The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-27
DEr4TIs OF THE FIGHTING.
Fierce Resistance of the Rebe1s-Dcath
OfCOlonel Egbert.

OfCOlOne1 Egbert.
Manila, March 26, 10 p. m.-The Uni
ted States troops, under Brigadier Cen
eral Lloyd Wheaton captured the town
of Malinta beyond the Tulihan river to-
day after a sharp fight Col. Harry G.
Egbert of the Twenty-second regular
infantry was killed. Prince eLoewenstein,
formerly aide de camp on the staff of
Brigadier General Miller at Iloilo, some
how got in front of the firing line and
was shot in the side, dying almost in
stantly. A German who accompanied
him was wounded. The American cas-
ualties to-day We're much lighter than
those Of yesterday, the total losses thus
far reported since the engagement COM
menced being 45 killed and las wounded.
General Wheaton entered Malinta,
which is a small village of huts, at
O'Clock this afternoon. The United
States gunboat Helena and other gun
boats have been shelling Malabon, about
a mile northwest of Caloocan, for sew
eral hours. The insurgents made fierce
resistance to the American advance up
the railroad at Malinta. In addition to
the fatal wounding of Col. Egbert, sew
eral men of the Twenty-second infantry
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regiments were killed.
Evidently anticipating lombard
ment by the fleet, a thousand rebels
evacuated Malabon last night, leaving
few to burn the town. General Whea-
toms brigade, composed of the Second
Oregon regiment and the Twenty second
and Third infantry stretched out along
the railroad from Caloocan to the Tuli-
han river, was powerless to prevent the
withdrawal, owing to the natural obsta-
cles and to the strong opposition.
column of smoke at daybreak was the
first intima ton of the enemys inten-
tons, but others followed at various
points, all soon blending in dense ball
loon shaped cloud. The flames of the
burning rice mills and large buildings
could be plainly seen from Caloocan, de-
spite the strong sunlight.
BY II o'clock in the morning the only
building of Importance not destroyed In
the center of the town was large stone
church. but even at noon fresh fires
were started among the native huts in
the outskirts of Malabon, although the
general exodus took place much earlier.
Many of the rebels sought refuge in the
suburbs Navostas and Casag, or were
driven inland by the shells Of the Hell
ena, Calloa, Ningdapan and Laguna
Bay In the meantime General Whea-
toms brigde held the railroad to the riv-
er. but was unable either to repair the
bridge. which had been destroyed by the
enemy, or to advance, owing to the op-
position and the hills on the other side.
The calculations Of both General Hale
and General Harrison Gray Otis, whose
brigades constituted General MacAr
thurs division was much lntertered
with by the character of the country in
front of both, and the enemy was able
to take advantage of this, so that the |
operations against Novaliches and Polo |
were delayed, though the right wing of !
the division swung out, sweeping the
enemy in northwesterly direction.
General Wheaton's headquarters last
night was half mile south of the river, (
on the railroad. The opposite bank was |
protected by 9 bloclshouse and intrench-
ments Occasionally the artillery and
infantry fired across the stream Final
1y the engineers moved a construction
train up to the bridge, the iron frame
work of which remained and began to
replace the floor. While this was going
on the oSCoiie oleSoil ieSiiiSh' Sioo00u
the river on the left, and the Twenty
second on the right, with four compan-
les of the Twenty third infantry, sup
the latter regiment. Arising,
clear ground stretched away distance
of half a mile to Mainta, situated on it's
crest.
In front of the village were strong
Filipino intrenchments, but no Fiipnos
were to be seen. Apparently they had
fled. The Twenty regiment ap
preached diagonally, with General /,