La Junta tribune., 1899-04-01
FIERCE FIGHTING.
MOVEMENT AGAINST FILiPINOS
UNDER WAY.
Onr Troops Advance Against Heavy OBJ
stac!cs and Capture Mniabon-Captain
Stewart of Pueblo Killed.


crnl: Perfected northern movement
not yet completed Otis and Hale's
brigadcs, with mounted troops. Fourth
cavalry, the turning column. met with
heaVy resistance over difficult country
ana are camped tonight six miles east
of Polo and six miles north of line
from which advance was taken up.
"Wheaton's brigade. 1T Caloocan.
! drove enemy one and Il half miles
north across river. Hale. on extreme
right, encountered considerable force
and routed it. Fighting heavy near
Caloocan. Movement continues in
morning
Our casualties about 100. twenty-five
killed. Enemy lost in killed alone 200.
otis
K!lled.-John $. stewart, captain.
Company A. Pueblo.
Woundcd.-Charles Brill. private.
Company NJ, Boulder: Malcom IL. Mae
coe, private, Company NJ. Boulder: Ed
win Pitts, private, Company Il, Pucb-
10.
Colonel Mccoy of the Colorado rcgi-
ment yesterday cablcd TO Governor
Thomas giving the above ms the list OF
casualties suffered by the Colorado sol
diers in yesterdays lighting in front
OF Manila. 1t is expected that this list
were in the thickcst of the lighting.
Manila, March 25.-:i:I5 p. m.-Elab-
crate preparations We're made for the
| movement. General Whcaton's bri-
gade was placed in the rear and Gen
cral Harrison Gray Otis and General
Halls were behind General Hale's.
Under cover of darkness, General
Otis and General lialc's brigadcs left
their trenches and advanced close up
tected. General Whenton's and Gen
eral Halls brlgades occupying the VA
Gated positions.
| At 4 o'clock the American troops
breakfasted. and the Filipinos. notic-
| ing the camp fires, their buglers called
| to arms.
At daylight General Otis and Cen
ernl Halls brigadcs advanced from La
| Iona church straight across the rebel
lines. cutting the encmy's force in two.
| Upon this occa sion, the rebels adopt
cd the American tactics of holding
their fire until the attackers We're 1000
yards distant. The rebels also fired
lower than usual. The Americans fired
| volleys with terrific effect and then
rushed forward. cheering and carrying
everything before them.
Once through. General McArthur's
division was swung through the line,
driving the rebels away on all sides.
General Wheaton's brigade. in ac-
cordance with Instructions. remained
| In the trenches. Before joining in the
movement at noon. General Wheaton's
troops developed II strong opposition
| between Mnlnbon and the river Tulia-
han.
The brigudes commanded by General
| Harrison Gray Otis and General Hale
advanced on .Novaliches and Polo,
strongly entrcnched towns.
| In the meantime General Halls bri-
gadc swept the country clear to the
water works and the foothills and
| SiugalOn. capturing San Francisco del
Monte and MariIuina.
| Manila, March 26.-S:l5 n. m.-Twen-
ty-six dead and 100 wounded in II hos
| pital is the latest statement of the
American losses in the engagement
with the FiIipinos.
To-dny's fighting furnished Il speci-
! men of the difficulties with which the
| Americans have to contend. The Fill
pinos never. except at Malibon. per
mtted their opponents TO get within
several hundred yards of them They
/ would fire II few volleys from their
cover and then scuttlc back to another
| cover, repeating these tactics for miles.
! Many of the trenches had grliies and
connecting paths through the cane and
! brush, enabling them to reireat unseen.
The problem the Americans have to
| face is to drive or lure the insurgents
to fight In force. The trenches seem
thinly manned, except in the vicinity OF
| MalabOn.
The gunbOat Helena and two army
boats command Malabon. but the hu-
thorities desire to avoid smashing the
town. where there is much valuable
| property belonging to foreigners. ana
where are located warehouses of most
Of the Manila firms.
Manila. March 26.-T:3O p. m.-The
United States troops. under Brigadier
Generals Hall and Lloyd Wheaton.
captured tn town of Malinta beyond
the Tuliahan river. to-day after a
sharp fight.
Colonel Harry c. Egbert. of the
Twenty-second regular infantry. was
killed.
The American casualties to-day We're
much larger than those OF yesterday.
the total loss thus far reported since
the engagement commenced being 10
killed and 145 wounded.
General Wheaton entered Malinta.
which is n small village of huts. at l
o'clock this afternoon.
The United States gunbOat Helena
and other gunbOats have been shelling
MalabOn, about Il mile northwest of
Caloocan. for several hours.
Evidently anticipating lombard
ment by the fleet. n thousand rebels
vacated Malabon last night. leaving Il
few to burn the town. General When |
tons brigade, composed Of the Second |
Oregon regiment and the Twenty-scc-
ond and Twenty-third infanty stretch |
ed out along the railroad from Caloo- |
can to the Tuliahan river, was power
less to prevent the withdra wal. owing |
to the natural obstacles and to the
strong opposition. 4 column of smoke
at daybreak was the first intimation OF |
the enemy's Intentions, but others fol- |
lowed at various points. all soon blend |
in n flausa In all1,aii- SlI a ole L