Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-14
COMPLETE ROUT.
laSlOn Drove Insurgents Into
the Lake,
FILlPIN0S' CAPITAL CAPTURE J
American Headquarters VOW u: Gov
erTor'> Paiace-rONn PltruIIed >O
That II" LoUiins Eu>ued -rrlrgIaph
lanes Cut and lLsuIgeut '.ImInuni-
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Manila. April 1t eneral Lawton has
captured Santa Cruz. at tho extreme
end Of the lake. 5e drove he insur-
gents. who We're Commanded hy u
Chinaman named Pac Wah into the
mountains. The Americans had six
men wounded The rebels lost fS men
killed. and had ~ men wounded.
santa Cruz was the t'iliOiuOs' strong
hold on Lake l.agura de BAY. and its
all formed one of the most Interesting
and most important battles OF the war.
Th,. plans of the Ant gicau commanders
worked perfectly. with the exception
that the pruEIesS Of the expedition was
delayed because of difficult navigation
of the river
About 1900 picked men composed the
expedition, which was under III" per
sonal command Of General Law tom, ON
.ccount of the illness Of General King.
These troops partly surrounded the city,
While the gunboatS l.aguna dc BAY.
NapndHn and Oestn, under tha c"ra-
mand of Captain Grant a. H." tyh
battery, shelIed the ci,y and outI-in-
trenches.
General Lawton aud his staff arco;u-
panied the troops. sometimes leading
charges, in Indian lighting tactics which
eventually resulted in III. complete ruut
Of he rebels, with thr smallest amount
If damage to the city and slight loss to
,hc Americans.
The expedition star; d from san pedro
/ MagaU at dusk on saturday, intending
10 capture santa CRUZ bya.Sault at day
break But. in navigating, the shallow,
tortuuus Pasig river. perhaps through
the cunning of the native pilots who were
not anxious to see the Americans sue
ccssful, several boats grounded. and it
was nearly dawn when the troops
reached the lake. The expedition then
steamed cautiously forward, the NapiGan
and the Oesto a mile ahead and the
Lasuna de Bay guarding the rear Rebel
| signal fires. how ever we've lighted IN ,ne
! mountain tops. giving warning Of the
approach Of the troops.
1t was noon before the white church
/ towers of the city appeared in the
| shadow of the great volcanic mounta n
| ON a marshy plain dotted with occasional
| palm groves.
| At CasrO Il square-ended, nat-bottomcd
! boat, with force Of 200 picked sharp
| shooters Under Major Weisrnbe ger,
! mostly belonging to the First Washir.-
ton regiment Were run into Il shallow
| inlet about five miles south of the city.
! Then a few shells were sent toward he
entertainments of the rebels a the vdge
Of tie woods s5Eding the enemy seam
pering'inland
Then number Of Americans jumped
| into the water and, Wadiug for about 100
wards, crept forward and formed in line,
covering the landing OF the remainder
which finished about o'c,ock. The three
troops of the Fourth cavalry. unmount-
ed were sent ashore on dang erous
marShy point, directly south of the city,
rnder fire from the cnamy's trenches
Meanwhile in the town llS"'l there was
uttcr silence and not sign Of lie. Cen
rraI Lawton. desiring to make an iuspec-
tion and to give the inhabitants an oppur-
tunity to surrender. went on board thp
Lapuna de Bay and, accompanied by Il
urass launch, steamed slowly to the
dnrl, the whole fleet watching anxious
w When it was discovered that the
tranchas and stone buildings We're
svarming with white-clad soldiers the
two boats Withdrew, receiving Voleys
IRON, the trenches thrown up on the
marghv plain north of the city.
The t1otilla anchored in compact form
otion for the. night, ready To resist anv
rurn,.isas from the rebel gunboats SUP.
,,ncnd to be in the lake. At sunrise
,c+araav tha assault commenced The
A,,arican line south of the CITY stretched
,,,,, miles inland, and with its left
e,,aonjng the shore, it moved north
while the Fourth cavalrymcn, on the
noint advanced toward the city, pour
ing VolleyS upon the tfencheS. Stimuli
,a,ooreIv the cunboats hoyered along
tbn shore shclling the woods ahead Of
~. trooDs, and driving the Eilipinos in
Iard The Gatlings cleared several
trenches
Tha whole brigade was divided into
SQUADS of r. and the fighting was car
riad on in the old time frontier fashion,
fro,o behind trees. crawling through
huehas or rushing across the open. The
4rorohos that were not cleared by the
a,,nhoote gave considerable resistance
I,,ha, the lin. was nearing the city, and
thr Ionuno de Bay and Oesto bonn
barded for an hour III the nope OF hlaklhS
tha,, too warm for occupancy, but did
,,o+ cucooad in clearing them entirely.
General I.awton, With the Fourteenth
;nf,rt,.v battalions, approached mar
VOW, iron bridge across Il creek ON the
south hordar of the town. Here a com