The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-07
American Army Has Entered the
Filipino Capital.
TAKEN AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE
A Large Number of Americans Killed or
Wounded-Fight Lasted Two and
One Half Hours - Insurgents
Fired the City as they Evacu-
ated 1t and Are Now In
Full Retreat North.

MANILA April Major General
Macarthur entered Malolos, the seat
of the so-called insurgent government,
at half past this friday morning,
the rebels burning the city and stimuli
taneously evacuating it. They are
now in full retreat toward the North
where Aguinaldo and the cabinet have
been for two days.
The army rested last night in the
Jungle about mile and quarter
from Malolos The days advance be-
gan at 2 o'clock and covered distance
of about two and half miles beyond
the Guiginto river, along the railroad.
The brunt of the battle was on the
right of the track, where the enemy
was apparently concentrated.
The First Nebraska, First South
Dakota and Tenth Pennsylvania regi-
ments encountered them entrenched
on the border of the woods, and the
Americans, advancing across the open,
suffered a terrible fire for half an
hour. Four men of the Nebraska reg
iment were killed and thirty were
wounded Several men of the Dakota
regiment were wounded and one of
the Pennsylvanians was killed.
The Americans finally drove the
Filipinos back. Although there were
three lines of strong entertainments
along the track, the enemy made
scarcely any defense there. General
Macarthur and his staff were walking
on the track abreast of the line, with
everything quiet, when suddenly they
received shower of bullets from
sharpshooters in trees and on house
tops, but they were speedily dislodged.
The enemy's loss was apparently
small, the jungle affording them such
protection that the Americans were
unable to see Them and in firing were
guided only by the sound of the Fill
pino shots. The American artillery
was handicapped for the same reason.
Last nights long line of camp fires
made beautiful sight, with the
Twentieth Kansas regiment on the
left of Guiguinto station and the Penn
sylvania regiment on the right, beyond
the river.
The provision train was delayed by
broken bridges but the stores of grain
and focks of ducks in the locality
furnished ample forage
The hospital work is remarkably eff
fcient, as it has been throughout the
whole campaign. The telegraphers
kept abreast of the line and maintai n
a constant connection with the city.
WASHINGTON, April 1t is said
at the war department that General
Otis will not make a campaign during
the rainy season, nor is it believed that
he will at present chase the Filipinos
into the mountain Businesses of Lu-
zon. The officials consider it evident
that the fight that was in Aguinaldo
has been whipped out of him, and it is
believed he cannot hold the Filipino
army together much longer If GEN
eral Otis advises, the war department
will approve cessation of active hos
tilities or further forward movement
when little can be accomplished save
CHASING ChS iplHoS WlIHOuI ueuulIe
results.
A short rest will determine whether
the Filipinos intend to keep up
guerrilla warfare. If they do a plan
is already maturing to meet any such
condition. Natives will be employed
to fight the guerrillas, and as the gov
eminent can give them better pay and
afford them greater protection
than Aguinaldo, there is no doubt
about the ability to employ natives in
this way. If there must be guerrilla
fighting during the rainy season,
which will soon be upon the Philip
pines, the United States will not sac
rifice its troops in such warfare.