The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-10

| pOrtant Town or Angeles Which Is to
be Taken for the Northern Base of
Operations Report of General Otis1
Filipino losses Very Heavy.
Manila, Aug. 9.-7:10 p m.-Details of
the movement forward of General Mac
! Arthurs troops yesterday show that the
Americans advanced five miles In the
| first five hours, and at 2 o'clock had
advanced six miles along the railway
| stretching on each side OF it for two
miles, and resting at night three miles
| from Angeles, which will be made the
| northern bases Of operations, instead of
| San Fernando, where garrison of 600
men has been left. The casualties in
the battle with the Filipino forces are
between thirty and forty.
The Filipinos were surprised expect
ing the American forces to move against
Tico. They followed their usual tactics
of holding their trenches until they be-
came TOO warm and then retreating in
disorder. They are now falling back
westward toward Porto.
The Twelfth and Seventeenth regi-
ments had the sharpest engagements.
The country our troops passed over is
covered with rice fields and bamboo
thickets, the hardest possible ground for
marching The mud in places was knee
deep Angeles is one of the richest towns
north of Manila and is considered to be
better base Of operations than San
Fernando.
The Americans position had long
been unpleasant. The rebels almost sur
rounded the town, and fired nearly
nightly into it, the Americans not re-
plying except on extra provocation. 1t
was necessary to keep five or elk hum
dred men on outpost duty constantly.
The attack was opened at O'clock In
the morning, battery of the First ar
tillery Smelling Bacolor. on the left. Sim
ultaneousy Bells Thirty-sixth infantry
struck Bacolor from the rear and drove
the rebels out. Armored cars, each with
a six FOUNDER and two gattling revolv-
ing cannon on board, then moved out on
the railroad track, in the center of our
lines. Soon afterwards these guns did
sharp execution.
Battery K of the Third artillery and
hundred men Of the Iowa regiment made
body of troops, consisting Of the Iowa
regiment, the Seventeenth regiment and
battalion of the Twenty-second, under
General Wheaton, on the right, and
General Liscum, on the left, advanced
steadily, pouring their fire into the reb-
els and receiving a heavy fire in return.
The rebels were well protected by the
trenches and seemed not to lack ammu-
milton. They were unable to withstand
for any length Of time the hail of shots
our artillery and infantry poured in on
them and retreated leaving dead and
wounded on the field. A dozen prison.
ers We're captured by our troops.
The reports indicate that the Ninth
infantry suffered the most, though the
casualties of all the regiments are not
yet reported.
The weather Is extremely hot and our
troops suffered greatly, but there was
no faltering.
A company of the Sixteenth regiment
went to the relief Of Bells regiment this
afternoon.
The reports from rebel sources say 1859
Filipinos We're killed in General Halls
engagement at Calamba and in the sub
sequent skirmishes. The American loss
in the fighting about San Ferr ando at 3
O'clock was known to be eight men kill
ed and tWenty-sx wounded. The loss
may possibly exceed these figures as
the line is five miles long and it is i'm
possible, at this hour to hear from |
every point. Our troops are now about
Angeles, waiting for the artillery, which |
has the greatest difficulty in moving ow-
ing to the wet ground.