Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-26

we were crossing"
Gen. Hale's troops on the right had
the hardest fighting. They followed
the north bank of the river nearest the
town from the east. with the First
Nebraska regiment on the left and the
First South Dakota and the 51st Iowa
beyond. The country to be trayersed
was mostly jungle, but the Filipinos
stood their ground even in the open
spaces.
Gen. Hale's right joined Gen. Whea-
tons left soon after noon, curve in
the river enabling the Americans to
pour an enfilading fire into the enc
my's trenches.
| About this time the cheers of the
Kansas troops announced the Ameri-
cans had crossed the river. Gen. Hale's
men began to ford the Chico, a branch
of the Bagbag, stretching to the north
east.
THE GENERAL HIMSELF
plunged in up to his neck and the regi-
ments, all carrying flags, floundered
across the stream. The guns of the
Utah light artillery were dragged over
next and formed into an extended line,
to advance upon the trenches before
Calumpit from which the Fflipinos
were pouring continuous volleys.
The armsred car had one man killed
and two wounded. The Kansas regi-
ment had three wounded during the
charge and the Utah light artillery one
killed and two wounded. Most of the
other casualties befell the South Da-
kota regiment
1t is difficeult to estimate the insur-
gent losses, but they had no fewer than
seventy killed, many of them by the
artillery.
Manila, April 25.-6:15 p. m-Gen.
Hale's brigade, consisting of the Ne
braska, Iowa and South Dakota regi-
ments, with three guns, which left
Malolos on Monday, followed the west
bank of the Rio Grande river to a ford.
| Many small bands of rebels were en-
countered, and during the afternoon the
Americans discovered several hundred
of the enemy entrenched near Pulilan,
north of Quangan. Our troops attack
ed the rebels, losing six men killed and
eleven wounded. Gen. Hale's troops
claim that nearly 200 dead natives
were counted along the country ira
versed. Among the dead was a Span
ish captain.
The South Dakota regiment bore the
brunt of the fighting and had five men
killed and none wounded. The tenn
perature to-day was "a, and several
cases of sunstroke were reported. The
weather was cloudy
The country traversed by our troops
is thickly wooded and the hardest for
fighting
The rebels along the Bagbag river
were reinforced from Calumpit as the
troops under Gen. Hale approached.
During the day the Americans cap
tured $50 prisoners.
AS this dispatch is sent the rebels
lumpit.
The Filipino troops engaged were
we'll uniformed and we'll drilled. AS
the campeign progresses the rebel
troops are improving. They are adopt
ing American methods, and the accu-
racy of their shooting is evinced by
the fact that five Americans were shot
in the head.
Gen. Hale at 4 o'clock this morning
crossed the river and advanced on Ca
lumpit. Gen. MacArthur's division
also advanced, and nine of the ar
mored fiat cars were pushed ahead on
the railroad
The Kansas regiment advanced on
the right of the track and the Montana
regiment pushed forward on it's left.
The rebels are already returning to
Malolos and are becoming troublesome.
They fired on an ambulance yesterday
which was passing across the plaza,
and they have driven the Chinese out.
The Third Artillery patroled the
town last night.
Manila, April 25.-10:30 a. m.-Al-
though the sticky condition Of the
ground, due to a rainstorm, seriously
impeded its progress, Gen. Lawton's
column left San Jose to-day, and is ex-
pected to reach Norzagaray this even
ing.
Col. Summers is marching across
from Bocave with two battalions each
from the Oregon and Minnesota regi-
ments, three troops of cavalry and two
guns.
Meantime Gen. MacArthur's division
is in front of Calumpit preparing to at
tack the rebel stronghold, and Gen.
Hale, with several guns, is threatening