Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-05

Are Driven from Trench to Trench by
American Artiiisry.

Manila. May 9. $50; A. MIN spite Of
the peaceful oyerturcr Of their cofnnis-
sioncrr. tho Fillplnos vigorously rcsist-
ed the advance Of den. Macarthur d.
vision from Apaiit toward Han fernan-
do. lighting desperately nt long range
and running from trench To trench
when driven out by the American ar
iiilery.
The movement commenced ut half
past In the morning. Gen. iialc'r bril-
Ende. consisting Of nvc Gatllnsr. under
command of Mai. Young Of the sixth
artillery. two batiaiionr Of the fry
nfnt Iowa regiment, the First Nebraska
regiment ana the First Dakota rcFi-
ment. advanced along the ROAD Few
miles west OF the railway line.
ten. Wheaton. with iiotchklsa ana
UntlinF guns, under the command OF
Lieut.. Naylor of the Utah ilght nrtii.
iery. mounted on hand-cnru, punhed
ahead. the Twentieth Kansas ana First
Montana regiment dcployinK 20 the
Hght and loft when feasible.
The country 10 be trnvcrncd proved
the worst yet encountered, miles OF
marshes and many unfordable streams
delaying the advance materially,
10th brigndea met with resistance 81
multancously On approaching the river
near Han Tomas. which II about eight
kiiomcterH from Aplai. The centcr
span of the railroad bridEe had dropped
into the river. and the rebels had only
loft q small force 10 check Cen When-
ton. their main body lining the strong
trenches In front Of Cen Hale.
SHIELDED ny ARTILLERY.
Although the nttarking force poured
n very heavy artillery ana muaketry
FIRE across the river, the enemy stub
h0rniy resisted for over AN hour, uiti-
maiely breaking when Maj. YOUNG
fheiled their left flank. and then re-
treating along the river bank under
cover.
Gen. wheaton. In the meantime. tried
Intellectually TO draw the iiro ~ the FL
inlnos IN the trenches east Of the
track, As soon nA they discovered that
The nature Of the country would per.
inlt only a few rkirfnlHhern on each
eide ~ the cmbnnkment, the rebels ~
Eained their courage nnd fought dca-
pentely for thrce-qunrters ~ nm hour
IN tho face OF the American voilcyn and
The rapid-nrc fuaillAde, thanked by tho
Montana regiment Then general
scramble cnHued. most Of the enemy
board Ing the trains that were In feadi-
ness, and the others taking the roads
~ Fan Fernando, after burning the VIZ
lagos ~ San Tomas and Motinc.
About noon Gen. Wheaton crossed
the broken bridge. cleared tho ftraE-
rlerH out of the villages and advanced
toward San Fernando, Gen. Hale ef-
fr'ted a crossing simultaneously after
ullght delay necessary TO repair a
stone bridge
OUR LOSS.
our loss up 10 that hour (noonl was
two members ~ the Nebraska regiment
md one Of the Montana killed ana
Cont, Albrocht, three members Of the
Kansas regiment. two OF the Montana,
-FOUR OF the Nebraska and one of the
South Dakota wounded. The enemy'a
loss was very slight
After u short rest the advance was
continued den. Wheaton encounierinE
The iirHt series of lntrcnchmentH near
Fan Fernando. The rebels now opened
hot nrc. Col. Funston ~ the Twen-
Ieth Kansas was wounded, one llcu-
tenant was killed and four wounded
While leading four companies Of the
Kansas regiment 10 outfank the enc
my Gen. Hale pushed along the road,
Ranking the trenches,
More than 100 sick and wounded men
irom Gen. I.awton's brigade We're
brought To Manila from Malolos by last
nights train. The heat IL unbcarable'