Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-06-06
|somE!: . /: HARD FIGHTING / | DONE
Halls Division Has Two En-
'gagements Before Reach = j
Ing Their Position
Lost Four Men Killed and a
!: Dozen or More Wounded
4 In the Encounters.

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American troops indicates that they in
tend to attack the peninsula Of Morong,
the land projecting to the south into
Laguna do Bay, where the insurgents
are supposed to have large force, near
the town of Morong, as we'll as the bat
terry on the western shore Of the penin-
sula, which recently smashed the pro-
peller OF the gunboat Napidan. -.
General Hall is marching from Anti
polo, about six and half miles north
west Of Morong, toward the peninsula,
with his forces spread out to cover a
large section, V 80 - y .5 555s*
y Colonel Truman, with the First North
Dakota regiment and the Twelfth in
fantry, is advancing along the coast Of
the lake from Taytay, incidentally
clearing several small towns. Colonel
Wholley, with the First Washington
regiment, has landed on the peninsula
above the town Of Morong. The army
.gunboats. Rapidan, Covadonga and
Ceste are in . position to cooperate.
49, Il original PleA Not suessssfal x
!. The originalplan was to surroand the
forces Of General del Pillar % that he
must retreat to the Morong peninsula,
where capture would have been inevita-
ble.5 This was not q complete success
because General Halls column found
the. country full of handicaps I'd march
Ing. Most :of. General Pho del Pilar's
followers are supposed to have escaped
northward, probably reaching Bozobozo.
. stronghold in the 1nountains Colonel
WhoIfsy, having successfully completed
his share Of the movement, brought the
Washington regiment to the N Pasig
river where, about midnight, the men
embarked upon csscoes and started for
the island under the cover 81 the gun
boats. They encountered. 4 portion Of
the experience undergone by almost
every expedition on attemptingto enter
Laguna dc Bay as the boats went
aground In the shallows at the mouth
:of the river and were gdstainsd there
several hours. ;|5, ss4
N Major General Lawtt ton, IN !thensan-
time, was indefatigable, riding from
one force to the other and supervising
the landing Of the cascoes, without
sleep for two nights. 3ss- ssa55,.;
5s s., HAll's Division Kept Rusy. IL ".
General Halls column, in the move
ment on the Morong peninsulas com
pleted q circuit Of 20 miles over rough
and mountainous country, having two
engagements with the insurgents, one
Of them severe, and kept up with scat
tered bands Of insurgents for nearly "A
hours. The Filipinos were driven in
every direction and the country through
which General Hall passed was pretty
well cleared. At 10 o'clock Sunday
morning the column reached point q
few miles from Taytay, where General
Hall was met by General Lawton, who
had already entered the town and found
it deserted. @ -. -, 8sS%$
General Halls objective point was
Antipolo, 10 miles off, and there was
desultory firing all along the line of
march. The gunboats could be heard
shelling the hills in advance Of the
column. j. - ...Gsdsi.E ~ .5E4 .5s
The column, after driving the rebels
from the foothills near Maria Chino
about noon with loss Of but two OF
three slightly wounded, proceeded with
all possible haste toward Laguna de
Bay, the Fourth cavalry in the lead, the
Oregon regiment next and the Fourth
infantry last. 1' 4
~ second Rattle Of tho Day.
At s o'clock those three regiments
fought their second battle OF the day
and it resulted like the first in the COM
plete rout of a large Filipino force 10
Gated in the mountains and having
every advantage Of position. In this
tight the American losses wore ivur
killed, three of tho Fourth cavalry and
one Oregonian and about 15 wounded.
The Filipino loss could not be ascer-
tanned, but the terrific fire which the
Americans poured into them for half an
hour must have inflicted severe punish.
ment. 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.
It was the intention to press On to
Antipolo at once, but this was found
impossible owing to the two fights and
the constant marching for more than II
hours with nothing to eat since morn.
ing and no supply train in sight. The
troops suffered from the intense heat,