The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-23
GEN. LAWTON's FLYING COLUMN
REFORMED AND IN PURSUIT
OF THE ENEMY
F1LIP1Nos IN FULL FLIGHT
Had Reoccupied the stronghoIds
From Which They Were Origin
ally Driven and Were With Dff-
fculty DisIodged - Americans
Greatly Annoyed by Work of the
Rebel sharpshooters in JunsIes.

gone over by the Americans and after
ward evacuated in the return of Gen.
LaWton to Manila Is to be retaken. The
troops are already in the field, and several
severe skirmishes have occurred, In which
the American forces have been invariably
successful. The task is regarded as nec-l
essary. Immediately upon the retirement
of the American forces the Filipinos re-
occupied the ground they had lost. They
were proceeding to strengthen their
trenches and prepare for desperate re-
sistance when rudely disturbed by Gen. !
Lawton's new movement. 1t is said to be
the intention Of this campaign to cut the
rebel forces in tow. The Filipinos are
pursuing their regulation tactics-strictly
guerilla warfare. They fight until push
ed, and then retreat, their sharpshooters
keeping up an annoying fusilade from
the jungle"
LAYTON IN THE FIELD.
MANILA, April 22.-Gen. Lawton took
the field at daybreak today, with a
column of troops, consisting of the North
Dakota regiment, two battalions of the
Third infantry, the Twenty-second in
fantry, two guns of Scott's battery; three
troops of the Fourth cavalry, and Gales
squadron. equipped In light marching
order. This force started at 5 o'clock this
morning, over the Novaliches road, traV-
erslng the country previously cleared of
rebels, but subsequently reoccupted by,
them. 1t is to be presumed that Gen.
Lawton, by this movement, will outiank
the enemy before joining Gen. Macarthur,
north of Malolos.
The Dakota regiment first encountered
the enemy in front of Novaliches at s:15
a. m. The rebels opened fire on our
troops, but their fire was silenced fifteen
minutes later, the enemy retiring In bad
order, and the Americans advancing
along the rough roads around Novaliches.
They were considerably annoyed. by the
fire of the rebel sharpshooters from the
jungle for two hours.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the rebels
were in full flight, leaving many dead on
the field, and our troops were compelled
to take brief rest in the shade, as the
heat was overpowering.
WOULD NOT RECEIVE SPANIARDS.
Col. Remie and Maj. Laseras, the Span
ish commissioners, with their secretaries,
terday, to confer with Aguinaldo regard
ing an exchange of prisoners. but failed
in their mission The party, the members
of which were attired in full uniform,
drove to the American camp and lunched
with Gen Macarthur. They then pro-
ceeded in q carriage, under a flag OF !,
truce, toward CaIumpit but were stopped
by the rebel outposts on the road who
assumed a menacing attitude and refus-
ed to parley with the commissioners, and
the latter were compelled to return, and
took the evening train for Manila.
The rebels before Calumpit have re-
Gently been reinforced by bodies of men
from the Campanaga province, and are
now we'll intrenched in the strongest posi-
ton, on what is practically an island,
formed by tributary to the Rio Grande.
The United States transport Pueblo has
arrived with the headquarters and a
part of the Ninth infantry, all well.