Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
FILIPINO FORCES SCATTERED
Insurgents to the Northward from Manila
Flee Before Americans
MAIN BODY EVIDENTLY IN MOUNTAINS
Lieutenant and Party of Ten Men
Missing-Re einforcements Sent
to Join Whcntons
Command.

! WASHINGTON Nov. 1S.-Two dispatches
were received at the War department today
| from General Otis giving the details OF the
| advance of Lawton and Macarthur. The
| first dispatch follows:
| MANILA, Nov. 1S.-General Macarthur
entered Corona yesterday and pushed ad-
! vance to Paranaque, few miles beyond. In
habitants remained in houses. receiving
| troops Hospitality; first instance during EN-
| tire advance from San Fernando. Railroad
intact from washout north of Tarlac to Par
anaque, but engines and cars partially de-
stroyed by insurgents on retreating. Sufii-
cient railroad stock can be repaired to in
sure railroad service. Nothing from Gen
eral Dawton as telegraph lines only work.
| ing to San Jose, south of Carangian, and
thirty-five miles east of Taguig. His cav
airy reported yesterday at Bayambong, rail-
read station south of Dagupan.
"Reinforcements and supplies leave here for
San Fabian. Wheaton's headquarters, to-
night. Indications are that insurgent troops
are widely scattered: some retreatng into
the western Luzon province of zambeles."
Swigcrt Finds Enemy Entscnchcd.
Under date of today General Otis again
| telegraphed, having received advices from
Lawton. General Otis says:
'Disratch from General Lawton, dated on
| road between San Nicholas and San Manuel.
| 1915, November 49, transmits dispatches
from General Young and Major Balance at
Asingan and Rosales of November 10 and
16, former moving on Fozaruba, about
twelve miles east San Fabian and twenty
Eve miles west San Nicholas. where Major
Swigert finds enemy strongly entrenched.
Young and Balance have had several skir-
n.
westward, capturing prisoners, guns, large
amounts property. Troops have subssted
on country; cordially received by inhabl-
tants; would appear that insurgents driven
northwesteward off road to Bayambong their
mountain capital. Lawton reports ROWING
OF Lieutenant Luna, Thirty-fourth infantry,
his aide and two men of his escort in cross
ing Agno river; he also reports as still
missing Lieutenant Thayer and ten men
sent to communicate with Wheaton. He
says he must again recur to fortitude, en-
durance and cheerfulness of command.
Hayes just telegraphs from San Isdro that
he holds Aguinaldo's secretary of interior.
Indications now of good weather.
Military Movements Not Clear.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-The objects of
the recent movements chronicled in Cen
eral Otis dispatches are not clear, unless
it is to occupy the different cities and drive
the insurgents away 1t would seem that
any hope that Otis may have entertained of
surrounding large body of insurgents must
have been abandoned, as he reports the in
surgents as scattered, with only indefinite
information to where they have gone
If 1t is true that some of them have gone
into the western province of Zambeles they
can yet be captured, as the complete occu-
patton of the country between Manila and
Dagupan would prevent their escape.
The second dispatch, which reports the
operations of Lawton, indicates
belief on the part OF Otis that
the insurgents have been driven
northwestward, off the road to Bayambong.
This town is far to the northeast of the
country in which Lawton is operating and
it seems to be the hope of Otis that the in
surgents have been prevented from going
to the mountain capital, though according
to the maps in the War department no OBJ
stacles seem to exist which would prevent
them from reaching Bayambong from the
position which they seemed to have occu-
pied.