Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-26
HOT FIGHT ON IN
'lHE PHILIPPINES.
Americans Attack the Strong
hoii of Aguinaldo's Troops
Near Polo.
RUN THE REBELS
OUT OF TRENCH ES.
Several Towns Taken and the AMER
lean Troops Pushing on to
MalabOn.
THE LOSS is HEAVY
ON FILIPINOS SIDE.
Thirty fennd Killed at One Place. Sey.
eniy nj Another, and Various
Bodies Scattered Over the
battlefield.
THE LOSS is HEAVY
ON FILIPIN0S SIDE.

Manila. March - General Near
thurs division consisting Of the brigade,
OF General Harrison Gray Otis. Genera
Hale and General Hall. supplemented
by General Wheaton's brigade began al
advance AT daybreak today and cut the
enemy's forces In two They captured
the towns Of Polo and Novalches on
the left and Sab Francisco del Monte and
Mariquina on the right. clearing the
rebel trenches in front Of the line north
from the river 10 Caloocan. They also
secured possession Of the railroad. prac.
tically cornering the flower Of Aguinal.
do sFrmy at Malabon and in the foot
hillsat singalon. 20 miles apart
The troops engaged were the Third
artillery as infantry. Montana. Kansas.
Pennsylvania Nebraska. Wyoming.
Colorado. South Dakota, Minnesota and
Oregon volunteers. the Third. Fourth,
Seventeenth and Twenty-second regu.
lars the Utah artillery battalion and
the Tweniy'third regulars
The movement OF the American sroop.
swept the insurgents back toward Mala-
bon. General Harrison q. Otis brig
ade IL IN front OF La Iona, where there
Is stretch Of mile of rough Omen
country The insurgent trenches In the
edge Of the woods are four feet deep and
furnish a good bead cover. The Amer.
lean troops advanced on the double
quick. yelling tercely and occasionally
dropping In the grass and firing by vol.
ley. The natives stood until the Amer.
leans were within 900 yards Of their DO
sition and then broke and ran for the
woods About 80 Of them were killed
in the outskirts and 20 on the roads.
The Montana and Kansas TROOPS me,
the hottest resistance IN strip from
which the rebels have greatly worried
the Americans recently during the night
time.
Ninety minutes after the start the
Whole front for a distance Of three mile.
TO the north had been cleared. General
Hale's brigade had simultaneously swept
In a northwesterly direction, routing
the enemy and burning the town Of San
Francisco del Monte and a number Of
scattered huts
The line was ther opposite Novalche
the artillery advancing along good
road from La Iona 70 Novaleche the
wagons carrying pontoons. telegraph
supplies and ammunition following.
The infantry moved ", splendid order
Smoke from the burning huts markell
the line Of the American advance.
Ambulances and horse litters led by 4
Chinese, brought In the wounded, among
whom were a few Filipinos. The
Americans VIII, were wounded endureAl
their injuries bravely, enc group which
had been brought into the hospital sing.
ing Comrades
The Pennsylvania troops took nine
prisoners, among them great naked .
captain Of the Macabeheec tribe and one
Japanese. All the prisoners were greatly
expecting 10 be executed in ,
n
Elaborate preparations were made for q
The movement General Wheaton. : brig. q
lde was placed in the rear and General 4
Harrison g. Otis and General Halls {
we're massed behind General Hale. I'm.
Ter the cover OF darkness Generals Otis
md Hale's brigades left their trenche. /
md advanced upon the enemys line d
without being detected General Wheat. Il
N and General Halls brigades occupy. c
ng their vacated positions At O'clock o
he American troops mcakfasted, and !,
be Filipinos noticing the camp fires.
heir buglers called 10 arms y
AT daylight General OTIS and General !
iall's brigadcs advanced from La Iona
ihurch through the rebel lines, cutting
he enemy's force in two. Upon this oc.
aston the rebels adopted American tao. u
les, holding fire until the attackers " y
we're about 1000 yards distant The !,
ebcls also fred lower than usual Tho i,
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