Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-17

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to be eight men killed and rs wounded.
The loss may possibly exceed these
figures, as the line is five miles long
and it is impossible at this hour to hear
from every point.
Our troops are now about Angeles,
waiting for the artillery, which has the
greatest difficulty in moving owing to
the wet ground. The attack was
opened at o'clock in the morning. A
battery of the LIST artillery Smelling
Bacolor on the left, simultaneously
Bells 36th infantry struck Bacolor from
the rear and drove the rebels out.
Armored cars, each with a siX-pounder
and two gatling revolving cannon ON
board, then mounted on the railroad
track in the center of our lines. Soon
afterwards these guns did sharp execu-
ton.
Battery M of the Sd artillery, and
100 men of the Iowa regiment made a
feint towards Mexico, while the main
body of troops, consisting of the Iowa
regiment, the 18th regiment and bat
talon of the 22d under Gen. Wheaton
on the right, and the 9th regiment, 18th
regiment, and Bells regiment under
Gen. Liscum, on the left, advanced
steadily, pouring their fire onto the
rebels and receiving a heavy fire in re-
turn.
The rebels were we'll protected by
trenches and seemed not to lack am
munition. But they were unable to
withstand for any length of time the
hail of shots our artillery and infantry
poured in on them and reiterated, leav-
ing many dead and wounded on the
field. A dozen prisoners were captured
by our troops.
The reports indicate that the 9th
casualties of all the regiments are not
yet reported. The weather was ex-
tremely hot and our troops suffered
greatly. But there was no faltering.
A company of the 9Th regimen went
to the relief Of Bells regiment in the
afternoon. According to reports, Bell
had 1872 men and many of these were
wounded and the insurgents are har-
assing him in the rear. The firing,
except at isolated points, had ceased by
10 o'clock.
The Americans covered five miles in
the first five hours and at O'Clock had
advanced six miles along the railway,
stretching on each side of it for two
miles and resting at night three miles
from Angeles, which will be made the
northern base of operations, instead OF
San Fernando, where garrison of 600
men has been left The country our
troops passed over is covered with rice
fields and bamboo thickets, the hardest
possible ground for marching. The
mud in places was knee deep.
Angeles is one of the richest towns
north of Manila and is considered to
be better base of operations than San
Fernando. The forces at San Fernan-
do consisted of the Iowa regiment, the
18th regiment, the 9th regiment, the
18th regiment, Bells new Seth regl-
ment, a battalion of the 10th regiment,
troop e Of the 4th cavalry, and Is guns.
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some time burt was delayed by aims.
Finally two days of sunshine dried the
rice fields sufficiently to permit of the
attempt The Americans position had
long been unpleasant. The rebels al
most surrounded the town and fired
nearly nightly into it, the
Americans not replying except
on extreme provocation. 1t was neces-
sary to keep 500 to 600 men on outpost
duty constantly.
Capt. Deems, with provost guard
captured a noted Filipino fakir with
several aliases, who, by means OF ven
| triloauism has persuaded the natives
that he has supernatural powers. he
raised much money, ostensibl. for the
instruction, which he kept for him
self. Our soldiers surrounded his
house and corralled 80 Filipinos. Many
others escaped. The troops also cap
tured 81 900. Emmanuel as the fakir is
generally known, has been predicting
the fall of Manila. His prophecies
have created excitement among the ma
tives who believed them.
Reports from rebel sources says LOT
were killed in Gen. Halls engagement
at Calamba and in the Subsequent
Skirmishes
Forty-three rebel conspirators, in
Guiding several officers from Aguinal-
dos army were arrested and are now
| lodged in prison. 1t Is believed that
these arrests have foied plot to starr
an uprising in Manila, with incendiary
fires and riots and murder of American
and European residents, after the style
intended at the time of the former
great fire here. At midnight Tuesday
the men engaged in hunting
down the conspirators located Their
headquarters in cigar factory in Bin
ondo. A company of the 9th infantry
under command of Capt. Ames, raided
the factory and captured 4S rebels. in
Guiding a number of officers belonging
to the Filipino army. The rebels seen
to have returned to their old methods
OF secret murder and incendiarism