Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
SAN ISIDRO CAPTURED.
Another Filipino Capital Now in
Possession of Our Troops.
OUR CASUALTIES ARE THRILLING.

Min esota, Oregon and North Dakota
Regiments Encountered the Enemy
Two Miles From the Capital and Pur-
sued Them Through and Beyond 1t.
Manila, May 1S.-Colonel Summers
command consisting of the Twenty
second infantry on the left, the Mime
sofa regiment in the center and the
Oregon and North Dakota regiments or
the right, preceded by scouts and ac-
companied by SCOTS battery of ar
tillery, advanced from Baluarte at day
light yesterday The troops first en-
countered the enemy two miles from
San Isidro, the insurgent capital. the
rebels retiring when our artillery open
cd fire. Just outside the town rebel
force, estimated to number 1000 men,
was entrenched 1t made a slight re-
sistance, but evacuated its position
when our troops turned its right flank.
The enemy's loss was Is men killed
and 20 wounded Our troops also cap
tured three prisoners and many rifles.
On the American side one soldier OF
the Oregon regiment and one of the
Minnesota regiment were slightly
wounded
After capturing the town Colonel
Summers troops continued their ad-
vance, pursuing the retreating rebels
for several miles.
The expedition under Major Kobb,
of the Third artillery, consisting of the
Seventeenth infantry, battalion Of
the Ninth and one battery of the
First artillery, left Calumpit at day
break yesterday, marching from Rio
Grande to join General Lawton's di-
vision at Arayat
Major Hobbies column reached San
Luis, eight miles up the Rio Grande.
yesterday, meeting with but slight OPP
position One man was wounded dur
ing brush with the rebels.
At daybreak today the Americans
began a further advance toward Can
daba, about six miles up the river be-
yond San Luis.
The insurgents along General Mac
Arthur's front evacuated their posi-
tions during the night, presumably
moving further up the railroad.
The Twenty infantry has sail
ed on the transport Leon XIII for JoIo
Island, to relieve the Spanish garrison
there.
Although the rebels still threaten
San Fernando in considerable force,
large numbers of natives, a majority
of them being families with their
household goods, are returning daily
to the towns inside the American lines,
at Apalit especially Many of the
richer Filipinos are coming to Manila
and laborers are resuming work in the
rice fields The latter show their re-
spect for American sovereignty by re-
moving their hats to the passing
trains.
Owing to the bad condition of the
wagon roads the work of repairing the
railroad is being actively pushed. All
the broken bridges have been trestled,
and only few excavations remain To
be filed up. Trains will undoubtedly
be running through to San Fernando
in few days. The only natives there
are some Filipinos from Macabebe,
who are trading with our soldiers
At daylight yesterday Lieutenant
Hill, who with rs men of the Fourth
infantry was concealed in the trenches
near Pasig, was attacked by force
of rebels, who evidently imagined they
could capture lone of our outposts.
because only few shots had been
fired by the American force. A few
yolleys put the enemy to fight, the
rebels losing five men killed and a
number of wounded.
Aguinaldo's ex-secretary, Escamillo,
who was arrested here on Feb. %, is
now employed as official interpreter
by the authorities.