The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-08-30
Dictated Accounts of Battles
Maj. Gen. Otis. Office in Ma.
Mia, Purveyor of News.

Mania, aug IL, via aODS AODS,
Aug. 22.-The Filipino rebels appear
to re.ain much more of a fighting
spirit than might be expected after
their recent San Fernando expert
ence and Gen. Lawton's drubbings
in the south.
After giving up San Fernando
with a feeble struggle, they entreuch.
ed themselves at Angeles, working
for several days and impressing non
combatants into the work, thus saw
ing the armed men for fighting.
They engaged Lieut. Col. Smiths
regiment and the artillery warmly
for four hoars, making one of the
most stubborn resistances of the
campaign. But the Americans are
indebted to the usual poor marksman
ship Of the Filipinc3 as we'll as to
their stategy for their small loss
In the province of Csvite, where
it was supposed the rebels had been
scattered and demoralized beyond
recuperation, they have assembled
an army of several thousand men
distributed among the important
towns from the lake to the bay.
After the San Fernando engagement
the rebels attempted to deter the
Americans from a further advance
northward by menacing the railroad
communications Several hundred
of Gen. Pho del PiIar:s men crossed
the Rio Grande, between the Ameri-
can outpost towns, and threatened
Baliuag, QuiDgua and other places
with small American garrisons, while,
during Sunday and Monday nights,
smaller bands tried to tear up the
railroad tracks at several points be-
tween Bigua and Malolcs. Rein
forcements of American troops, how
ever. were sent along the railroad
from Manila to San Fernando. while
the forces at Baliuag and Quipgua
sailed out against Gen. Pho del
PiIar's men and the rebels were easily
driven away.
In brushes between these Filipinos
and the Americans during three days
the Americans lost several men while
the Filipi*os' loss was heavy
Of those operations the Associated
Press correspondent was permitted to
send only an indequate dispatch,
dictated verbatim by Maj. Gen Otis.
The censor writes stereotyped official
phrases and adjectives into the dis
patches. tending to magnify the
American operations and to minimize
the opposition Gen Otis says news
papers are menace to public insti-
tutious, are but private enterprises
and the correspondents are only here
on suffrance
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food is in
creasing aud that the rebel command
ers at Aparri and other points refuse
to obey Aguina!do's order IN regard
to closing the ports held by the rebels
against American ships and say that
any snip bringing stores will be vel
coined. Several SHIPS from Manila
are DOW at such ports Hundreds of
people come to Manila daily and
return to the rebel lines with food
and other commodities. The guards
stationed along one road reported
that 5000 persons passed through
the lines in three days and that 45
tons of rice was carried cut, in SMALL
parcels, on the same road, in 10 days
Much of this undoubtedly goes to
aid the rebels, but the authorities
permit this traffic from motives of
charity towards the women and chill
dren who are undoubtedly suffering
Gen Macarthur g establishing
municipal governments in the villages
north of Manila.
The mayor of Baliuag, the first