The Globe-republican., 1899-03-30
A FIERCE RESISTANCE.

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Of the American Troops
The insurgents made fierce resist
ance to the American advance up the
railroad at Malinta. In addition "a
tho fatal wounding Of Colonel Egbert,
several men of the Twenty-second in
fantry and several of the Oregon and
Kansas regiments were killed.
Evidently anticipating lombard
ment by the fleet. 1000 rebels vacated
Malabon. leaving a few to burn the
town. General Wheaton's brigade,
composed of the Second Oregon regi-
ment and the Twenty-second and
Twenty-third infantry, stretched out
along the railroad from Caloocan to
the Tuliahan river, was powerless to
prevent the withdrawal, owing to the
natural obstacles and the strong oppo-
sition.
Burning OF Malabon.
BY IL o'clock in the morning the
only building of Importance not de-
stroyed in the center of the town was
large stone church, but even at noon
fresh fires were started among the ma
tive huts in the outskirts of Malabon,
although the General exodus took
place much earlier Many of the
rebels sought refuge in the suburbs of
Navotas and Casag. or were driven in
land by the shells of the Helena, Cal
lao, Ningdapan and Laguna de Bay.
In the meantime General Wheaton S
brigrde held the railroad to the river,
but was unable either to repair the
bridge, which had been destroyed by
the enemy, or to advance, owing to
opposition and the hills on the other
side.
The calculations of both General
Hale and General Harrison Gray Otis,
whose brigades constituted General
MacArthur's division, were much in.
terfered with by the character of the
country in front of them, and the enc
my was able to take advantage of this
so that the operations against Nova
liches and Polo were delayed, though
the right wing of the dsvision swung
out, sweeping the enemy in north
westerly direction.
General Wheaton's headquar.er:
were half a mile south Of the river, on
the railroad. The opposite bank was
protected by a blockhouse ana in.
t-enchments. Occasionally the artil
lery and infanty fired across the
stream Finally the engineers moved
construction train up to the bridge.
the iron frame work of which re.
NAMED, and began to replace the floor.
While this was going on the SeconC
Oregon regiment crossed the river OF
the left and the Twenty-second on the
right, with four companies of the
Twenty-third infantry supporting the
latter regiment. A rising, clear
ground stretched away distance OF
half mile to Manila, situated on it:
crest.
Filipinos Flee.
In front of the village were strong
Filipino intrenchments, but no Fill
pinos were to be seen. Apparently
they had fed The Twenty-second
regiment approached diagonally, with
General Wheaton and staff close be-
hind and scouts closely observing the
ground.
When the Americans were within
about 300 yards of the intrenchments.
the Filipinos suddenly volleyed
heavily. The Twenty-second, which
was holding the center, suffered con-
siderably, but with the Oregonians on
the left and the Kansans on the right
in the woods. the fighting was kept up
for half an hour. the Twenty-second
infantry advancing up the slope
through the thick grass under the
hottest fire.
General Wheaton and his staff were
all the time under a rain of bullets.
Colonel Egbert, who was in the thick
est of the fighting, was shot in the
abdomen. He was placed on a
stretcher, and an attempt was made
to carry him to the cars, but he died
on the way.
It was most affecting scene Gen
eral Wheaton, barring his head, said:
You have done nobly." Colonel
Egbert gasped in reply: II must die;
am too old"
No Filipinos were found in the
trenches.
Though apparently their force was
much smaller than that of the Ameri-
cans they had an immense advantage
in position and in opportunity to re-
treat.
General MacArthur's advance guard,
the Third artillery and the Twentieth
Kansas regiment, joined General
Wheaton's brigade shortly after Ma
linta was taken, approaching along
the Novaliches road westerly.
The soldiers were much exhausted,
and there were several prostrations
from the heat, which was intense.
The dead and wounded were collected
in the shade of the trees and carried
on stretchers by Chinese across the
river to the train.
The Third artillery. acting as in
fantry, with two guns of the Utah
artillery, and the Kansans had q
sharp fight east of Malinta- The