guard under Colonel Summers. of the
Oregon troops, took San Isidro, the insur-
gent capital, at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
The expedition under Major Kebee, of the
Third artillery, consisting of the Seven
teenth Infantry a battalion of the Ninth
and one of the First artillery, left Calumpit
at daybreak today, marking up the Rio
Grande to General Lawton's division at
Arayal.
I A fiotllla of cascoes were conveyed by the
"tin clad" army gunboats under Captain
Grant
Agunaldo's ex-secretary, Escamimo, who
wins arrested here on February 23 is now
employed as official interpreter by the au-
thorities.
Colonel Summers command, consisting of
the Twenty-second infantry on the left the
Minnesota regiment in the center and the
Oregon and North Dakota regiments on the
right, preceded by scouts and accompanied
by Scott's battery of artillery advanced
from Baluarte at daylight. The troops first
encountered the enemy two miles from San
Isidro, the rebels retiring when our ar
tillery opened fire.
Just outside the town rebel force, esti-
mated to number 1000 men was encoun-
tered. 1t made a slight resistance, but
quilted it's position when our troops also
turned its right flank.
The enemy's loss was fifteen men killed
and twenty wounded. Our troops also cap
tured three prisoners and many rifles.
On the American side, one soldier of the
Oregon regiment and one from the Idaho
regiment were slightly wounded.
After capturing the town, Colonel Sum-
mers' troops continued their advance, pur-
suing the retreating rebels for several miles.
Coming Inside American Lines
Although the rebels still threaten San
Fernando in considerable force, large num-
bers of natives, a majority of them being
families with their household goods, are
returning daily to the town inside the
American lines at Apalite especially.
Many of the richer Filipinos are coming
to Manila and laborers are resuming work
in the rice fields> The latter show their
respect for American sovereignty by re-
moving their hats to the passing trains.
Owing to the bad condition of the wagon
roads, the work of repairing the railroad
is being actively pushed. All the broken
bridges have been trested and only few
excavations remain to be filled up.
Trains will undoubtedly be running
through to San Fernando in a few days.
The only natives there are some Filipinos
from Macabee, who are trading with our
soldiers.
At daylight today Lieutenant Hill, who
with twenty-five men from the Fourth
infantry, was concealed near the trenches
near Pasig, was attacked by force of reb-
els, who evidently imagined they could cap
ture one of our outposts because only a
few shots had been fired by the American
force. A few volleys put the enemy to
flight, the rebels losing five men killed and
a number wounded.
The army gunboat Napakin has returned
here from the lake, having been disabled
by a cannon shot from a rebel position
near Santa Cruz, which broke her rudder
post.
Civilians Delivered to Friends
Messrs Carrick and Holmes, the Ameri-
can and Canadian civilians captured at the
Calumpit rice mill, have been released by
the rebel General Luna, who saw them
through his lines with several English
men, who received forty-elght hours no.
tice to leave rebel territory.
The United States cruiser Charleston
has arrived here from Hong Kong. She
ztouchcd at Aparari communicating with