Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-03-30
NEARING THE END
WAR WITH FILIPINOS WILL SOON
BE OVER.
Fighting of the Past Few Days Has Been
Fast and Furious and the Insurgents arc
Being Gradually Hemmed in-WiI
Make Their Last stand at MaIoIos.

New York, March e7.-The end of
the war with the followers of Aguin-
aldo is in sight. Dispatches received
from Manila state that the American
army now surrounds fully $, 900 Of the
insurgents and there is no possibility
OF their escape. This was accomplished
In battle fought Saturday. The Amer
lean losses in this engagement are esti-
mated at sixteen killed and 100
wounded
Flghtlng began at a. m, when an
advance was begun all along the lines
from San Juan del None to Caloocan
MacArthur's entire division was In the
night, the brigades being commanded
by Brigadier- Generals II. G.. Otis, Hale
and Wheaton. The Nebraska and Col
orado regiments encountered the first
strong resistance. This was at San
francisco del Monte, and surrounding
trenches The cavalry outflanked the
enemy, who broke and ran, suffering
severe loss. AS our line swung north
west and came to Talighan river,
Wheaton's brigade moved out from
Caloocan and swept the trenches di-
rectly in front, killing hundreds of in
surgents. Our line stretched along six
miles of the south bank of the river.
with the bridge at Caloocan DESTROYED.
There were solid lines of insurgents in
trenches on the other bank Their bull
let's cut limbs from the trees and beat
up clouds of dust, as the Kansas regi-
ment boldly waded across and stormed
the blockhouse of the enemy The
Kansas men almost swan, so deep was
the water. They charged the trenches,
dripping, with the utmost enthusiasm
1t was such charge as the Filipinos
could make no stand against. They
broke and ran for high ground.
Meantime, Wheaton shelled the
trenches on the left Shattered bodies
of insurgents were lifted in the air as
our shells burst among them. General
Macarthur, with his staff and artil-
lery, swung in a circle to the right and
cut off the enemy's retreat to Pelo.
The signal service kept him in commu.
nication with all the brigades as they
moved. The days victory was a glori.
GUS one. The fording of the river by
the Kansas regiment under a terrific
fire was the most heroic and thrilling
spectacle of the war
The army was not checked at night
by the enemy's strength, but perfected
Its lines to prevent the escape of the
insurgent forces.
The movement was arranged with the
greatest care and foresight. Genera
Hale's brigade was in front; behind Il
were massed II. G. Otis and Halls
while Wheatons brigade was in tn,
rear. The contending forces mum berec
about 12, 600 each The enemy wer,
strongly entrenched in dense jungles
in which the Americans were compelled
to force their way, after crossing
large open space, exposed to the full
strength of the insurgent fire. Tn,
effect of this plan was to drive wedg
through the heart of the insurgent
army and effect its complete disorgan
ization This has been practically &C
complished. Five thousand of the In
surgents are hemmed in near tie vii
lage of Pelo by Wheaton's brigade oil
the south, where it now rests, wit
MacArthur's force on the northeast.