Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-05
Completes a Circle Of Twenty Miles
Over Mountains,
CHARGEACROss RICEFIELDs


Manila. june t-Gcn. Halls column.
in the movement on che Momng pe.
nlnauln. completed she circle of twenty
miles over r1urh and mountainous
country. having two engagements with
Che insurgents. ono of them severe. and
keeping up un almost continuous nra
against scattered bands VI febcis foi
nearly twcnty-faur hours. from &
o'clock Saturday morning. when the
column l,ft One pumping station Tho
FlirInoa vUro driven n every dircc-
ton. aud the country through which
Con. HAL paaald was pretty thorough.
iy cleared up.
~ % o'clock this morning the column
reached point few miles from Tay-
tay. whore Uon. ii'll was met by Con.
Llwt1n, who bad already entered the
town and found % deserted.
HALLS Objective POINT
Cen. Halls objective point was Anti.
polo. ten mllpH %. and there was dcsul-
tory nruH ull ul1nH thy line uf I'nfuh.
The gunro1u could bo heard Smelling
thn bills Boo advance Uf the column.
THE column, after driving the rebels
about noon yesterday. with lusH OF
hut two or three slightly wounded. pro.
urrdyd with ull possible haste toward
ihHuuh do hay. tho Fourth cavalry
in ths load. the oregon regiment next
anu tho Fourth Infantry last -
u'clurs There fnElWruiH fought th0li
second battle Uf che iuY. and 90 result
gd lik. the urft lu tha complete rout
of % largo Filipino force located Zoe hp
mountains ANA having every advantage
uf position.
FOUR AMERICANS KILLED.
In this nght the American loss was
four KILLED. three ~ the Fourth cav.
airy aud one ufgHuullu-uud about nf-
tcHn wounded, The Filipino l0Ha could
urt l.n uHeUrtHlunl but tho terrific fire
which The Americans poured into them
for halls Hu hour muHi have inflicted
severe lnHH in this engagement our
troops made one NJ the most gallant
charges ul tho war. and the enemy
was forced Co nee In the greatest DIS.
order
o. vsr tho intention Co. press on 90
NutlnUlY lnHt niFht. but this was found
iMuuE lhl, uwiuH Goo the two nrhte. md
me constant marching flr more than
twelve hours with nothing 90 cat since
morning. Hu1 nU supply tmin iu sight
Tue iruupf moreover. Hunnfcd from
thH Intense heat many being prnHtrn-
rcd and 900 Ereltly exhausted. C1nHe-
qurUtly, they blVuuaokni Tor the night
on the second battlefield.
\ SHOWER or BULLETS
Tho cavalry. the orcrouiana ana two
companies III the Fourth Infantry hud
Just CROSSED "a small crock about o
o'clock yesterday afternoon and en-
tnr0d upon u HuntoH road, from which
they W'r" cmcrFluE upon q small valley
surrounded ON lil fidoH hy hlgh ana
heavily wooded hills. when the rrbolH
concealed Ia tho mountains. uu the
three Sides % tho plain, opened 70 hot
nrH ana Huut showers NJ bullets into
tho ranks uf tho Americans. The lac.
ter drployoi Immediately in three ale
rnrlInuH.
Thou followed charge across tho
rice Fields and bitches and up tho hll-
HlioH from which tho shots came. 400
tho limo pouring ln % trfrinr hair
while the ulr roHuun1rd with thH cone
slant rattle ot WuakHtry
The Fourth cavalry, being boz front.
suffered the rHyrrUsl llTH when the at-
tack opened. two of thu.r KILLED being
rorrrlntH and tho othor "a private The
orugonlnn Killed was re- private,
CHARGING AND CHEERING.
The natives warc unnbl. 90 stand
The vigorous Orc nf the Americans long.
ana ut tho nrHt sign ~ their wnvrfIuF
Tho cnyulry. prE1nlauH and Fourth
luiantrymru broke into villa ohgurH uul
CHARGED Htlli foster up thu hillside,
pouring iu Nnlluy uftrr yoilUy until iho
enemy lsd tho places WHORE tlFy were
partially concealed by thr thIpkut. Nal
over thr summit in thr widest ,0u-
fusion ana disappeared iu t"a sure
rounding valleys.
After tho nvht was over the Hr.nr
was continued hy tho Americans Tor
moro than nu hour in cleaning oct me
bush ana driving away attnFgllug i'll,-
plnuH,
The troops after camping FOR the
nlght on tho battlefield. Hturtrd lt .
o'clock this morning Tor Auuunl1,
whore " was expected % strong rrsIst-
nuro would hu made. Anup1lo s
place Ear up The mguniulnH which the
SpnnlardH had Huld the Americana
could never capture. II has cost Spain
the lives of 200 troops.
The ur0Hcss ~ tho column wnH COM
sid0uhly delayed while p1HsluF up tha
fierp mountain Frnde hy n small band
of Insurgents, but these were pTroluHl-