New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
PURSUING THE INSURGENTS
now THE FIGHTING is REGARDED BY
WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.
MOVEMENT TO ENTRAP AGU1NALDO'S FokOE
THOUGHT NOT TO HAVE sOC-
CrEDEp - MACARTHUR PUSH
INC on TOWARD MALOLOS.
ING on TOWARD MALOLOs.

| ,o,o,,.a character from which the War Depart
| ment officials could judge what the hh"' ou'
| come Of this movement would be. IN All o''', -,
u,.,ors ,be most intense interest prevailed
-, ,,aro vas no excitement and none OF that
anxiety and tension which We're Sho"n IL -,
memorable days of last summer wheh '''e ~
! sive blows were being struck AT
Early in the day the War Department. i9O0
from General Otis the following brief but COM
prehensive dispatch summing up the s'ua'''
Manila. March y, 1899
| Adiutant General Washington: o,.,cc to-
Macarthur holds Mariloa: severe n In 4s,,r
an "a nur casualties about forty the lhsui
| carts have DESTROYED bridges which lIIipou
progress Of train and artillery. ou' 'arrtbern
the concentrated insurgent forces Ut and
line commanded by Aguinaldo III rhn,,. lot
drove with considerable slaughter lneS nv
VARY one hundred dead on field. ana mr. Ihs
prisoners and small arms were VaP'' OTIS
column will press on in the morning
rh,s diepatcb showed that severe fighting was
Going on to-day. with the American forces a'-
vanced az far north as Maroa. while the 'i'"'
.,.a ,,rdor command Of Aguinaldo. were being
driven back with considerable slaughter i"'9
-, a. rrass disnatches satisfied the ofilciais
| ,ba, tho strategic movement for entrapplns '"e
| t,srrgents between the American lines hau n''
| moved "a successful as designed. ana ''a' Wv
movements had shifted 10 a retreat by AHui-
naldo.s forces and pursuit by General o'is
troops. The insurgent retreat toward Maio'o'
was slow and logged. and advantage was '"Ne'
of one line Of intrenchments after ano'ne'' ''e
burning Of bridges and the interrup'io" ~
runication. General Ots's dispatch' a''iiouh"
received early to-day, was sent hol'"S
ing Manila time. and summed up 'he ""'
the three DAYS That the fighting woulu eN'e"'
into the fourth day was shown by his cioslhe
so,,erco. THE column will press on IN the
morning" This refers to Tuesday
rvs1,RGENT CAPITAL THE GOAL.
| The engagement has now shaped itseil 80 '""'
| Il is regarded as more OF chase nan the exc
cution Of a strategic movement win the A"'ci
,oor baee advanced to Mariloa. and the insurgent
haee forced bac, to Maolos. the main bodies oil
tho two opposing forces are about ten or twelve
miles apart This could be quickly covered III
forced march under fair conditions. but 1t IS
,,., miles of inuumerable difficulties and OBJ
staces which the American troops must cover
,1,r, tbov roach the insurgent stronghold. III
f., .,,oo,od that the engineers with Macarthur
ra hos,uv renairing the burned bridges. ms
win nern,it the artillery well as the infantry
,o,,,,rrs IN be taken forward 1t Is also DeleNeu
that everv mile Of the distance To Maloios VIII
bo contested by the insurgents. for Henerdi '''
renorts that it is a stretch OF country coN'''"
with intrenchments thrown up in the last 'hree
months The men. therefore. must auNd"'e
slowly. repairing the roads as they GO al" az
the same time they must fight their way '"i0ue"
wel-made rebel intrenchments
serious as the work is there is no lack or
confidence among officials here as TO the satiS-
factory outcome Of the campaign. Ma'oios Is
the insurgent capital. where the Assembly mas
heon in session ana the insurgent government
has been in operation. 1t represents more 10
tho insurgents than any other place in the fhll-
innines and little doubt is entertained that they
will make a desperate stand there.
The tactics of AgunadO are taking him graz
ually beyond the range Of Admiral Dewey's
guns While the insurgents were at Malaooh
on Saturday they were WITHIN mlle OF 'he
water front and easily within range OF the Meet
But as they have moved northward they nave
gradually moved away from the bay. Malolos
| is about seven miles back from the bay, al
though there are shallow estuaries which would
hermit light -draught boats TO get within mile
or two Of them.
| CASUALTIES COMPARATIVELY LIGHT.
Advices received by the War Department
show that the number OF casualties in yester-
davis and to-days fighting was: Killed, three
| officers and twenty-five enlisted men; wounded.
nine officers and 203 enlisted men. While the
casualty list is a source Of profound regret in
Army circles it is said to be conn aratively low.
considering the number OF men engaged and the
duration Of the action This is accounted for
| by the long-range shooting Of the insurgents.
who do not fire at mark. but in the general
direction OF the American forces. While these
stray bullets do considerable havoc, it is far
less than the results Of clcse-range volleys from
solid ranks in the open from a considerable
number Of sharpshooters would be
The Adjutant Generals office to-day prepared
the following statement regarding the DISPOSE
ton Of the troops lnder command Of General
| OtiS:
North Of Pasig River-MacArthurs division
| WneatOn's brigade-22d Infantry two battalions
| 23d I'd oregon. II. G. Otis's brigaGe-2Oth Kan
| sas. LIST Montana four batteries Sd Artillery
dismounted as infantry, 10Th Pennsylvania
Hales brigade-1st Nebraska, LIST Colorado. 1st
South Oak jta 1st wyoming. Halls brigade
! Sd and ith Infantry. 'wo battaions 18th In
/ fantry. mounted squadron 4th Cavalry. two light
| batteries Utah artillery.
! South Of Pasig River-Lawton's division
| Kings brigade-One battalion isl California
1st South Dakota. LIST Washington. Ovenshne's
briGade-14th Infantry; LIST iaho. SQUADRON 18th
! At Iloo-lSth Infantry. 1st Tennessee. one
| battery 9TH Artillery.
! Al Negros-TWo bGttalions LIST California
At Cebu-On- battalion ODD Infantry.
! Position unknown-Two batteries California
| heavy Artillery. LIST Wyoming. battalion 10Th
! Infantry 1lst Iowa. These trOCIs either in
! the city Of Manila or at CavitG.
General Corbn says that the position Of the
18Th Minnesota is not known but it has possibly
been attached to General Halls brigade The
| fact that II has suffered several casualties in
dicatcs that IT has been on the fighting line.
Major Simpson chief Of the Military Informa-
ton Bureau. was again busy to-day assembling
the latest information from the scene OF battle
and so arranging it on the military map as TO
| show the progress OF the engagement. II dis
! closed complete change in the movement since
| Saturday Then the essential feature Of Cen
! eral Otis's plan was 70 inclose The insnrRents