The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-29
TROOPS NEARING M0LOLOS
ADVANCE LINE NOV RESTING JUST
 BEYOND MARILAO.
To-dny-AmerIcan Line but 1900 Yards from That of the Insurgents Twenty Killed in MOnday's Fight MOIolOs Not Far Distant.

Manila, March 2S.-The advance of
 the American line is now resting just
 beyond Marilao. The engineers are re-
 pairing bridges, the rebels having failed
 to destroy the iron work, and the rail-
 road is kept busy hurrying supplies to
 the front. The country to Malolos is
 patches of wood: but there is no more
 jungle. The American troops will ad-
 vance at daylight, taking four days
 rations with them and having two hun
 dred rounds of ammunition in their
 belts. They expect to take Bocavo on
 the railroad to the east of Bulacan, to-
 morrow It is a difficult position, pro-
 tected by streams. The American line
 is about 1,200 yards from that of the
 rebels. Desultory shots were exchang-
 ed to-day.
 The American reports show that
 twenty men were killed and sixty-one
 wounded on our side yesterday. The Dakota regiment lost ten men killed and
 had thirty-seven wounded. According
 to prisoners in the hands of the Ameri- cans, Aguinaldo's generals, Garcia, To-
 freo and Pacheco, were with the Fili- pino army yesterday and drove their followers into the first aggressive dem- onStration. The rebels attempted to charge across the plain east of the rail- road, but the Americans charged to meet them and the Filipinos bolted af- ter few shots, leaving several men killed on the field. The Filipino prison CTS further declare that the rebels have lost all taste for fighting and their off, cers have to keep them in line by beat ing them with swords. The prisoners say that Aguinaldo has declared that if the Americans can take the Philippine capital he will surrender.
 Washington, March 2S.-There was a Hull to-day in the reports from the scene of action north of Manila, which for a time was rather mystifying to the war department authorities. Only one dis patch from General Otis was received during the day dealing with the situa- tion at the front and this related to yes terday afternoon. It was not until the Associated Press dispatch came late in the day telling that the American forces were resting beyond MeriaIo that General Otis silence on to-day's move fnents was explained. After the ardu- ous work of a three days fight, under a fierce tropical sun, through rice swamps and jungles, it was expected by the authorities here that Macarthur would conserve the energies of his men by halt long enough to rest and take supplies before the final blow against the insurgent capital. The supply trains are well up with the troops, ac- cording to Otis report to-day, so that the rest permits full supplies of ann munition and food to be distributed. The American line is beyond Marilao and most up to the large town of Bula- can. The exact distance to Malolos is uncertain owing to lack of information as to just where the troops are resting, but at most the distance cannot be more than ten or twelve miles on a direct line along the railway. At the rate of progress made in the last two days the next twenty-four hours should bring the American force well up to the insurgent capital if indeed the assault on that place is not begun by that time. The officials are disposed to allow more time, however, considering the natural obstacle of unfordable rivers | and burned bridges together with with the successive lines of rebel intrench- ments And, moreover, as at Santiago, !! it is not doubted that the intrench- ments will become more formidable as | the city itself Is approached Leading | war department officials referred to-day | to the desperation with which the in- surgents were fighting. It was taken as an indication that they staked every thing on the outcome of this fight, and, losing 1t, that they would submit rather than prolong a hopeless struggle. Tn this view the fierceness of the rebel lighting was taken as an evidence, that ''only whipped they will stay whipped"