Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-11-17

Mauser Rin os and Rescue Prisoners From
Einpinos.
Manila. The lsAiing of the Ameri-
can troops at San Fabian was the most
spectacular affair OF its kind since
Gen. Shafter's disem barkation at Dali
quiri. The cooperation Of the troops
and the navy was complete. The gun
ment for an hour, while the troops
rushed waist deep through the surf un-
der heavy but badly aimed rifle fire
from the insurgent trenches, and charg-
ed right and left, pouring vo]ley after
volley at the feeting rebels. Forty
Fihpinos were captured, mostly non
combatants.
Several insurgent dead and five
wounded were found in a building
which had suffered considerably from
the bombardment. The town was
we'll fortified. The sand dunes we're
riveted with bamboo twenty feet thick
which afforded q fine cover.
When the transports arrived in the
gulf they found the gunboat Princeton,
ennington and others waiting. After
consultation with Gen. Wheaton, Com
mander Knox, of the Princeton, and
Commander Sherman, of the Benning-
ton, anchored In the shallow water two
miles off shore. The gunboats formed
line inside, the Helena, Calico and
Manila close In shore.
With the first gun Of the lombard
ment the small boats were filled rapid
ly, without confusion, by Major Cronit's
battalion of the Twenty third infantry,
and Capt Bucks battalion Of the
Thirteenth infantry. While the lines
of boats moved shoreward the gunboats
poured the full force of their batteries
into the trenches, soon forcing the in
surgents to nee through the burrows
back Of the trenches. About 900
men held their places until the keels Of
the boats grated on the shore, when
their Mauser bullets commenced to
sing overhead. The tattalions formed
in good order. Capt. Buck, with six
pieces and Patton's companies pursued
the insurgents on ths left into the
bamboo thickets. On the right was
frail footbridge across the river leading
to the towns. Gen. Wheaton COM
manding, ordered charge across the
bridge and Capt Powell and his staff
led Coleman's and Elliott's companies
of the thirteenth, and Shields company
of the twenty third, who behaved
splendidly under their fret fire. into
the town, which was found to be near
ly deserted, except by the aged and
some who had hidden in the buffalo
wallows and who came shouting de-
lightedly towards the Americans.
1t has been raining hard throughout
tho week past, handicapplng Gems.
Lawton and Macarthur. The trans
portation is the chief difficulty. In
the advance Gen. Lawton depended on
the river to get his supplies. The San
Isidor river is fed by = mountain
streams and is alternately too shallow
for navigation or too swift. Two and
three launches were necessary to pull
the cascoe moving the supplies from
San Isidro over the muddy roads, made
only two or three miles day. The
troops were on short rations much Of
the time. The only provisions the
country yields are rice, a few chickens
ana buffalo. The officers carry a sup
ply of cash to pay the natives liberaly
for all they take.
Maj. Bell has been engaged in an
other daring exploit. While scouting
with five officers and two men of the
thirty first infantry and Lieut.. Hawk
ins and ten men Of the fourth cavalry,
he crept behind trench containing a
hundred Filipinos, rode them down and
killed and wounded twenty men and
captured six. He also brought. back
thirty Mausers.