The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-05
REBELS HAD THE ADVANTAGE.
Oi Position in the Hills...Onc OF
the Most Brilliant Charges
Made in the War.
THE PENINSULA OF Nl0RONG
TO be Swept Clean OF the Insur.
gcnts...Troops are now on
the March.

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uehe'as "a iahi' Is Iii'ircpltis from from ANU
polo ABOUT SIX ana an u hait mics mes. horth--
west OF Morohg' toward the peninsula
win win MS lorces 's. spread i'7e'l out 10 cover
'arse seet.on. Solotiel truman ' Win
the flrst North 1akota regiment ana
the Iweii'n li,lahtry'ls advancing along
the coast OF the iake from Iaytay, incl
dentaily clearing several small towns.
Col. Wholiey with the First washington
regiment mas iandeo on the peninsula,
above the town OF Morons. Ihe army
gunboats Napldan, Covadonsa and
ceste are IN position TO cooperate.
The original plan was to surround the
forces OF General Pio del Pillar. so that
he must retreat to the Morong penin-
sula, where capture would have been
Inevitable. This was not complete
success because General Hairs column
iou''u t'ie county iu's VI iiti'iuicaps "
60 ~ hr,d,od ~ >ordod ana ~. .roon,
,.o,n.rtly eorr5o,ed ,bror,,h ,nor,,yss
r.o,s. dao, i, ,,d ~ ornor,aroo, ,.,,,,h
rrdor tho terrible sun exhausted ,ho
Americans ou,to heyond enduron,o
Mos, ~ Cenora, p,o do, pi,or,x follow.
ers nre snnnosad n b,,. coned ,o-t,,-
ward nrobob,v reaching Rosoboso !,
stronghold IN tho mount,,ns
co, Jvhol,ev having s,ccassfr,,y con,-
n,e,ed hls share of rho moyar,ent
brought tho w,sh,np,o, ror,nort :,
the river Pasir. where last nigh, ,bou.
midntrht the MON enharl.ea uno, ras.
coes and startad for their dos,,n,tio,
under the conyov NJ tho p,,nbo,ts
Thov encountered !, rona,itio, oF M,
cxner,ence undcrponn hv oImos, every
eynedition on attemntIn- IN ontar Ia.
runn da Rny as tho bonts won, aground
IN the shnllows nj tbo month of tho
river and were detained there several
hours.
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MAYOR 1eherai l-a"toh' IN the mean
.''"e was ''ue.a''sio'e. Ns riu'ns from one
Iofee 10 lor o'hef anu supervising the
ioadihs Oh tae cascoes' without sieep LOT
Two hishts.
'eherai aalis $ command "hich as
seihpled 'leSI al the water WORKS KS or pumping
station 'ate friaay Nisht uhoer cover
oi u inooh'ess SKY consists OIL the sec
ohu oregon volunteers VINO marched
b,rr,cks n bot,,lion ~ tho second
Wyoming regiment, four troops of the
Fourth cavalry-one mounted on the
big American horses which so Impress
ed the natives, the others unmounted-
two battallons of the Fourth infantry,
one battalion of the N.nth infantry, the
first six companies OF the First colc-a-
do regiment and two mountain guns.
The men rolled themselves in their
blankets and lay upon the wet srass for
a few hours rest under u drlzzlIng rain.
At4 o'clock yesterday morning (sat-
urday) they began 10 cross the San
Mateo river and abou. noon easily re-.
pulsed a large band of FilpIros about
twelve miles east OF Manila between
Marlyuina ana Antlpulo. The Oregon
regiment, the cavalry, the artillery and
the Fourth Infantry accomplished this
task. driving the Insurgents from the
hills, the other troops being held In re-
serve but afterward joIn!ng the main
column In pursuit toward the sea.
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"A running hght was IN progress aii
me afternoon. a fliipiho outpost hrst
attacked Few American scouts. where
upon the Eourth cavalry formed a long