The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-15
FIGHT NEAR SAN JACINT0
AMERICANS LOSE SIN MEN AND
ONE OFFICER.
ElGHTY-FOUR FILIPINOs WERE KILLED
Our Troops Could Drive Filipinos From Bonga-
beng in Fortnight. insurgents Sur
render And Get $50 Apiece
For Their Guns.

MdlllId, NOV. If.--tS.tO y. VI. = IHe
whereabouts of Aguinaldo and his army
and Cabinet is a perfect enigma. Gener-
al Otis has learned that Aguinaldo re-
Gently issued proclamation transferr
ing the capital to Bongabong, giving
as a reason for the step the unsanitary
condition of Tarlac.
1t is supposed that the leaders of the
insurrection who are not already at
Bongabong are retreating to that place,
though when they left Tarlac, whether
they are travelling with the army, how
many soldiers they were able TO hold
together ana whether the leaders or the
troops have got beyond General Law
toms line are all unknown. 1t is hoped
however that General Wheaton has, ar
fected a junction with General Young,
forming a Gordon from San Fabian to
San Isidro.
General Lawton has 5000 men, Gen
eral Wheaton 2,700-a small force to
control so many miles, but it commands
the main roads by which the insurgents
must move to the northeast.
With the Americans advancing at the
gents from Bongabong i'll fortnight;
and it is impossible for the rebels TO es-
tabislf any capital in I.uzon which eau
not be captured within d month.
The rapid approach of the Americans
was complete surprise to the insur-
gents as the latter expected them to
move slowly, rs they did from Manila
to Angeles. The Filipinos thought it
tlr atf ai
headway in the mud which prevailed
everywhere. and the sudden invasion
astounds the natives along the line of
General Young's march, who had been
told that the Americans were confined
to the suburbs Of Manila.
A majority of the natives welcome the
army enthusiastically, but some who
have been deluded by stories of Ameri-
can cruelties, hide in the swamps. Wo-
men who are unable to flee, fall upon
their knees uphOlding crucifXes and beg
ging to be spared When the news
spreads that the Americans intend TO
remain and establish order the popula-
ton flock to their homes, bringing with
them their cattle and household goods.
The insurgents have drained the re-
sources of the province The army has
impressed a large share of the crops and
the people are mserably poor Every
where are elaborate trenches, built by
the non-combatants working day and
night.
The Americans found big stores of rice
at sTarlac, Tubig and elsewhere and
several thousand new Filipino uniforms
were captured at Tubig. Thirty insur-
gents surrendered to General MacAr-
thur, each receiving $50 for his gun.
Major Marshs battalion of the Thirty
third regiment, which includes many old
Rough Ridres from the Southwest at
tackled 400 Filipinos three miles from
San Fabian on the Dagupan road on
Friday. The Filipinos had been firing
at the outp0Sts Major Marsh found
them intrenched across the river. Their
trenches had been made after General
Wheaton's arrival. Major Marsh
charged them, a portion of his battalion
fording the stream and part crossing
by the bridge.
When the Americans approached, the
Filipinos, afraid to show their heads,
poked their rifles above the trench and
fired blindly. Major Marsh's force pur-
sued them for mile Fourteen Fill
pinos were left behind, including the
Lieutenant Colonel commanding on the
field Two Americans were wounded.
The insurgents have resumed their ac-
tivity in the Cavite Province, threaten
ing an attack ON linus. Yesterday they
attacked Calamba in the usual fashion.
A nightly fusilade between the marines
and the hundred insurgents who have
again intrenched themselves on the 18TH
mus between Cavite and N0veleta Is
plainly heard in Manila
On Saturday the Filipinos ATTEMPTED
to entrap the marines by landing force |
from canoes behind them The search
lights of the Petrol discovered the |
preparations to embark and few shots |
from the Monadnock and Petrels gums |
spoiled the game.
BATTLE NEAR SAN JACINTO.
Manila, Nov. 14.-S p. m-The Thirty
third infantry, III one of the sharpest
two hours engagements of the war. with
an equal force of insurgents. five miles
from San Fabian, Saturday. lost one
officer and six men killed, and one officer
and twelve men wounded. The Ameri-
cans captured 20 Filipinos and one hun
dred rifles and found eighty-one insur-
gent dead lying in the trenches and rice
helds. Many more Filipinos, doubtless,
were killed or wounded.
General Wheaton was informed that