The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-16
LANDING At SIN FABIAN.
Protected by Fire from the War
Ships, the Troops Landed In
Face of a Heavy Fusilade.
SHARP ENGAGEMENT AND A FOOT. RACE.
Insurgents Cnptopsd aRd spanish
Prisoners nosrurd-Oniy Meas. os
H.&cnpe Cst Om--IiaHairappea by
Bnin--tnsurReatA Have Pienty Of
Guns, Hat Little Ammunition.


gaas, bat Little Ammasitssn.
Manila. Nov 10, $50 p. m.--The
landing OF American troops ut San
Sabian, Tuesday. was tho cmost spectRc-
ulnr Of It's hind since Gem Skaters
Decentralization az Daiquin.
C0-0perntion Was CSnpist.,
The co-opcrution Of the troops and
the navy was complete. The gunboats
maintained a terrific homhardmsnt for
an hour, while the troops rushed waist
deep through the surf, under "A heavy,
but hodiy-aimed rife fire from the
insurgcnt trenches, and charged right
and left, pouring volley after sollry a'
the fleeing rebels.
Forty FIiipinos Captured.
Forty Filiplnos were captured, most
Is nun-commiSSioued oiiiecrs. Several
iufmrcnt dead and five wounded were
found ia building which had suffered
considerably from the bombardmcnt.
The town was well fortified. The sand
dunes were rivctcd with bamboo 20
feet thick, which afforded fine cover.
Troops Prepared to Land.
When the troops arrived in the gulf
they found the Runboats Princeton,
bennington aud others waiting. AZ
ter consultation with Gen. Wheaton,
Commander Knox of the Princeton
aud Commander Sheridan Of the Ben
niHgtun, anchored on the shallow twn
miles OF shore. The gunboats formed
a line inside, the Helena, Caiuu and
Manila close in shore. With the first
gun ~ the bOmbardment the small
boats were fllrd rapidly without con-
fusion. by Maj. Cronits battalion oi
the Twcnty-third infantry, and Capt.
Eurks battalion of the Thirteenth In
fuptTy.
Forced the Insurgents 10 Flee.
While the lines oi boatsmoycd shore
ward, the guuboats poured the full
fore, nf their batteries into th"
trenches, soon forcing the insurgents
60 ice through the burrows dug hack
OF the trenches. About 200 men held
their places until the kecls of the boats
grated on the shore when their Mausrr
bullets commenced to sing overhead.
The Fsot-RAee begun.
The hatinlions formed In good order.
Capt Buck, with ricrcc's aud PBtton's
companies. pursued the insurgents on
the left into the bamboo thickets, On
shr right was frail foot-bridgc across
the river, leading 10 the town.
snnaIsh Rr-,d~ktS Delighted.
Gen. Wheaton, personally command
ing. ordered a charge across the
bridge, and Capt. Howland. of his stan,
led Colcmau's and Elliot;'s companies
of the Thirteenth, and Shields con-
pauy OF the Twcnty-third, who br.
haycd spIcndidly under their first fire.
into the town, which was nearly de.
serted, except by the aged and some
Spaninrds who had hidden In the bui-
falo wnlluws, and who came shouting
dei!lhtcdly toward the Americans.
Two companies of the Twenty-third
had skirmish along the Dagupau
road with the retreating FiIipinos,
Mai Shields, of the stan. with hiN
command, captured several insurgents.
After the stirmIsh.
The troops camped In the rain dur
Ing the night, and in the morning Gen.
Wheaton established his headquarters
In a church, quaricred his men in the
houses and pent the captured Filipincs
beyond the outposta with orders not
to rtcurn.
The inhabitants describe all the
roads MS practically impassablc. and
say they believe Aguinaldo has secret.
ed yacht Ia the river I.ongnpo, near
Subig, for use In his flight when he
finds his capture is inevitable.
Devoted to HsennRtsHRaeeH.
"Wednesday was devoted to recon.
naissances. Mni. Logan went north
ward to sanio Thomas and burned the
Filipnos barracks.
Capt. Bucks Thirteenth went 20 San
Jacinto and disposed OF small bands.
Marsh's Twcnty-ihlrd went toward
Magdalcn, on the Dagupan road, aud
had several sharp fights with small
parties. They killed eight men,
brought in 20 prisoners and had fvo
meu wounded.
Only Means of Retreat Cut On.
The Santo Tomas road scrms 10 be
the only possible means Of retreat for
large body north from Tarlac, anl
Gen. Wheaton commands IL.
The insurgents of this section nre
going to reinforce Tarlac.
The battleship Oregon has arrived
here from Hong Kong.
Northeast st MmbaIncwi.
Capt. Chenoweth and Licutenants
Davis, Van Horn and Bradford, with
two companies Of the Seventeenth reg
iment. eeonnoitering northeast OF
Mabalacal. attacked and routed bat
TALON OF insurgents, killing 20 Of them.
Three Americans were wounded.
spanish Prisoners Released.
Gen. Wheaton reports by the Ben-
nington that when the landing was
made ut San Fabian the insurgents
encountered 800 recruits who were on
their way 20 naFupan, where they ex-
pected the expedition To land. They
retreatcd TO the mountains. Twenty.
eight Spanish prisoners were rescued.
The report Of the landing at Linga-
yan was brought by the commander nj
the Manila. who saw the fight. He got
the geography mixed.
Gen. Wheaton In bringing supplies
sem Angeles Ivy the Use Of mule and
caribou teams.
Handicapped BY Rafe.
II has been raining throughout tho
week, handleapplng Generals f.awton
and Macarthur. The transportation
Ia the chief difficulty. In the advance
Gen. Lawton depended on the river to
get his supplies The San isidro river
Is fed by mountain streams. and Is al,
ierpsieiy too shallow for navigation or
| too swift. Two and three launches
were necessary 10 pub the taseo. NOV.
ing the supplies, from San tsifiro over
the muody rnssis. They made only
two or three miles day.