The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-08-25
NATIVES PERSISTENT,
Recent Defeats Do Not Seem
to Discourage Them.
THEY STILL SHOW ACTIVITY.
An Army Consisting Of Several Thousand
FilipinOS Has Been Concentrated
in CaVite Province.

Neported That Supplies Are Being
Taken FROM Manila to Agninal-
dos Forces-The Scarcity of Food
Increasing Natives Have Returh-
ed to San Mateo.
Manila, Aug. 24.-The Filipinos ap-
pear to retain much more of fighting
spirit than might be expected after
their defeats recently at San Fernando,
aud the 'drubbings' Gen. Lawton gave
them in the south
Having abandoned San Fernando
after a feeble struggle, the natives en-.
trenched themselves at Angeles, work
ing for several days and impressing
non-combatants into the work, thus
saving the armed men for the fighting
They engaged Lieut. Col. Smiths regi-
ment and the artillery warmly for four
hours, making one of the most stub
oron .reSistences of the campaign. In
the Province Of Cavite, where it was
supposed the natives had been scattered
and demoralized beyond recuperation,
they have assembled an army of sev.
eral thousand men, which is distributed
among the important towns from the
lake to the bay
After the San Fernando engagement
natives attempted to dissuade the
Americans from further advance north.
ward by menaSing the railroad COM
municatioD. Several hundred of Gen.
Pho del Pilar's men crossed the Rio
Grande, between the American out
post towns, and threatened Balinag,
Quininqua and other places with small
American garrison, while during Sun
day and Monday nights, smaller bands
tried to tear up the railroad track at
several points between Bigaa and Ma
lolos. neinforcements Of American
troops. however. were sent along the
railroad from Manila to San Fernando
while the forces at Balinag and Quin-
qua sailed out against Gen. Pho del
Pillars men, and the natives were
easily driven away.
In the brushes. however, the Amerl-
cans during the three days lost several
men.
All reports from the Filipino territory
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creasing and that the command
ers at Apart and other points refuse
to obey Agulnaldo's order in regard to
closing the ports held by the. natives
against American ships and that any
ship bringing stores will lie welcomed.
Several ships from Manila are now Mt
such ports.
Hundreds OF persons come into Ma
nila daily and return to the Filipino
lines with food and other commodities.
The guards stationed along one road
reported that 5000 persons passed
through the lines in three days, and
that forty-fvc tons of rice were carried
out, in small parcels on the same road.
In ten days. Much of that undouhtcd-
" goes to aid the natives. but the
authorities permit thc traffic from mo-
tives Of charity toward the women and
children who are undoubtedly suffer
ing.
Gen. Macarthur IS establishing mu-
nicipal governments in the villages
north Of Manila
The mayor of Balinag. the FIRST town
where Gen. LAwton established the
same rule. who was supposed to he
one Of the most friendly and trust
worthy Of the natives. las been placed
in fail charged with arranging with
the natives for an attack on the town.
The American troops have been with
drawn from all that part of the coun-
try, which was half cleared of Fill
pinos In the expedition of the Amcri-
cans In June last.
The natives have returned TO San
Mateo, which was abandoned for the
third time after its recent capture.
II Is alleged that more than half OF
the Howitzcr ammunition used during
the fight at Angeles was defective and
failed TO explode.