The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-12
REBELS WIDELY SCATTERED.
,rr,CK AT CALULET WAS A COM
PLETE SURPRISE.

MANY of Them Were Asleep and Had
,o Re walked Up by the Ringing OF
p.IIs-RecOnnOiterin Party Made
an Advance on Angeles, But With
Jrcw-EROrts to Ambush the
,mericans-TrOops Highly COmpIi-
r,ented by the Officers.
Manila. Aug. n.-Gen. MacArthur's
,r,ons remained last night at Calulet
THE rebels had evidently fed far beyond
r,ea range. for the American outposts were
M, disturbed and not a shot was fired
during the night.
A. daybreak this morning a reconnoh-
erirg party, consisting of a battalion of
The seventeenth Infantry, with one field
niece started up the railroad track to-
uard Angeles four miles north. The par
~. approached within 1900 yards of the
toVn. and opened fire with the field guns.
The Americans were received with a bad
1v directed rifle fire, which the battalion
nj the seventeenth returned with a few
voIeys.
The strength of the insurgents at An
eele- not being known, the situation was
rsnorted to Gen. Macarthur who did not
desire 20 send achievements and direct
ed the reconnoiterirg party to return IN
less the rebels abandoned the town. Soon
after the receipt of these orders it be
came evident that the rebels had set fire
to the town and fled, leaving the place to
be- occupied by the Americans.
battalion of the Twelfth Infantry was
also sent on accommodating expedition
towards the west. but UP to noon no fir
ing had been heard in their direction. and
as no word has been received from them
Al Gen. MacArthur's headquarters, it is
believed they encountered nothing.
FiIipinos Were Surprised.
Everything indicates that all the rebels
have scattered for miles in every direc-
ton around Calulet. The insurgents lost
heavily in the lighting around that place.
1t is believed that a hundred were killed
and three or four hundred wounded.
The Iowa Regiment killed thirty in one
place and one company of the Seventeenth
suddenly encountered a party of rebels in
trench and killed twelve.
The American loss was five killed and
thirty-one wounded, including three Off
GERS.
The attack was a complete surprise to
the insurgents who had no idea that
movement was intended until the armored
car opened a deadly fire with two Gatlings,
a revolving cannon and six-pounder The
heavy artillery opened on both TANKS
moment later. A majority of the Fill
pinos were asleep when the attack was
made. Men with large bells We're heard
running among the shacks, arousing the
soldiers.
The Americans maintained almost per-
feet line four miles long, through cane
brakes where they could see nothing
ahead. The mud in places was knee deep
in the rice fields and jungles and through
the bitches flowed small rivers several feet
deep.
Tried Ambush Tactics.
The Filipinos tried to ambush the Amer
leans several times the country in the
nelgnborhood being well adapted to these
tactics, but the troops stopped for moth
ing, forcing their way through or over OBJ
staces and firing whenever they could
locate the fleeing enemy
The officers highly commended the re-
cruts of The various regiments.
mere is reason to believe the reports
recently received that the insurgents are
snort of ammunition, as well informed
natives at Calulet say the insurgents had
only forty rounds of ammunition each,
and that thirty rounds extra were issued
Just before the fight.
Since the American occupation of San
fernando the rebels have torn up three
miles OF railroad between there and Cal
uet' and it is impossible TO get the ar
Eored car more than two miles beyond
San Fernando.
Accommodating by small parties continu-
made to get in contact with the enemy.
me American troops occupy Caluet,
santa Rita. Bacolor and Guagua. No
IuIIAer engagements have taken place.
The rains have recommended. The
wounded are being brought into Manila.
me United States transport Para from
san Francisco via Honolulu, has arrived