Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21

across on each trip OF the small boat-to
attack the enemy's trenches.
The inability Of the commissary train
10 keep up with the advance led TO con-
siderable suffering. and many of the men
were completely exhausted when they
were recalled and falling from the ranks,
were strung along distance Of almost
six miles, numbers returning TO camp In
the artillery ambulances, which were al
ways close up TO the lines The work or
the ambulances was especially worthy OF
mOnuon.
Among the dead are several who pre-
viously were reported as wounded.
SUNDAYS CASUALTIES.
Yesterdays casualties were as follows:
Twenty . second Regiment Captain
Frank = Jones, Company Il; Prlvates
Young. Arenson, and Yunt. OF Company
ID; Rice, Pasmir White, Ellis. Morgan,
schunder, Coumpolz Of Company IL; Ed
ward. Company X, and Corporals Comet
neige and Nelson. Company NJ
Washington Volunteers-Prlyates Wess
and Bartlett. and Corporal Waters. Com
pany u, and Corporal Brlckly, Company
Is.
oregon volunteers-PrIvate Brown,
Company NJ.
Minnesota volunteers-Private Bruck,
Company c.
All OF the above are more or less seri-
ously wounded.
BANDITTI THREATEN ILOILO
MANILA, March 2O.-i.iO T.. M.-Thc
mountain bandltti OF Fancy Island re-
Gently threatened a serious attack upon
! Iioilo. but they were repulsed, with a
| loss Of 200 men. by General Miller
McNeils Battalion Of the California
Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Du-
Il .4rlr nm Il..
transport Indiana tomorrow. IN order 90
reinforce the garrlsons OF the towns OF
Bats and Baguyan, on the east coast Of
the Island of Negros, where Colonel
| Smith is I'm command. This is only mea-
sure OF precaution, as Major-General Otis
says he does not anticipate trouble there.
FIGHTING AROUND TAGUIG.
Some Of the rebels recently expelled
from Cavite and the small towns N the
vicinity Of Pasig combined forces, and
, Saturday night as already announced, at
| tackled a company OF the Washington
volunteers at a detached post at raguIg,
! about a mile and a half southeast OF
| Pasig General Wheaton Immediately
reinforced the Americans with Two COM
| panies each OF the Washington AMI the
! Oregon regiments. The post held the
| enemy in check, and the fire OF the -ein-
| forcing companies repulscd them, driving
them across TO an island formed IN the
estuary. They were thus in front OF the
| Twenty-second Infantry.
| On discovering that they were entrapped
| the rebels fought desperately, aided ma
terlally by the Jungle and the darkness
but they were completely routed. with
heavy loss, after two hours fighting. The
! Americans lost two killed and twent,
wounded. among the latter Lieu. tenant
| Francis Jones.
WHEATON TAKES REVENGE.
General Wheaton determined TO punish
the natives. and at daybreak yesterday
his brigade started In the following or
der: The Sixth Artillery holding the ex-
IRENE right, the Oregon volunteers bold
ing the centre. the Washington regiment
keeping 20 the edge OF the lake. and the
Twenty second Infantry occupying the
right OF the line. which swept the whole
country along the lake. IN a southeastern
IL direction. toward General Overshlne's
position. The line. extending over two
miles OF country. rough and covered with
thick Jungle, advanced eleven miles. The
enemy fed, the last Of them being seer
about $50 o'clock this afternoon. Al
scarcely any time did the Americans sci
within 100 yards OF them.
! The troops returned 70 Pasig last night