Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-11-16
THE PHILIPPINE WAR.
A Spectacular Landing Of American
Troops at San Sabian.
TERRIFIC BONBARDNEy1 OF TOWN,
Tho CO. Operation Of the American Troops
and Navy Complete-M slight skir-
mIshes with Filipinos-Rain Handi.
Gaping Lawton and Macarthur.

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Gaping Lawton and Macarthur.
Manila, Nov. 1.-THE landing Of til
American troops at San Sabian Tue
day was the most spectacular affair
its kind since Gen. Skaters Olsen
barkation at Daquari. The co-operi
ton OF the troops and the navy wa
complete. The gunboats maintaine
q terrific bombardment for an houl
while the troops rushed waist dee
through the surf, under heavy bu
badly aimed rifle fire from the insul
gent trenches, and charged right an
left, pouring volley after volley at tn
fleeing rebels Forty Filipinos wer
captured, mostly non-commissione
officers. Several insurgent dead an
five wounded were found in buildin
which had suffered considerably fron
the bombardment. The town wa
we'll fortified. The sand dunes wer
rivetted with bamboo 30 feet thick
which afforded fine cover.
When the transports arrived in tn
gulf they found the gunboats Prince
ton, Bennington and Others waiting
After consultation with Gen. Wheaton
Commander Knox, OF the Princeton
and Commander Sheridan, Of the Ben
nington. anchored on the shallow tw'
miles of shore. The gunboats formed
a line inside, the Helena, Callao ant
Manila close in shore. With the frs
gun OF the bombardment the small
boats were filled rapidly, without con
fusion, by Maj Cronite's battalion O.
the Thirteenth infantry. While thu
lines of the boats moved shoreward
the gunboats poured the full force o.
their batteries into the trenches soor
forcing the insurgents to flee through
the burrows dug back Of the trenches
About 200 men held their places unit
the keels OF the boats grated on tht
shore when their Mauser bullets COM
menced to sing overhead.
The battalions formed in good order
Capt. Buck, with Pierce's and Patton't
companies, pursued the insurgents on
the left, into the bamboo thickets. On
the right was q frail foot bridge across
the river, leading to the towns. Gen.
Wheaton, personally commanding, or
dered charge across the bridge, and
Capt. Rowland, Of his staff, led Cole
mans and Elliott's companies Of the
Thirteenth and Shields company Of
the Twenty-third, who behaved spleu-
didly under their first fire, into the
town which was found to be nearly de-
serted, except by the aged and some
Spaniards who had hidden in the buff
falo wallows and who came shouting
delightedly toward the Americans
Two companies Of the Thirty-third
had skirmish along the Dagupan
road with the retreating Filipinos.
Maj Shields, Of the staff, with his
command, captured several insurgents.
The troops camped in the rain dur
Ing the night and in the morning Gen.
Wheaton established his headquarters
in church, quartered his men in the
houses and sent the captured Filipinos
beyond the outposts, with orders not
TO return.
The inhabitants describe all the roads
as practilly impossible, and say they
believe Aguinaldo has secreted yacht
in the river Longapo, near Subig, for
use in his fight when he finds his cap
ture is inevitable.
Wednesday was devoted to recon-
naissances. Maj Logan went north
ward to Santo Tomas and burned the
Filipinos' barracks. Capt Bucks
Thirteenth went to San Jacinto and
disposed of small bands. Marsh's
Twenty-third went toward Magdalen,
on the Dagupan road and had several
sharp fights with small parties. They
killed eight men, brought in 30 prison
ers and had five men wounded.
The Santo Tomas road seems to be
the only possible means Of retreat for
a large body north from Tarlac and
Gen. Wheaton commands 1t. The in
Of this section are going to
reinforce Tarlac. The battleship Ore
yon has arrived here from Hong Kong.
Capt. Chenowith and Lieuts Davis,
vanhorne and Bradford, with two COM
panies Of the Seventeenth regiment,
reconnoitering northeast Of Mabalacal,
attacked and routed a battalion OF in
killing 30 Of them. Three
Americans were wounded.
Gen. Wheaton reports, by the Ben
that when the landing was
made at San Fabian the insurgents en-
were 800 recruits who were
IN their way to Dagupan, where they |
--aNcted the expedition to land. They |
'elreateo 70 tine MOUNTAINS. Iwcnsy-
light Spanish prisoners were rescued.
1t has been raining hard throughout
he week, handicapping Gems. Lawton
md Macarthur. The transportation
S the chief difficulty. In the advance
len. Lawton depended on the river to
ret his supplies.
Maj. Bell has been engaged in an
'ther daring exploit While scouting
With five officers and two men Of the
rhirty-sixth infantry and Lieut.. Haw-
inns and ten men of the Fourth cav
Try, he crept behind trench contain
ng 100 Filipinos, rode them down and
Tiled and wounded 90 men and cap
ured six. He also brought back 80
iausers.
Manila, Nov. iA-Gen. Young is sup
osed to have reached San Nicolas,
bout 30 miles east Of Davunan Int