Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-23
BATTLE IN JUNGLE
Fierce Fight with Filipino Insurgents
in Vicinity Of TaqQig.

towns in the vicinity of Pasig
combined forces and last night
as already attacked COM
pany of the Washington volun-
teers, detached post to Taguig,
about mile and half southeast
of Pssig.
General Wheaton immediately
reinforced the Americans with two|
companies each of the Washing
ton and the Oregon regiments
The post had held the enemy in
check and the fire of the reintorc-|
ing companies repulsed them,
driving them across to an islanu
formed by the estuary. They we're
thus in control of the Twenty-sec-
ond regulars.
On discovering that they were
entrapped, the rebels fought des-
perately, aided materially by the
jungle and the darkness, but they
were completely routed with heavy
loss after two hours fighting.
The Americans lost two killed
and twenty wounded, among the
latter Lieutenant Frank Jones.
General Wheaton determined to
punish the natives ard at day.
break today his brigade started in
the following order: The Sixth
artillery, holding the extreme
right; the Oregon volunteers,
heading the center: the ashing-
ton regiment keeping to the edge
of the lake and the Twenty-second
regulars occupying the right of
the line, which swept the whole
country along the lake, in south
easterly direction, toward General
Ovenshine's position.
The line thus extended over two
miles of country, which was rough
and covered with thick Jungle, adj
vanced eleven miles. The enemy
fed, the last of them being seen
about 4:30 o'clock this afternoon.
At scarcely any time did the
Americans get within 1000 ysrds
Of them.
TWO HUNDRED F1L1p1Nos KILLED.
The troops are returning to
Pasig tonight, exhausted by the
hard work under hot sun.
The Oregon regiment had one
man killed and four wounded and
the Twenty-secod regulars one
wounded. According to the official
reports no fewer than 200 Fill
pinos were killed.
General Otis says the American
army and gunboats now command
the lake. He estimates that prop
erty of the insurgents valued at
100000 has been destroyed, while
quantities of rice and sugar and
400 tons of coal, which is very
valuable here, have been captured.
Many prisoners represent that
the Filipino soldiers are weaken
ing. The generous treatment that
the Americans administer to the
native prisoners aud wounded
seems to influence the insurgent
army powerfully.
In the opinion of the Americans
however, the Filipino leaders will
continue to provoke fighting just
as long as they can retain their
hold upon their followers, because
they have everything to gain and
nothing to lose.
The enemy have twice as many
mon on their firing lines as they
have arms, and the fact that so
few arms are captured by the
Americans ia because the guns Of
the wounded Filipinos and many
of those who surrender are spirit.
ed away.
SHELLS THE TOWN OF MORENO.
The armed tugs Laguna de Bay
and Oeste have returned to San
Pedro Maceti and reported the re-
suit of their tour of the lake. On
Friday morning last they shelled
the town of Moreng, the rebels
fleeing without making any re-
spense to the fire. The Americans
landed party, which destroyed
q quantity of stores and all the
stone buildings except the church.
The expedition then proceeded