Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-11-16

its kind since Skaters disembarkment
at DaiQuiri The cooperation OF
troops and navy was complete. The
gunboats maintained a terrific bonn
, bardment for an hour, while the
troops rushed waist-deep through the
surf, undera heavy but badly aimed rifle
fire from the insurgent trenches. ana
charged right and left, pouring volley
after volley at the fleeing rebels. For
ty Filipinos were captured, mostly non
commissioned officers. Several insur-
surgents were found dead and five
wounded were found in building
which had suffered considerably from
bombardment. The town was well
fortified. Sand dunes were riveted
with bamboo 20 feet thick, which af-
forded fine cover. When the trans
ports arrived in the gulf they found !
the gunboats Princeton Bennington |
and others waiting. While the line of
boats moved shoreward the gunboats |
poured the full force of their batteries |
into the trenches, soon forcing the in
surgents to flee through burrows dug
/ back of the trenches About 200 men |
! held their places until the keels of the
boats grated on the shore when mauser
! bullets commenced to sing overhead
rhe battalions formed in good order
Captain Buck, with Pierce's and
Patton's companies, pursued the
! insurgents on the left into
the bamboo thickets. On the
right was the frail foot bridge !,
across the river, leading to the towns.
Gen. Wheaton, personally command
| ing, ordered a charge across the bridge,
Captain Rowland of his staff led Cole
mans and Elljott's companions of the
thirteenth and Shields company of the
twenty-thrd, who behaved splendidly
under their first fire. The town was
found to be nearly deserted, except by
aged Filipinos and some Spaniards
who had hidden in buffalo wallows,
and who came shouting delightedly to-
ward the Americans. Two companies
of the thirty-third had skirmish
with retreating Filipinos. The troops
.camped in the rain during the night,
and in the morning Gen. Wheaton es-
tablished headquarters in church and
quartered his men in houses and sent
the captured Filipinos beyond the out
posts, with orders not to return.
The inhabitants describe all roads as
practically impossible They say they I
believe Agulnaldo has secreted a yacht
in the river Longapo near Subig, for
use in flight when he finds his capture q
inevitable Wednesday was devoted to !
recOnnaissances. Major Logan went :
nOrthward to Santo Mars and burned .
the Filpinos barracks. Captain ,
Bucks thirteenth went to San Jacinto -
and dispersed some small bands. I,
Marsh's twenty-third went toward !
Magdalen on the Dagupan road and !,
had several sharp fights with small e
parties. They killed eight men and !.
brought in 20 prisoners, and had five o
men wounded. Santo Tomas road =,
seems to be the only possible means of !
retreat FOR a large body north from
Tarlac, and Gen. Wheaton commands it,
The insurgents of this section are GO -
ing to reinforce Tarlac. i
The battleship Oregon has arrived r
here from Hong Kong. Captain n
Chynoweth, Lieutenants Davis, Van n
Horne and Bradford, with two com "a
panies of the seventeenth regiment re-
northeast of Mabalacat. c
and routed a battalion of in II
surgents, killing %. Three Americans ir,
were wounded, Gen Wheaton reports 81
that when the landing was made at San b
Fabian the insurgents encountered Ct
oDn IN, a - no 49,
where they expected an expedition to Il
land They retreated TO the noun III
tains, rwenty-eight Spanish prison b,
ers were rescued. The report of the ul
landing at Lingayan was brought 10y
the commander of Manila, who saw the
fight It has been raining hard
the week. handicappng
Gems Lawton and Macarthur Trans
portation is the chief difficulty. In ID e'
vance, Gen. Lawton depended on the o'
river to get supplies The San Isidro pa
river is fed by mountain streams and
IS alternately too shallow for naviga- 81
ton or too swift Two or three !"
were necessary to pull "
the Casco moving supplies from Ia
San Tsidro, and mule trains moving
supplies from San Isidro over muddy 50
roads made only two or three miles ~
lay The troops were on short rations VI
much Of the time The only provision Sc
he country yields are rice, a few
,hickens and buffalo The highlands ="
IRE cool and the health OF the troops
rood General Young has captured an UT
lthar large share OF lnsurgent ammu- p
lition and munitions Of war which 20
hey We're Obliged to leave In their
hurried retreat, Gen Wheaton Is IA
bringing supplies from Angeles by use II
II mule and caraba0 teams. Recon as
laissar ces along the front have dis vi
II cred the insurgents strongly en- mi
rsNche5 before Rauban with soveraI|
anuon and rapid-f-e guns but they ne
we short az ammunition Major Bell as