Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-27
Wheaton's Brigade Finally Cap
lures the Town Of MaIinta.
INSURGENTS BURN MALABON
sebcis set Fire TO the Town and
Leave only one Church stand
Ing Death Of Egbcrt.

today. after q shary, nght Col. Harry
c. Egbcrt OF the T'Senty-sccond resu-
lar infantry was killed. Prince Lowen-
stein. formerly abie-de-camp ON the
stan OF Brig. Con. Miller at Ilollo.
somehow got In frent Of tho firing line
and was ahot In TIN side. dying almost
Instantly. A Gerinnn who accompanied
him was wounded.
The American casualties today were
much lighter than those OF yesterday.
the total Losses thus far reported sinco
the engagement &C mmenced bcing for-
ty.nvc Killed and its wounded.
Gen. Wheaton entered Maiinta, which
T. n small villss, OF huts. at o'clock
this afternoon.
The United States gunboat Helena
and other Runbos II have been Smelling
Malnbon. about u mile northeast OF
CaloocAn. for several hours.
The insurgents made fierce resist
ancc 10 the American advance M tho
railroad az Maitnta. In addition TO tho
fatal woundlng Of Col. EKbcrt, ncvcrnl
men Of the Twanty.second infantry and
several mon OF the oregon and Kansas
regiments wcrr killed.
Evidently anticipating q lombard
mcnt by thclncct, 1900 rebels vacated
Malabon last night. leaving n Tow TO
burn the town. Gen. Wheaton bril-
sade. composed OF the Second oregon
Twenty-third infnntry. sire tchcd out
along the railroad from Calico can 10 tho
Tallghan rifcr. was powcfls ~ TO pre-
vent the withdrawal. owing 70 the nat
urai obstacles and to the strong oppo-
aition.
Fri.ipINos BURN MALABoS
A column OF smoke a, dnybrcak was
the first intima,ion Of the enemy'a In
tentions. but others follow Cd at various
points, all soon blending IA u dense ball
loon shaped cloud The fiames of the
burning rice mills and large buildings
could be plainly seen from caioocan.dc-
spite the strong sunlight.
ny II o'clock IN the mot ming the only
building OF Importance nc destroyed In
the center OF the town was n large
stone church. but even at noon fresh
fires were started amons the native
hutH In the outskirts Of Maiabon. al
though the general cxos ius took place
much earlier. Many Of the rebels
sought refuge In the suburbs Sasotna
and cnynH. or wcro { riven inland by
the pheiir of the Helena, cailao,
Nlngdnpan and i.agu IA dc lay.
In the meantime Gen. whenion'r
brigade held tn, railr cad to the river.
hut was unable either TO repair the
bfigc. which had ~ en destroyed by
the enemy. or nfvaw,s, owing to the
opposition and tho hills on tho other
side.
and Gen. Harrison Gray otis. whose
brisndea constituted Con. MaoA rthurn
division, were much lntcrfcrcd with by
the character OF the country In front
of both and the enemy was able to take
advantage 81 this. 10 that th' opera
tionA against Novalichcs and Polo were
delayed. though the hight Wig of the
division swung out, s~ccfiing thu
enemy IN II northweatsriy dii ectlon.
Cen. whcaton'a hcadquar' ern las,
night was half milo soi ith of the
river on the railroad. The opposite
bank was protected yesterday by
lighthouses and entrenchm, ntn. occa.
RionRlly the artillery and inf antry fired
across the stream. Finaili the ongi-
necru moved construction train up 10
the bridre.the Iron framework of which
remained. and began 70 replace the
floor.
While this was going on the Second
Oregon regiment crossed the river on
the left and the Twcnty-iscond on thu
right with four companicg OF the TWEEN
ty.thlrd Infantry support Ink the latter
regiment. a rising clear ground
rtfothed away n dist nee % half a
mile TO Maiinta. situate 4 on IT, crest.
voLLEyED At 400 YARDS.
In front ~ the Wills 10 were strong
Filipino cntrenehments, but no fillpinoa
were to bs seen. App arently tasy had
He'd. The Twenty second regiment np-
prOuCne1 0lufuUuitgt WIN ''i
Wheaton and his stsir close behind and
scouts closely observing the ground
When the Amrric &nr were within
about 900 yards OF the entertainments
the Isilipinoa suddenly vollcycd heavily
The Twenty-aeconc. which was holdinl
the center, suffered considerably. but
with the orcgons on the left and th'
kansnh- on the rigflt In the woods, IN,
fighting was kept UP for half an hour
the Twenty-second Infantry ndNancint
ny the slope through the thick sras'
under the hottest IRE,
Gen. Wheaton and stan were all th'
time under "a rain OF bullets. Col. Ell
bert, who was 10 the thckest OF th'
fghting. was shot In the abdomen. fit
was placed on a. stretcher ana an NJ
tempt was madf TO carry him TO th'
cars, but he diet on the way.
II was a most Affecting scene. Den
Wheaton. barring his head, said "fo.
have done nobly." Col. Egbert gaapee
In reply; ~ Must die. I am too old
No Filipinos were found In th'
trenches. Th.lsh appsrcnty thell
force was much smaller than that 81
the Amerienng. they had an Immense
ndyaninse In position and opportunity
Gen. MacArshurs advance guard, th'
Third artillery aud the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment Joined zen ., Mns"" xs,
taken. approaching along the Nova
iiches road westerly.
HEAT KNOCKS OUT TROOPS.
The soldiers were much exhausted
and there wers several prostratlon
from the hat. which was Intense, IN
dead ana wounded were collected IN IN
shade Of the trees ana carried oi
rtretehsrn w Chinese across the rive
TO the train.
After luncheon. Gen. Macarthur
division advanced toward Polo. IN
Second Oregon regiment encounters
1000 filipinps west OF Malintn.wh wef
retreating from Malnbon. The eneinl
had taken w n position behind lou
rows OF entertainments, hut was driNcl
out after an hours heavy iiring' on
oregonlLn was killed and hSu "eF
wounded.
UTAH ARTILLERY ENGAGED
The rhird artillery. acting as infan
Try with two guns OF the Utah nrtll
lery ard the kanannn had "A sharp hgh
east ~ Malinta. The Americans hh
but slight losses. Five Filipinos wer
found dead and several were take
pfinoaers.
Ger. MscArthur's division IL ad
vanqing upon Polo along the railroad
Az the bridge IL destroyed and the rive
cannot be forded. the advance 10 tenn
pornily checked tonight.
Ia the fighting west OF Malinta' N
oresonians captured spaniard' but u