The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05

I CONdQOnSa ana COSle are III a pOSlIlOu
to cooperate.
The original plan was tc surround the
! forces of General Pho del Pillar so that
/ he must retreat to the MorOng PENN
sula, where capture would have been
/ inevitable. This was not u complete
/ success, because General Halls column
found the country full of handiCaps to
marching. There were several streams
/ to be bridged or forded and troops fire.
4 quently foundered through morasses,
waist deep in mud. an experience which,
under the terrific sun, exhausted the
! Americans quite beyond endurance
( Most of General Pho del Pillars follow
ers are supposed to have escaped north
ward, probably reaching BosObosC, a
stronghold in the mountains.
Colonel WhoIley has completed his
share OF thesmJvement and brought the
Washington Regiment to the River
Pasig, where last night about midnight
the men embarked upon cascoes and
started for their destination under con-
voY of the gunboats.
They encountered a repetition of the
experience undergone by almost every
expedition in attempting to enter La
guna de Bal, as the boats went aground
in the shadows at the mouth of the
river and were detained there several
hours.
Major General Lawton in the mean
time was interchangeable, riding from one
force to the other, and supervising the
loading of the cascoes, without sleep for
two nights.
General Halls column, which assem-
bled at the water works, or pumping
station late Friday night, under cover
of a moonless sky, consists of the Sec
ond Oregon Volunteers, who marched
to the point of rendezvous from the city
barracks, a battalion of the Second
Wyoming Regiment, four troops of the
Fourth Cavalry-one mounted on the
big American horses which so i'm
pressed the natives, the others un-
mounted-two battalicns of the Fourth
Infantry, one battalion of the Ninth
Infantry and six companies of the First
Colorado Regiment, and two mountain
guns The men rolled themselves in
their blankets and lay upon the wet
grass for few hours under a drizzzling
rain.
At o'clock yesterday morning they
began to cross the San Mateo River
and about noon easily repulsed a large
band of F'ilipinos about twelve miles
east of Manila, between Mariquina and
Antipolo
The Oregon Regiment the cavalry,
the artillery and the Fourth Infantry
accomplished this task, driving the in
surgents from the hills, the other
troops being held in reserve, but after
ward joining the main column in the
pursuit toward the sea.
A running fight was in progress all
the afternoon Filipino outpost first
attacked a few American scouts where
upon the Fourth Cavalry formed long
skirmish line and easily drove the in
sIrgents from the hills. Then the Ore
gon Regiment moved across a wet,
soggy rice field in extended order
toward the hills, where it was believed
a large force of the enemy had concen-
trated When the Oregonians were
within about a mile of the position the
Filipinos opened heavy fire, the amer
leans replying and pressing forward
more rapidly.
After a few volleyS the insurgents
were seen scattering over the crest of
the hills in every direction, and their
panic was increased when the artillery
opened upon them and the shells began
to explode all around them, undoubted-
ly causing great loss of life. The bonn
bardment by the batteries and the mus
kerry was maintained for nearly half
an hour, after which not Filipino
could be seen on the hills and not shot
came from the position.
The heat was intense and the troops
suffered greatly, but they continued on
the trail taken by the fleeing enemy in
the hope of driving them toward the
lake.
Colonel Wholley, with two battalions
of the First Washington, battalion
of the Twelfth Infantry, two guns of
Scott's battery and a party of scouts
under Major Jeiselberger, left San Pc
dro Macati yesterday morning, and aft
er fording the River Pasig, advanced
northeast upon Cainta, while General
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