Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-03-30
IN THE JUNGLE.
American Troops Decimate the Ranks o
the Insurgents.

American Troops Decimate tho Ranks o
the Insurgents.
MANILA, March 27.-Noon.-The
movement of the American troops Sat-
urday swept the insurgents back to-
ward Malabon. General Harrison G.
Otis brigade is in front of La Iona,
where there is a stretch of a mile Ct
rough, open country. The insurgent
trenches in the edge of the woods are
four feet deep, and furnish a good head
cover. The American troops advanced
on the double-quick, yelling fiercely
and occasionally dropping in the grass
and firing by volley.
The natives stood until the Ameri-
cans were within 200 yards of their
position and then broke and ran for
the woods About thirty of them were
killed in the outskirts and seventy on
the roads.
The Montana and Kansas troops met
the hottest resistance in a strip from
which the rebels have greatly worried
Ninety minutes after the start-at
o'clock-the whole front for a dis
lance of three miles to the north had
been cleared. General Hale's brigade
had simultaneously swept in a north
westerly direction, routing the enemy
and burning the town of San Francis
co Delmonte and a number of other
scattered huts.
General McArthur's division, con-
sisting of the brigades of General Har-
rison Otis, General Hale and General
Hall, supplemented by General Whea-
tons brigade, advanced at daylight
and cut the enemy's forces in two.
They captured the town of Novaliches
on the left, and San Francisco Del
monte and Mariquina on the right
clearing, the rebel trenches in front CT
the line north from the river to Cal
ocean. They also secured possession
of the railroad, practically concerning
the flower of Aguinaldo's army at NAL
abon and in the foothills at Singalon,
twenty miles apart.
The troops engaged were the Third
artilley, as infantry. the Montana,
Kansas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Wy
oming, Colorado, South Dakota, Min
nesota and Oregon volunteers, the
Third, Fourth, Seventeenth and Twen-
ty-second regulars, the Utah artillery
battalion and Twenty-third regulars.
Wheaton's brigade was placed in
the rear and General Harrison Gray
Otis and General Hale's. Under the
cover Of the darkness General Otis
and General Hale's brigades left their
trenches and advanced close up on the
enemys line without being detected
General Wheaton's and General Halla
brigades occupying the vacated posi-
tions.
At 4 o'clock the American troops
breakfasted and the Filipinos, motto
ing the camp fires, their buglers called
to arms.
At daylight General Otis and Gen.
eral Halls brigades advanced from
La Iona church straight through the
rebel lines, cutting the enemy's force
in two.
/ Upon this occasion the rebels adopt
ed the American tactics of holding
their fire until the attackers were
about 1000 yards distant. The rebel.
also fired lower than usual The
Americans fired volleys with terrific
effect and then rushed forward cheer
ing and carrying everything before
them.
Once through, General Macarthur S
division was swung to the left, driv-
ing the rebels away on all sides.
General Wheatons brigade, in ac.
cordance with instructions, remained
in the trenches. Before joining in the
movement at noon. General Wheat.
on's troops developed strong oppo.
sition between Malabon and the river
Tuliahan.
The brigades commanded by Gen.
eral Harrison Gray Otis and General
Hale advanced on Novaliches and
Polo, strongly entrenched towns
In the meantime, General Halls
brigade swept the country clear to the
waterworks and foothills and Singa-
Ion, capturing San Francisco Del
monte and Mariquina.
Late in the afternoon the Montana
regiment and Third artillery had
crossed the Talighan river, going II
northwestrly direction towards Polo
and General Macarthur, when the re.
mainder of General Otis and General
Halls brigades, was moving alcrg
south of the river in position to at
tack either Navoliches or Polo, being
within two miles of Navoliches and
five miles from Polo.
General Halls brigade moved to
banlac, protecting General Hale
right, meeting with strong opposition
The Oregon regiment and part of he
Utah battery under Lieutenant Gibbs
held the extreme left.
The entertainments nearest to Nal.
abon suffered the most severe attacks,
including cross fire from the insur-
gents massed at Malabon.
The Montana regiment near BALM
tanao came up on a blockhouse dis
guised as leper hospital, across tie
river, after marching through the jun.
gle. Four men were, killed and sew
enteen wounded. General Macarthur s
artillery was hampered by the thick
ness of the jungle. General Macarthur
and General Hale and their staff were
frequently under a CALLING fire. and
upon one occasion all of the officers
excepting the generals dismounre.J
being overcome by the heat. There
were many prOStrationS during thf