The Delta independent., 1899-11-17
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NADIA, NOV. 10-OsSV - -4E
landing Of ths Amsricas tres0s q oan
tseaIar sRair Of IN kinA aines 0en1sal
GHaftere dissmharkatioa q DaQuAFi.
~ eo-spseaf3oa of ths tsssW ed
navy we compsete. ne gunboeas
maintninsd . tssEiAc bo0bardnsnt Tor
a houe. whlle tAe troops ru1Aed waist
desD thlouGh the surf. undff . heavy~
bet hnd1y alued E10e Are fro0 the In
surwsa1 trenehe2 and charged hight
and left. pouring voaley aftee volley
at IL asaing robeas. Forty B1hpinoe
weso captured. mostly H1L-cosnmise
siooed o(1cssa Several insurDsnt DEAD
and ave wounded were foand In
building which had suRerod from the
boabartment. TIE town was well for
tined. TIE sand dunes were covered
with bamboo tweaty feet Thick, which
Afforded . fpe cover.
When the transports arrived In the
gulf they found the xunboats Prince
ton, Bennington and otherl waiting. j.
After consultation wtthe GenefnlS
wheaton, Commander Knox Of the
Princeton and Commander Sheridan
Of the Bennington, anchored on the
shallow two miles on shore. the gun
boats formed . line inside. the Heieaa.
Callao and Manila chose In SHORE. withN
the first gun Of the bombaflment the
small boats were rilied rapidly. With
out coufusion. by Major Cronite's bat
TALON Of the Twenty-thiri infantry.
and Captain Buck's battalion ot the
Thirteenth infantry.
While the lines Of boats moved
shoreward the gunboats poured tie full
force OF their batteries into H.
trenches. sooa forcing the insurgents
to dee through the burrows dug back
- a A-n<
their places until the keels Of the hoats
gSnted on the shore. when their Maasee
bullets commenced 10 aing overhead.
The batfalions formed In good oeder.
Captain Buck. with Pierce's AMI Pat
tons companies. pursued the insur-
gents on the left. ioaO the BAMBOO
thickets. On the right was = frail fooe
bridge scrOss the river. leading 10 the
towns. 0eneral Whestoa. prnonally
commsnding. ordered . charge arTo0
the bridge. and Captain Howland oe
his STAG led Cnseman's and ElliOtf's
companies OF the Thirteenth and
who behaved spirudidly under theAr !"
nrst nrr. into the town. which was
found To b. beariy deserted. exceta b.
the aged and some epaniassis Who ha4
hidden In the buffalo wnliows ao1
who Game shouting delishtei0 iosas1A
The AmssScana.
Two companies Of the Twenty .,hir1
had = akirmish along the Dagupan ruaA
With the retreatins F1lipinoa.
Major Shields u the sta6. with ~
command. captured several inrurxsotA
TAe troops camped IN the ~ du1tao1
the night and In the morning GcrssfaD
Wheaton estnbliahed bile headouaNBeo
II Q church, CHARTERED his men In ~
houses and ssat the captured FtliT&nao
heyoud the outposts. with orsieu net -
Feeurn.
Wednesday wss As~oted 70 ress-
naia1anceA Natue lAeAs wsat nRth-
ward TO aan Thomas and burned tAa
Filiptnos' basraeks. Captaln Ru1k'e
Thirteeath weat 10 San Jscinto no4
of small handa. NnpAb
wea1 toward Magsde1nA
% the Dagupan rod, and had ser0s1o
sharp lights with small pasties. TAsg
killed eight men. brought In tweaiy
psisoncss and had ave men wounoe4
The Hanto Tnmas ruad seems 70 -
the only poaniAse means - retrvNi eue
. larEe body north from Tariac an1
General Wheaton commands II. H.
issuf.epts of this section are eoing -
reinfoece TariAc. y.
Major Bell has beeu engaged In A.
o1hee daring exploit. While ecoutto0
with i've o6lcern and two men Of IL
Thirty -sixfh Infantry and Loutenante
Hawkins saA ssa 1.sa ef the FosrsA
~ csepe tsehind . treOch 90
fstning . hundred Fflipinoa. rode theO
,lown and killed and wousdesi twenty
nsen and captured aix. He also brougee