The silver lance., 1899-04-07
FIERCE FIGHTING.
MOVEME AGAINST FILIPINOS
UNDER WAY.
our Troops Advance Against Heavy OBJ.
stacles and Capture Malabon-Capta,u
Stewart of Pueblo Killed.

not yet completed. Otis and Hale's
brisades, with mounted troops, Fourth
cavalry, the turning column. met with
heayy resistance over difficult country
and are camped tonight six miles east
or Polo and six miles north of line
from which advance was taken up.
heaton's brigade. at Caloocan,
drove enemy one and 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 160 twenty-five
killed. Enemy lost in killed alone 200.
otis"
Killed.-John S. Stewart, captain.
Company \, Pueblo.
Wounded.-Charles Brill, private.
Company NJ, Boulder; Malcom II. Mac
coe, private, Company NJ. Boulder; Ed
win Pitts, private, Company f, Pueb-
10.
Colonel Mccoy of the Colorado regi-
ment yesterday cabled to Governor
Thomas giving the above as the list of
casualties suffered by the Colorado sol
diers i'll yesterdays fighting in front
OF Manila. 1t is expected that this list
will be added to, as the Colorado men
were in the thickest of the fighting.
Manila, March 25.-3:45 p. m.-Elab-
orate preparations were made for the
movement. General Wheaton's bri-
gade was placed in the rear and Gen
eral Harrison Gray Otis and General
Halls were behind General Hale's.
Under cover of darkness, General
Otis and General Hale's brigades left
their trenches and advanced close up
on the enemy's line without being de-
tected. General Wheaton's and Gen
eral Halls brigades occupying the va
Gated positions.
At 4 o'clock the American troops
breakfasted, and the Filipinos. motto
ing the camp fires, their buglers called
to arms.
At daylight General Otis and Gen
eral Halls brigades advanced from La
Iona church straight across the rebel
lines, cutting the enemy's force in two.
Upon this occasion. the rebels adopt
ed the American tactics of holding
their fire until the attackers were LOCO
yards distant. The rebels also fired
lower than usual. The Americans fred
volleys with terrific effect and then
rushed forward. cheering and carrying
everything before them.
Once through, General McArthurs
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 a strong opposition
between Malabon and the river Tulia-
han.
The brigades commanded by General
Harrison Gray Otis and General Hale
ah
strongly entrenched towns.
In the meantime General Halls bri-
gade swept the country clear to the
water works and the foothills and
Singalon, capturing San Francisco del
Monte and Mariquina.
Manila, March 26.-S:15 a. m.-Twen-
ty-six dead and 80 wounded in hos
pitel is the latest statement of the
American losses in the engagement
with the Filipinos.
To-day's fighting furnished speci-
men of the difficulties with which the
Americans have to contend. The Fill
pinos never except at Malabon, per-
mitted their opponents to get within
several hundred yards of them. They
would fire few volleys from their
cover and then scuttle back to another
cover repeating these tactics for miles,
Many of the trenches had gullies and
connecting paths through the cane and
brush. enabling them to retreat 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 or
Malabon.
The gunboat Helena and two army
boats command Malabon, but the ar-
thorities desire to avoid smashing the
;e. "
propertv belonging to foreigners, and
where are located warehouses OF most
of the Manila firms.
Manila. March 26.-7;3O p. m.-The
Tinted States troops. under Brigadier
Generals Hall and Lloyd Wheaton,
captrred tn town of Malinta. beyond
the Tuliahan river. to-day after
sharp fight. A.
Colonel Harry C. Egbert. of the
Twenty-second regular infantry, was
killed.
The American casualties to-day were
much larger than those of yesterday,
the total loss thus far reported since
the engagement commenced Delng 40
killed and 145 wounded.
General Wheaton entered Malinta,
which is small village OF nuts, at L
O'Clock this afternoon.
The United States gunboat Helena
and other gunbOats have been shelling
MaIabon, about mile northwest or
Caloocan for several hours.
Evidently anticipating a lombard
ment by the fleet. thousand rebels
vacated Malabon last night, leaving
| few to burn the town. General Whea-
| toms brigade composed of the Second
oregon regiment and the Twenty-sec-
ond and Twenty-third infanty stretch
| ed out along the railroad from Calico
| can TO the Tuliahan river. was power
less to prevent the withdrawal, owing
| to the natural obstacles and to the
strong opposition. column of smoke
at daybreak was the first intimation of
| the enemys intentions, but others fol
/ I.xo5 Of vorior1S poiDts all soon blend