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IFTton's Forces Necp InSurgent
Army In Stntc OF Terror.
Washington. May 17.--That the Filipiuos
are disintegrated and demoralzed is rer-
iecily manifest from the press dispatches
and the cable received from General OILS
to-day. General Lawton. who was pushing
the line Of the natives retreat along tho
Rio Grande, has flung his advance which
at last advices was resting at San Miguel.
northward about twelve miles. AMI has
taken San Isidro, the second insurgent
capital, and when OTIS dispatch was sent
was still pressing the enemy nofthward.
The fact that the army is sustaining
few losses on their onward movement, al
though in an almost continual contact with
the enemy, is another proor OF their utter
Generalization According 10 General Otis
cable they still continue TO tnrow I'm IN
trenchments, but General Lawton's STRAIT
eslc force outtianks each position in turn
Keeping them in run retreat and giving
lnem no opportunity TO reconstruct their
scattered forces.
II VIII soon be the mountains or the
sea tor the insurgents. AS our tro-ps
would be transported by sea TO the moui h
or the Ammo and a new base of operations
estdpIlshed there, II would be folly for
them 10 take that course. Scattered. de-
HoIailzea and dlsheartened. II is almost
certain thai the Filiplnos in desoeration
VIII retreat into the Businesses Of he
mountains, where they would he safe fror,
Pursuit, ana from where they could keen
up guerrilla warfare Indefinitely or until
their leaders came to their assistance.
Although all the past efforts of our
loops $40 10 get INTO the rear of the insurg-
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force OF the hattering ram, the enemy has
been driven back step by step into the
pocket where nothing will be left for them
Dui surrender or the moaatains For over
NIFTY miles as the crow flies the natives
have been driven back
Inc situation of the Insurgents is des-
perate MacArthur's division drove them
PACK along the line of the railroad 10
Dagupan. on the bay OF Lingayen, as far
as Calumpit All efforts TO impede their
progress by the destruction OF bridges
were frustrated. The Insurgents were
forced out of their strongest positions
simultaneously General Lawton moved ia
| the right in a wide detour toward Nor
sa gay with western boundary of omen
country with the intention OF turning The
| enemy's position. aud crushing him be-
tween the two columns. Although uneuc-
cessful in this. the enemy, TO make good
his escape, was compelled n abandon his
line OF retreat along the railroad and re-
tire up the Rio Grande The Insurgents
by this move, displayed considerable
adroitness in the art Of war. as II rn9de a
incumbent upon the Americans 10 get the.r
supplies to the front along new line
| This hsd been comparatively easy alons
the line of the railroad, which had bsy-,
repaired as the troops advanced The
change in the line OF retreat or the natives
stopped Lawton's advance for several DAYS
/ it is presumed, as no movement until today
had been reported since Friday. Meantime
| it is presumed supplies were sent forward
| up the RIO Grande in cascoes tnstlv,
bargesl under the escc.t of gunboats 20 n.
msnded by Major Kobbe. The latter was
reported to have 1900 men with him. De.
signed for the reinforcement OF Lawt9n
| The supplies probably having arrived a
point opposite Lawton. whose column
bad advanced along line Ave miles cas-
and parallel with the river were delivered
70 him and today he pushed on into Ssr