The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-17
LANDING At SAN FABIAN.
SHARP en6A6ekEKT AND AfOoT-HlcE.

insurgents Captured and spanish
Prisoner. R~.cu~d-Only Means 81
Escape Cut OG-ha ndieapp~d D.,
Raia-InsarE~nt. Have PLENTY 80
Guns Hut Little Ammunition.
Manila. Nov. ~. $50 p. ~ Tie
landing Of American troops ~ SAN
Sabian. Tuesday. was the most Sprc'ac-
MAR Of its Kind since Geek ~haiirts
Decentralization at Daiquir.
c.-op~rasIon Was Complete.
The corporation Of the troops at8
IN. navy was complete The guntaar-
maintained a terrific bombardmcnr zoe
an hour. while the troops rushed wa.-r
deer through the surf. under heavy
hut l,adIv-aimed rifle fire from fle
insurrent trenches. and charged rear
and left. pouring volley after solley -
the fleeing rebels
FORT, Fiiipinos Captured.
Forty Fihpinos were captured mH---
IL uon-commiss toned officers several
iLsuieent dead and tive Wounded ve
found ia a building which had suffer
considerably from the bombarlmr.r.
The town was well fortified. The saa1
dunes were riveted with bamboo -9
feet thick. which afforded fine cuter.
Troops Prepared 10 Land
When the troops arrived in d.,
they found the gunboats Princeton
I bennington and others waiting N--
Ter consultation with Gen. Whraf,u
Commander Knox of the Princeton
and Commander sheridan Of the Eei-
usretor. anchored on the shallow .tFa
miles OF shore. The runboats fornls
a line. inside. the Helena. taiao aui
Manila close in shore With the first
..ur az the bornbardment the small
boats were filled rapidly without con-
fusion. by Maj Cronit's battalion %
the Twenty-third infantry. and Capt.
Bucks battalion Of the Thirteenth ln-
fantry-
Forced the Insurgents to Flee
While the lines Of boats moved shore
ward. the gunboats poured the fnL
fore. q their batteries into the
trenches. soon forcing the insurgents
20 fe.. through the burrows dug hatk
~ the. trenches. ABOUT 200 men held
their places until the kcels Of the beats
grated on the shore when their Maus.r
bullets commenced TO sing overhead
The Fsot-Ra~~ Begun.
The hattalions formed in good order
Can't Buck. with Pierce's and Patton 4
conuanies. pursued the insurgents on
the left into the bamboo thickets- On
III. rFrht was a frail foct-bridge across
the river. lending TO the town
spanish P~~ident. Delighted
Cen. Wheaton. personally command
ing. ordered charge across th
bridge. and Capt Rowland. Of hi stat
l.d Coleman's and EIlioti's compani'
~ n. Thirteenth. and Shields cnf
many ~ the TwtntS-fhirl. who a-
laved spIendidIy under their first aires
into the town. which was nearly ns
serted. except by tae aged and SONS
Standards who had hidden in the Ne-
falo ,rallo,vs. and who came shouting
! htedlv toward the American
. Two companies of the Twenty-',lir.
I lad 4 skirmish along the DaeuI
! road with the retrratiug filipino-
Mai. shields. OF The staff with ~.
command. captured several Iu~urgeii p
Au-r the >Lirmi-h.
= The troops camped in the rain q ~
4 inn the night. and in the morning Gen
Wheaton, established his headquarffr'
T IN a church. quartered his men ~ f-t
:. houses and sent the captured Filipino
2 bevond the outposts with orders H7'
j. 10 rteurn.
The inhabitants describe an 'A'
+ roads rs practically Impossible sA-
= say they believe Aauinaldo has secrf
eli q Yacht in the river Lon-apo- rra'
Subirr. for use in his flight when w
= finds his capture Is Inevitable.
Devoted 10 Recnpai~~ances-
"wednesday was devoted 10 rerrn
naissnnceS- Mai. Logan went n.r'.
ward 10 Sanio Thomas and burned w
!. Fihpnos' barracks.
Cent. Bucks Thirteenth went ~ m
Jacinto and disposed az small hands
Marsh's Twcnty-third went towah
Mardalen. ON the Daguran Rad a'
had several sharp fights with ~in'
PARTIES. They killed eight if
4. brought in - prisoners and had i'
N men wounded.
onI. Mean. Of Retreat Cut o
The Sauto Tomas road ~rrin7 Y
~ the only possible means q rc'r't'
~ large body north from 1arinc. A'
- Gen. Wheaton commands H.
The insurgents ~ this section H.
~ going To reinforce Tarlac-
- The battleship Oregon has arri''
u lers. from Hong Kong.
Northeast Of unbnfncni.
= Capt. Chenoweth and Lieuiena'
". Davis. Van Horn and Bradfori WI
n two companies of the Scventeeni' N
~ imerit. accommodating northeast
- Mabaiacal. attacked and routed 2 '-
~ TALON az insurgents killing y - tn,'
Thr.. Americans were wounded