Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-22
Aggressiveness of Filipino Rebels
Keeps Our Men Busy.
GAVE HARD FIGHT At ANGELES
Threatened the Railroad to Prevent
Troops Moving North.
THEY ARE SHORT OF FOOD

MANILA, August 10 (via Hong Kong.
August 22).-The Filipino rebels appear to
retain much more of a fighting spirit than
might be expected after their recent San
Fernando experiences ana General Law
ton drubbings in the south.
After giving up San Fernando with a
feeble struggle, they entreuched them
selves at Angeles. working for several
days and impressing non-combatants into
the work. thus saving the armed men for
the fighting. They engaged Lieutenant
Colonel Smiths regiment and the artillery
warmly for four hours. making one of the
most stubborn resistances of the campaign
But the Americans are indebted to the
usual poor workmanship Of the filipinos
as we'll as to their own strategy for their
small loss.
In the province of Cavite, where it was
supposed the rebels had been scattered and
dcmoralized beyond recuDeratiOn they
have assembled an army of several thou
sand men distributed among the important
tow ms from the lake to the bay.
After the San Fernando engagement the
rebels attempted to deter the Americans
from a further advance northward by
menaciHg the railroad communications.
Several hundred of General Pho del PilarS
Men crossed the Rio Grande, between the
American outpost towns, and threatened
EaHuag, Quingua and other places with
small American garrisons, while. during
Sunday and Monday nights, smaller bands
tried to tear up the railroad track at
eral points between Bigaa and Malolos.
Reinforcements Sent Out.
Reinforcements of American troops. how
ever, Were sent along The railroad from
Manila to Ssn Fernando. while the forces
at Baiuag and Qungua sailed out against
Gen. Pho del Pillars men, and the rebels
Were easily driven away.
In brushes between these Filipinos and
the Americans during three days the Amer
leans lost several men, while the Fflipinos'
loss was heavy.
OF these operations the Associated Press
correspondent was permitted to send only
an Inadequate dispatch. dictated verbatim
by Maj. Gen. Otis. The censor writes stere-
otyped official phrases and adjectiVeS into
the dispatches, tending to magnify the
American operations and to minimize the
olG'tsltlon- Gen. Otis says newspapers are
not public institutions, but private enter
prlSeS, and the correspondents are only
here on sufferance.
All reports from the rebel territory agree
that the scarcity of food is increasing and
that the rebel commanders at Aparri and
other points refuse to obey Aguinaldo's
order i'll regard to closing the ports held by
the rebels against American ships and say
that any ship bringing stores will be wei
&C med. Several ships from Manila are now
AT such ports.
hundreds of people come into Manila
daily and return to the rebel lines with food
and other commodities. The guards sta
TONED along one road reported that 5000
persons passed through the lines in three
days, and that forty-five tons Of rice were
carried out in small parcels. on the same
road. in ten days. Much of this undoubte ed
ly goes To aid the rebels, but the authOri-
ties permit this traffic from motives Of
charity toward the women and children,
who are undoubtedly suffering.
General Macarthur is establishing mu-
nicipal governments in the villages north
of Manila.
The mayor of Baliuag, the first town
where General I.awton established the
same rule, who was supposed to be one of
the most friendly and trustworthy of the
natives, has been placed in jail. charged
with arranging with the rebels for an at
tack the town
The American troops have been with
drawn from all that part of the country
which was half cleared of rebels in the ex-
IedltIon OF the Americans in June last
1he rebels have returned to San Mateo
winch was abandoned for the third time
after its recent capture.
1t is alleged that more than half the
howitzer ammunition used during the fight
al Angeles was defective and failed to ex-
plode.