The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-11

MANILA Nov. 1O.-The landing of the
American troops al San Fabian on Tues
day was the most spectacular affair Of its
kind since General Skaters disembarka-
ton at Baquarj. The cooperation of the
troops and the navy was complete. The
gunboats maintained a terrific lombard
ment for an hour, while the troops
rushed through the surf under a heavy
but badly aimed rifle fire from the insur-
gent trenches and charged right and left
pouring yolley after volley at the fleeing
rebels. Forty Fihpinos were captured,
mostly non-commiSsioned officers. Sew
eral insUrgent dead and five wounded
We're found in building which had suf-
fered from the bombardment. The town
was well fortified. The sand dunes were
liveted with bamboo twenty feet thick,
which afforded a fine cover
When the transports arrived in the gulf
they found the gunboats Princeton. Ben
niugton and others waiting. After con-
sulJauon with General sWheaton, Com
mander Knox of the Princeton and Com
mander Sheridan Of the Bennington an
chored two miles of shore. The gurboats
formed line inside. the Helena, Callao
and Manila close inshore. With the first
OF the bombardment the small boats were
filed rapidly without confusion by Major
Cronite's battalion of the Thirteenth In
tantry
While the boats moved shoreward the
guuboats poured the full force Of their
batteries into the trenches. soon forcing
the Insurgents TO flee through the bur
rows dug back OF the trenches. About 2Jy
men held their places until the hee4s OF
the boats grated on the shore, when the
Mauser bullets commenced TO sing over
their heads.
The battalions formed in good order.
Captain Buck, with PierCe's and Patton
company, pursued the insurgents on the
left into the bamboo thiCkets. On the
right was trall iootDrl0ge across the
river, leading 20 the town. General
Wheaton. personally commanding, or
Oered = charge across the bridge and
mans and Elliott's companies of the
Thirteenth and Shields company Of the
Twenty-third, who behaved splendidly
under their urSt IRE. into the town, which
was found 10 be nearly deserted except by
the aged and some Spaulards who had
hidden II The buffalo wallows and came
shouting delightedly toward the Ameri-
Two companies Of the Thirty-third had
q skirmlsh along the Dagupan road with
the Tetreatiug FiGpiuOs.
Major Shields of the staff, with his COM
maud, captured several insurgents.
The troops Camped in the rain during
the night, and in the morning General
Wheaton established his headquarters in
church, Quartered his men in the houses
ana sent the captured Filipinos beyond
the Outposts. with orders not to return.
as practically impossible. and say they
believe Agunaldo has seCreted a yacht in
the river LougapO. near Subig, for use in
his fight when he hnds his capture is in
evitable
Wednesday was devoted TO reconnois-
sances. Major Logan went north to San
Tomas and burned the F'ilipinos' bar
racks. Captain Bucks Thirteenth went
TO San Jacinto and disposed Of small
bands. Marsh's TWeuty-thrd went to-
ward Magdalen, on the Dagupan road
and had several sharp fights with small
parties. They killed eight men. brought
in twenty prisoners and had five men
wounded.
The San Tomas road seems TO be the
only possible means Of retreat for q large
body north from Tarlac, and General
Wheaton commands it. The insurgents
Of this section are going TO reinforce Tar
lac.
The battleship Oregon has arrived here
from H0ngkOug.
Captain Chenowith and Lieutenants Da-
Wis Van Horne and Bradford, with two
companies of the Seventeenth Regiment,
accommodating northeast of MalalaCa, at
tackled and routed a battalion of insur-
gents, killing tWenty-nine of them. Three
Americans We're wounded.
General Wheaton reports by the Ben
ningtOn that when the landing was made
at San Fabian the insurgents encountered
We're 900 recruits, who We're on their way
to Dagupan, where they expected the eX-
petition to land. They retreated to the