The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26
rs AMERICANS ARE DEAD
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scene of activity is shifted to the north
] of the river. Here the partial circle

SCclic VI ACTIVITY is Snlfted 10 the north
OF the river. Here the partial circle
of American forces sweeps from the
waterworks around to the bay.
Major General Macarthur is in COM
mand of all the troops north of the
river, and these are roughly estimated
at between 1900 and IA, 600 men, the
others being with LaWton on the south.
Before the action began this morning
MacArthur's forces were divided into
| three main bodies. Faf, to the right,
near the waterworks, was Hale's bri-
gade. Far to the left, about Caloocan,
were the brigades of Harrison Gray
Otis and of Wheaton, the latter having
been drawn from Lawton's forces on
the south in order to strengthen Mac
ArthurS command for this operation
Between the two was the brigade of
Hall, held as sort of a reserve, to
demonstrate, but not to attack.
Hale's brigade, as shown on the mill
tary map, was made UP of the Third
Nebraska, First South Dakota, First
Wyoming, First Colorado and battery
B of the Utah artillery.
Harrison Gray Otis command on the
left was made up of the Twentieth
sylvania, battalion of the Twenty
third infantry, and battery A of the
Utah artillery. These are the troops,
with the additional force of Wheaton's
and some recent arrivals, POSSIBLY not
yet reported, which have sustained the
brunt of the action today.
With this approximate disposition of
the force, Major Simpson took the Of
fetal dispatch of General Otis and the
more detailed reports brought by the
Associated Press, and pointed out the
probable line of action today. 1t began
with MacArthur's moving rapidly
northward to Novaliches, passing the
insurgent forces on the left. On reach
ing NovalicheS, Macarthur turned
sharply to the west, intending to make
forced march of about seven miles to
Pelo Given as Polo in dispatches). BY
this movement, MacArthur's forces are
carried outside of the insurgent base
of operations. This base is at Malabon.
midway between MacArthur's forces at
Pelo, and the combined forces of Har-
rison Gray Otis and Wheaton at Ca
loocan. Thus the rebels are flanked
and between two strong bodies of
American troops. To the west of them
is Manila bay, cutting off retreat in
that direction, and to the east the
forces of Hall or Hale, as reported by
General Otis, are demonstrating" in
order to forbid AN insurgent movement
toward the east. They are thus left
between the two main bodies of Amer
lean troops, and must engage either
one or the other of them. 1t is Cen
eral Otis purpose, as shown by his dis
patch, to have the brigades of Wheaton
toward those of Macarthur
thus gradually enclosing the rebels be-
tween two parallel lines until they are
either crushed or made prisoners.
The two opposing forces appear to
be rather evenly matched, in point of |
numbers, the estimate of the American |
forces north of the river being about !
while
at about 10000 Major Cen |
eral Otis is in supreme command, di- /
recting the operations from a central |
telegraph station. The actual field
are being executed by Ma
ior General Macarthur, who is in per-
son leading the brigade in it's decisive
move, to flank and surround the rebel
FORCES