Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-09
SEVERAL SHARP ACTIONS
Occurred Around NoVeleta, Yesterday
Morning,

IN WHICH THE GUNBOAT WHEEL
ING TOOK PART, THROWING
SHELLS INTO TOWNS OCCUPIED
BY FILIPINOS-TH ENEMY PUT
UP A SERIES OF STIFF FIGHTS,
WITH CONSIDERABLE LOSS. TO
THE AMERICANS OF
A HARD DAYS WORK.
NOVELETTE,, Island of Luzon, Octo-
Der S.-3:15 p. m.-Gen. Schwan's col
umn, consisting of the Thirteenth in
fantry, a battalion of the Fourteenth,
two troops of cavalry, Captain Reilly's
battery of the Fifth artillery and Loves
scouts, advanced from Bacoor this
morning and occupied Cavite Viejo and
Noveleta
The American loss was three officers
and nine privates wounded, one OF the
officers being mortally hurt. The loss
of the enemy is unknown, but the bodies
of three Filipinos were seen.
There were two sharp fights near
Noveleta. loves scouts first encoun-
tered the enemy near Cavite Viejo and
soon put them to fight, continuing their
advance.
Captain Saffold's battalion of the
Thirteenth regiment, with two COM
panions of the Fourteenth and a num-
Der of Tagalo scouts, Captain McGrath
commanding, the troops from the
Fourth cavalry and Captain Reilly S
battery came upon the enemy in
strongly entrenched position on the
road between Cavite Viejo and Novel
eta. A fight lasting half an hour fol-
lowed, resulting in the enemy's being
driven back. The American force sus-
tanned
CONSIDERABLE LOSSES
in this engagement, the men being shot
from the trenches and shacks along the
road.
The column then pressed ON to NO
veleta, which they found deserted, and
will remain there tonight.
The marines and naval forces CO.
operated with the troops. The gun
boats Wheeling, Petrol and Callao lay
off the shore near Noveleta and threw
shells into that town and Santa Cruz
for an hour, preparing the way for the
marines to land. Two battalions con-
sisting of four hundred and fifty ma
rines under Col Elliott, advanced
along the peninsula from Cavite to
Noveleta The only way was by mar
raw road through swamps.
A mile beyond the marines outpost
the column was suddenly received with
a volley from trenches across the road.
A flank movement was executed and
the insurgents were driven from the
trenches, the marines wading through
rice fields in turning the flank of the
enemy, who retreated to strong sand
forts across the creek dividing the pen
insula, destroying the bridge across the
stream.
The marines waded through more
rice fields, forded the river in water to
their shoulders and carried the forts,
meeting with feeble resistance, the first
encounter having
DISHEARTENED THE ENEMY.
Squads were sent to Noveleta and
burned the town and the huts all along
the road from which the enemy COM
menced the firing. There junction
was formed with the scouts who had
been sweeping the swamps and thick
cts.
Thence the marines returned to Ca
vite thoroughly exhausted.
: Lieut. Wynne, with a three FOUNDER,
did good execution during the advance.
Gen. Lawton was not in personal COM
mand of to-days movement.
Captain Cowles battalion of the
Fourth infantry, while accommodating
to-day, found a body of several hun
bred insurgents near San Nicolas. At
ter brisk fight, lasting three-quarters
of an hour, the enemy was driven off.
In this engagement the American cas-
ualties were four men slightly wound
ed. Six of the enemy were killed, but
the number of wounded is not known.
The bad condition of the roads made
the progress of artillery slow.
BULLETIN:
MANILA, October 9. 1905 a. H.
The advance upon San Francisco de