The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-12
ANOTHER FIGHT WITH EN-
The Filipinos Attack Our Line of
Railway Communication.
GOT THE WORST OF 1T
The Rebels Repulsed With Heavy Loss.
Concealed in the Bushes They Fight
Desperately - Three Americans
Killed and 40 Wounded.

Washington, April 1.-THE following
dispatch was received from General
| Otis:
Manila, April 11.-Adjutant General,
| Washington: Insurgents attacked Mac
Arthur's line of railway communication
last night in considerable force. Re-
| pulsed by Wheaton with heavy loss.
| Wheaton's casualties were three killed,
20 wounded. Lawton's success at
Santa Cruz was more complete than
reported yesterday. The enemy left
SO uniformed dead on the field and a
number seriously wounded. Lawton
captured the city without the destruc-
ton of property. His loss was 10
wounded, slight, except two; one since
died. Lieutenant Filing, the only Off
Ger wounded slight in hand The enemy
retired eastward. Lawton in pursuit
this morning. OTIS"
The attack of the insurgents upon
the railway north of Manila Indicated
to the war department officials that
while Macarthur was pushing north
bodies of insurgents took to the noun
tains and jungles to the right of the
railway and have been watching an
opportunity to capture the road at
some point and thus cut off the main
The repulse of the natives shows that
they had not sufficient force to accom-
plish their purpose.
5:45 p. m.-About midnight the rebels
cut the telegraph line at several places
between here and Malolos and signal
fires were lighted and rockets We're
sent up all along the foothills to the
right of the railroad. Later the en-
envy attacked the outposts of the Min
nesota regiment, between Bigaa and
Bocave, five miles south of Malolos,
killing two men and wounding IA.
simultaneously the outposts of the
Oregon regiment at Maritalo, the next
station to Manila, were attacked with
the result that three Americans were
killed and two wounded. The loss Of
the enemy was 10 killed and six wound
ed. The Americans also captured two
prisoners. The troops were concen-
trated along the railroads as thickly
as possible and the rebels were driven
back to the foothills,
$50 p. NIT is supposed that many
of the rebels who attacked General
MacArthur'S line of Communication and
who were repulsed by the troops COM
manded by General Wheaton, were ma
tives who entered the region in the
guise of friendlies. They had seemingly
secreted arms in several places and
fired on the Americans from the bushes
at SO close a range that they could be
heard talking. One of the Filipinos
yelled in English: 1--WE will give you
damned Americans enough Of this be-
fore we are through
The rebels undermined the railroad
at Marilao and unspiked the rails in
an effort to wreck the train, while the
railroad gang participated in the fight.
| The work of the rebels was discovered
and repaired before a train arrived.
General Wheaton is preparing to pun
,r-1, t1,o tat
| boats Napidan and Laguna de Bay
| have succeeded in entering the Santa
Cruz river and have captured a small
unarmed Spanish gunboat and three
| launches, which they discovered there.
The military gunboat Oeste has
! brought 80 rebels wounded and six
| Americans to the hospital.
| It is now known that SO insurgents
were killed during the capture of Santa
Cruz.