Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-11
Spectacular Landing Of American
Troops at San Fabian.
AGUINAl DO CLOSE PRESSED
Sharp Fights with Small Forces or Eilipi
nos. DashinE Exploit of Capt. Chen-
with and Lleuts. Davis, Van
Horn and Bradford.
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MANILA, N"v. 10.-5:55 7. EI-Tnc
landing; 81 the American troops at san
Fabian Tuesday Was tn" most spectac-
ular affair nf the kind since Gen. shat
t>"'s Decentralization at pai,iuiri. The
cooperation Of the troops and the M IS
was complete. The Gunboats maintains
GO :, terrific BON har,,n"nt for an hour
While the troops rushed waist deep
through the surf under 4 heavy. hut
badly aimed rife fire from the insur-
left. pouring vollcr after Eollcy at The
fleeing r@bals. Forty E'i'ipinos We're
captured, mostly commissioned Of
liccrs.
DEAD MD WOUNDED FOUND. .
Several insurgcnt dead ana five
which, had suffered from the bornlard-
1nent III" sand dunes Of the town
We're livted with bamboo 20 feet thick
which afforded \ fine cover
When The transports arrived il the
gulf they found the 2unbnats Prince
ton. Bennington and others waiting
After consultation with General
Wheaton Commanders l<nox. OF tin.
Princeton ana Commander Sheridan
OF the Bennington. anchored two llilas
81 shore. The ssGnb"ats formed d line
inside, the Helena. Callan and Manila
close in shore. With the first gun 81
the huinhai'drlent the Sall boats Were
filled raridly without confusion ~
Maj. Crontis' battalion Of tile Twenty
third Infantry. and capt. Bucks l1at-
TALON Of the Thirteenth infantry.
BOATS MONE. SHOREWARD.
While the line Of boats moved shore
ward the sunhoats poured the fun force
Of their batteries into the trenches
soon forcing the insurgents to flee
through the burrows back Of the
trenches. About 200 men held then
nlaces until the kees of the boats
grated on the shore when their Nalscr
bullets commenced to sing overhead
The hattalions formed in good ol',ler.
capt. iu@k. with Piercc'$, ana Patton $
COMPANIES, pursued the Insurgents N
The left into the bamboo ;hicnStS on
The right Vas 4 frail foot bridge across
the river. leading 70 the town.
WHEATON DIRECTS.
Cen. Wheaton, personally command
ing. ordered Il charge across the bridge
and CAPT. Rowland. of his staff led
C"irman's and l.iliutt's companies of
the Thirteenth and Shields company Of
the Twenty third. who behaved :splen-
didly under their first fire, into the
town. which was found 10 be nearly
deserted. except by tile aged and some
Spaniards who had hidden in the buff
fa," waliows. and who came shouting
de!lShte!ly toward the Americans
TWO companies of the Thirty third
had skirmish along the Dasupan road
with the re1reaeing Fi'ipnos.
CEMPED IN THE RAIN.
me troops canpcd i'll the rain dur
ing the night and in the morning Gen
Whca1o,, established his hca1r,Iarrnrs
in y church n,1arirr.d his n,sn II, ~,
houses ana sent ire cantrr.d I-ili,,inns
beyond the outnosts with orders MOI ia
return
The inhabitants describe all III,
roads as urac1jcallv i,rnass,h,a ,ni
say they believe Aguinaldo has secret
cd a yacht in the river Loncapo near
Suyli=, for use. in his l!isrh1 whe,, h..
finds his caI,turc inevitable
Wednesday was devoted To reconuais
ancrs. Mai Logan went nnrthWara ro
Santo Tomas and burned the F'ilirino
barracks. Capt Bucks 'rhirterntf
company went 10 san Jacinto ana dis
posed Of small bands. Marshes Twcn
ty-third Went toward Mactl;llen On the
Dagupan road and had several sharp
fights With small parties I,hey killed
eight men brought in 20 prisoners. ana
has! five men wounded.
ONLY MEANS OF TETREAT
The Santo Tomas road seems to be
the only means Of retreat for a large
body north from Tarlac and Gen.
Wheaton, commands it. The INSURGENTS
Of this section are going t. reinforce.
Tarac. The batt!eshp Oregon has ar
rived here from Hong Kong.
Capt. ChenoWith and L.icuts. Davis.
Van Horne and Bradford. With two
companies CT the Seventeenth regiment,
accommodating northeast Of Mabalacal.
HttaciIc! and routed Il battalion of IN
sUESents. killing 20 Of them. Three
Americans were wounded.
RECRUITS ltl.i1>EATEp.
Gen. Wheaton reports by the Sen
ninGtnn that when the landing was
made at san FABIAN. the insurgents