Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-30
NAL|NTA IS CAPTURED.
DATED States Troops Rapidly Near
Ing the Euemy's Capital
IS KILLED AND las WOUNDED.
Sssopa Overcome Great Obstacles and
YARbt vallantly. -Malabon And Polo
Kirod-Flllpluoa Eyaouato Towns
and Flee Northward Mao
Arthur Pushing For-
ward Rapidly,

MANILA, March ~, The Americans
have advanced along the line of the
DaGupan railroad, driving tho Fill
pinos from Malinta and New Canayan,
whore there were 1900 inhabitants,
Last night the brigades OF General
Harrison Gray Otis and General Hale
sncamped In the oncmy's trenches at
New Canayan and that OF General
Wheaton at Mainta,
General Wheaton's brigade formed n
iuDction with the remainder OF Cen
sral MacArthur's division dt Malinta
and the two, leaving General Wheaton
there, marched along the railroad to
New Canayan, This place was forth
acd and for 300 yards from II there
WerO trenches on each side OF the
track, These were taken possession
Of by the American troops The move
ment of the Americans will be pushed
IN this direction,
The Filipinos, realizing that the
railroad Is the crucial line, have con-
Struoted row after row OF trenches,
running diagonally on both sides Of
the track at distance Of few hun
dred yards apart, This work was de-
signed most intelllgently and has ev'
kiently been done under the direction
0I experts Represents an enormous
amount of labor Most OF the rebel
bositions are protected by thick earth
works, u majority OF them topped with
stones and provided with loopholes,
Some have sheet iron roofs
The days work OF the United
States troops consisted of stormlng
thO successive trenches The Filipinos
occupying them were completely hid
don. The enemy poured strong fire
from every trench until they were dis
turbed by fanking volley, when
they would disappear into the woods
and Jungle, only to make stand at
the next line.
The American loss was remarkably
small, seven being reported killed and
twenty-five wounded. 1t Is known
that tho Filiplnos were so we'll pro-
footed that they suffered little. No
dead insurgents were found In the
trenches, Forty prisoners were taken
by the Americans and it is estimated
that the rebel casualties numbered
twenty.
Tho insurgents broke their guns
when they were compelled to abandon
them
Tie Helena and the army gunboats
Shelled Malabon and the country be-
yond, while the Monadnock focused
all its batteries upon Paranaque for
tho purpose of destroying the military
stores there, A great smoke was
caused, but as the insurgents are in
possession of the town, the results Of
the Shelling nre not obtanable
The evacuation OF Malabon was a
picturesque rout, thousands of men,
women and children, loaded down
with household goods, some with their
dearest treasures-hghting cocks-un-
Der their arms, poured across the
Uwamps in the early morning,
An exploded caisson at the railroad
bridge proved bar to the Americans,
Ten soldiers Of the Oregon regiment,
while searching for two of those killed
parlier in the fighting, sneaked into
the city in the morning and found the
place In a condition of chaos, The i'm
hAbitants, seeing them, fed in a panic,
thinking the American forces were in
possession. The oregonians shot sew
srnl armed natives and then returned
TO camp. -.
The American forces did not occu-
Py Malabon, but are concentrating
their strength to strike Malolos, Ma
Iabon Is city of desolation. The
American soldiers have been forbidden
DO enter the place for fear that natives
may be lurking there.
The Americans found the importa tant
town of Polo and number Of small
villages west of the railroad deserted
and burning. They are advancing
along the railroad.
The United States troops, under
Brigadier General Lloyd Wheaton,
captured the town of Malinta beyond
the Tuliahan river, after sharp fight.
Colonel Harry c. Epbert. of the
Twenty-second regular infantry, was
killed. Prince Lowenstein, formerly
aide-de-camp on the staff Of Brigadier
General Miller at Iloilo, somehow got
in front OF the firing line and was shot
In the side, dying almost instantly. A
German who accompanied him was
wounded.
The American losses thus far are 45
killed and 145 wounded
AIOar In Havana