Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-13


ARAFAT HAS BEEN OCCUPIED.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. October H.
The war department to-day received
the following dispatch dated .Ianila,
October u:
'Sehwan's column is moving on Sa-
pang and Das Marinas to-day. where
opposition is expected; his artillery and
wagon transportation is returning to
Bacoor by way Of Rosario. A column
Of 500 men is marching from linus TO
support Schwan if necessary.
Young, in the north. has occupied
Arayat. and supplies are being moved
up the Rio Grande by easeoes TO that
point Lawton will command the col
umn when a full concentration is eff
feeted. Youngs loss to-day, one en-.
listed man, who was wounded yester
day The insurgents attacked the An
geles line, but were quickly repulsed.
Six enlisted men were slightly wound
ed
MANILA, October II. 6:l0 p. M
Gen. Young, with two battalions Of the
Twenty fourth infantry, nine troops Of
the Fourth cavalry and the scouts of
the Thirty-seventh infantry, left Santa
Ana at o'clock this morning and oc-
cupied Arayat at ?. after skirmish
lasting half an hour.
The enemy, estimated at 800 men, re-
treated toward Malagan. The swampy
character of the country prevented the
use of cavalry The men or the Twen-
ty-fourth charged the trenches. The
enemy set the town on fire and sue
ceeded in burning a small section. Five
dead and three wounded Filipinos were
left on the field. The Americans had
one man wounded.
Gen. Schwan's column Is now be-
tween Perez das Marinas and linus.
The roads are very heavy and there IL
no fighting yet.
MANILA. October 12.--i1:20 p. m.--
Gen. schwan's expedition having ac-
complished its object, the troops are all
returning to their former positig ng,
abandoning the towns taken.
Gen. Schawn IS en- route from Perez
das Marinas to Irlus with the infantry,
while the artillery and cavalry and all
mule teams arc retraclng their route
from Malabon TO Baeoor with the signal
corps removing the wires. Gen, Trias
with the organized bodies of insurgents
retreated to Slang and lndiang, at tbs
base Of the mountain.
The movement OF United States
troops was a fine display OF American
generalship and energy. while the Fill
pinos adopted what Gen. Alejandrinc
terms "our peculiar method OF war.
fare"
The whole country is an immense
swamp, and the FIlipinos never expect.
ed that the Americans could or would
attempt to invade It during the wet
season. Moreover, the line OF march
furnished a succession Of surprises, the
advancing troops being generally at
tackled from unexpected points.
In Cavite province. the scene of the
hottest fights and their greatest sue-
cesses over the Spaniards, the Filipln-
os might have been expected TO make a
resolut stand. If anywhere. but after
their whippings at Cavite. Viejo and
Noyeieta their tactics consisted chiefly
in continuous exhibition Of their agil-
ity and their Transformation from war
riors to Amigos.
The marines while accommodating
about the scene OF Sundays encounter
find that the trenches have already
been re-occupied. although the enemy
manifested more than unusual willing
ness to retreat before the Americans.
Armed bands have appeared along the
road between Bacoor and Rosario and
the troops returning by that route ex-
pect another fight at Rosario.
At Malabon the Americans corralled
two or three hundred natives supposed
to be fighting men. A few Of them
we're caught with arms In their hands
but large numbers were found In hiding
dressed in khaki like the American an-
form
The prisoners. with the exception Of
those caught red-handed. will be re-
leased. as. owing to the fact that the
insurgents have 50 many more men
than guns, the keeping 81 prisoners is
useless expense unless the policy Of
recommendation which Cen. WeyIer pur-
sued. is 10 be adopted
In conversation with an Associated
Press representative. a leading mer-
chant Of Rosario remarked: They viii
all be engaged in their old business as
soon as released
when asked where the army had
gone. the merchant replied:
"A majority OF them are here. They
simply hid their guns when they saw
superior force approaching"
The fghting falls the hardest on the
women and children Hundreds Of them