Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-28
PRESSING ON.
The Battle Has Now Been
Raging for Over II Hours.
Our Losses, Sunday and Monday Were
e Killed and 2|2 Wounded.
AguinaIdo in Command But NativesAre
Still Being Driven Back.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR TROOPS.

| Washington, March 27-The third
day Of the fighting north of Manila
no battle of a decisive character from
| which war department officials could
| judge what the final outcome of this
| movement would be. In all official
| quarters the most intense interest pre-
vailed, today, but there was no ex-
| element and none of that anxiety and
! tension shown during the memorial BILE
days of last summer when the decisive
| blows We're being struck at Santiago.
Early in the day, Gen. Otis cabled
the war department a brief but com
| prehensive dispatch summing up the
| situation. 1t disclosed that severe
| fighting was going on, today, with our
| forces advanced 50 far north as Mari
10 while the insurgents under the COM
mand of Aguinaldo were being driven
back with considerable slaughter.
This and the press dispatches satis-
| fed the officials that the strategetic
movement of entrapping the insurgents
between our lines had not proved as
successful as designed and that the
| move has now shifted to retreat by
| Aguinaldo's forces and pursuit by
|
| toward Malolos was slow and dogged
| and advantage was taken OF one aIter
another of our lines of entertainments;
the burning of bridges and the inter
| ruptinG of communications.
| Gen. Otis dispatch, although not re-
ceived early today. was sent, Monday
evening, Manila time. and summed up
the work of the three days. That the
| Gol. yrnspnl intn ha fourth
day was shown by his closing sentence:
The column will press on in the morn
ing" This refers to Tuesday.
The engagement has now shaped it
self so that it is looked upon as more
of a chase than the execution of
strategic movement. With the Ameri-
can base advanced to Mariloa. and the
insurgent base forced back to Malolos.
| the main bodies of the two opposing
forces are about 10 of II miles apart.
| This could be quickly covered in
forced march under fair conditions. but
| it is l. miles OF lnnunefaDle ulIlcul-
ties and obstacles which our troops
must cover before they reach the in
surgent stronghold. 1t is expected
that the engineers with Macarthur are
! hastily repairing the burned briggs.
-
taken forward as Well as the infantry
columns.
| 1t is expected that every mile of the
distance to Malolos will be contested
| by the insurgents, for Gen. Otis re-
ports that it is a stretch of country
| covered with the entertainments
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