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gance. owing To- the opposition. and TIE

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Gen. Macarthur division, were
much tnterfered with by the characterto OF
the country in front of both. and the enemy
was able 70 take advantage Of this, 30 that
the operations against Novaliches and Polo
were delayed. though the right wing Of
envy In a northwesterly direction.
y Gen. Wheaton,s headquarters Saturday
fnignt was half mile south Of the river, on
the rallroad. The opposite bank was pro-
tscted Dy g block house and intrenchments.
Occa sionally the artillery and infantry
snred across the stream. Finally the en-
gineers moved construction train up to
the bridge, the iron frame work OF which
renamed, and began to replace the floor
8 While this was going on the Second Ore
.gon regiment crossed the river on the left
ana the Twenty-second on the right, with
Tour companies of the 5Twenty-third in
Iantry supporting the latter regiment A
rising clear ground stretched away a dis
Lane. lance OF nall mile to Malinta, situated on
Its crest 5&.s s.aEs2r2 s4a $ l5
In front Of the village were strong Fill
plno intrenchments, but no Filipinos were
70 be seen. Apparently they had fled. The
twenty second approached diagonally,
with Gen. Wheaton and his staff close be-
mind and scouts closely observing the
ground. 3.-tse - x 80. :
Filipin0s Open, Fire. 49, .,..
When the Americans were within about
Soo yards of. the intrenchments; the Fill
pinos suddenly volleyed heavily. The TWEEN
ty-second, which was holding the center,
suffered considerably, but with the Oregons
on the left and the Kansans on the right
In the woods, the fighting was kept up for
half an hour. the Twenty-second infantry
advancing up. the slope, through the thick
grass under the hottest fire. IT, IT, 4
Gen. Wheaton and his staff were all the
time under rain Of bullets $50 '
s ava Col. Egbert's Death %
!. Col. 'Egbert who was in the thickest Of
the fighting, was shot in the abdomen. He
was. placed on a stretcher, and an attempt
was made to carry him to the cars, but he
died on the way. j.. -
It was most. affecting scene. Gen.
wheaton, barring his head said: "You
have done nobly." COL Egbert gasped in
reply: II must die, am too old.''
NO F1lipinos were found in the trenches
Though apparently their force was much
smaller than that of the Americans, they
IN opportunity to retreat. -
Gen. MacArthur's advance guard, the
Third artillery and the Twentieth Kansas
regiment, Joined Gen. Wheaton's brigade
shortly after Malinta was taken, approach
ing along the Novaliches road westerly.
Our Troops Much Exhausted.
The soldiers were much exhausted and
tnereI were several prostrations from the
heat, which was intense, The dead and
wounded were collected in the shade of
trees and carried on stretchers by Chinese
across the river to the train. After lunch
Gen: MacArthur's division advanced
toward Polo.
The Second Oregon regiment encountered
q thousand Filipinos west of Malinta, who
were retreating from Malabon. The enemy
'had taken up position behind four rows
or 1ntrenchments. but was driven out after
an hours heavy firing. One Oregonian was
killed and five wounded
Inc Third artillery, acting as infantry,
with two guns of the Utah artillery, and
tne -hansans had a sharp fight east of Ma
nnta. The Americans had but slight losses
were taken prisoners
Gen. MacArthur's division is advancing
upon Polo along the railroad AS the bridge
Is destroyed and the river cannot be forded
the advance is. temporarily checked
IN the fighting west of Malinta the Ore
gonlans captured Spaniard, but he denied
that he was taking part in the battle. !:
Inc surgeons from the fleet and the Brit
;1sh cruiser Powerful volunteered their as
s1stance and were indefatigable in their
services at the front -
Commissioner Schurman Under Fire.
President .Schurman, of the Philippines
commission, and Mr.. Macarthur, its Sec
rotary, were under fire Sunday with Gen.
Wheaton. - !, =,
Interest in. Warrington
Washington, March 27-Advices from
Gen. Otis were watched with keenest in
terest by war department officials Sunday,
and Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, who
IN the absence Of Secretary Alger is acting
secretary of war, remained in his office
throughout the day in order to keep in
close touch with the progress of the fight
ing. Many army officers and other officials
We're also at the department, and the pres
1dent was kept advised as to the develop
ments as Indicated in Gen. OTIS dispatches
Early in the morning the first message
from Gen. Otis was received and was soon
lolloWed Dy others whose contents gave the
ofhclals here their first general idea of the
operations of the last two days.
The list Of killed and wounded, which
Gen. Otis had promised, was awaited anx-
iously by the department and the friends
and relatives here of the officers and men
IN the Philippines, but it was late in the
afternoon before it was received. Much
regret was expressed at the death of COL
Egbert, the only regular officer among the
Killed. He was among those who distin-
gulshed themselves at Santiago, being
wounded at San Juan, and brevetted for his
conspicuous gallantry in that engagement.
~ The Killed.
The following is the list of killed March
"a, Is and 26:
Twentieth Kansas-Company E, Privates
H. S. Plumer, Curran c. Craig; G., A. S.
Anibal; Third artillery, battery H, Privates
William Patton, James O'Neil, Sergt
Fogarthy; G, Privates Herbert Ross: K,
Thompson Clarence Watts.
Second Oregon-Company B, Privates H.
B. Adams; D, William W. Cook: L, Charles
Herbert, Guy Millard.
First 'Montana-Company F., Privates
Joseph hickman: G. Percy Lockhart, Steve
Stevens; M, William Mitschke.
Third nfantry-Company M, Privates
Morrell, Corp. Cummings; Tenth Pennsyl-
vania, Private Aliz Nowall; First Ne
braska, company A, Sergt. Walter Poor;
First Colorado, company E, Capt. John s.
Stewart. =
Twenty-second 1nfantry-col. H. G. Eg-
bert. - ,,
Gen. Otis Dispatches.
Following are the dispatches received
from Gen. Otis on Sunday:
Manila, March 26.-Adjutant General.
Washington: Attacks on hall and pump
ing station last night easily repulsed. Mac
Arthur with moving column has driven
enemy but cannot gain point north of Polo
on account of roughness of country; must
strike railway south that point; this will
enable most of Aguinaldo's troops to es-
cape north. Still he may oppose as best
of his army, consisting of released. pris-
eners of war, former native Spanish troops
concentrated there. This northern army
will be pressed south of city; 5000 insur-
gent troops from southern Luzon prov
inces have concentrated. Lawton will take
care Of them. Affair satisfactory. &c., FL.
(Signed) |-' - Otis"
MANILA March 26.-Adjutant General,
Washington MacArthur's advance be-
yond Newcanayan, two miles beyond Polo,
nine miles from Manila and Is miles from
Malolos; railroad will be- repaired to adj
vance point tomorrow and troops supplied
by cars; Macarthur will press on to-mor-
row; is now an open country. In
surgents stoutly resisting behind sue
ceeding lines of {: intrenchmentsa, from
which the troops continually drive