The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-12
AMERICANS
NOW OCCUPY
ANGELES.
Rebels Set Fire to the Town on
the Approach Of our Troops.
Insurgents Scattered.
FILIPNOS LOSS VERY HEAVY.
Americans Narrowly Escape Being
Ambushed Several Times
Burning of the saturnus.

MANILA, August II, $40 p. m.-Re-
connoitering by small parties continued
to-day. unavRiling attempts were
made to get in contact with the enemy.
The American forces occupy calulet,
santa Rita. Bacolor and Guagua. No
further engagements have taken place.
The rains have recommended. The
wounded are being brought In to Ma
Mia.
General MacArthur's troops remained
last night at calulet, The rebels had
evidently fed far beyond rifle range, for
the American outposts were not dis
turbed and not a shot was fired during
the night. At daybreak this morning u
accomplishing party, consisting of a
battalion of the Seventeenth infantry
with one field piece started up the rail-
road track toward Angeles. four miles
north. The party approached within
200 yards Of the town and opened fire
with the field gun. The Americans
were received with badly directed
rifle fire, which the battalion of the
Seventeenth returned with few vol
leys.
The strength Of the insurgents at An
Eeles not being known, the situation
was reported to General Macarthur.
who did not desire to send reinforce
ments and directed the reconnoIterIng
party to return unless the rebels aban-
doned the town. Soon after the re-
celpt Of these orders, 1t became evi 'rnt
that the rebels had set fire to the town
and fed, leaving the place 10, be occu-
pied by the Americans. s,s
A battalion of the Twelfth infantry
was also sent on a accommodating ex-
pedItion towards the west; but up to
noon no firing had been heard in their
direction and no word had been receiv-
ed from them at General MacArthur's
headquarters and 1t is believed that
they encountered nothing.
Insurgcnt Loss Heavy.
Eystything indicates that ali the re-
bels have scattered for miles In every
direction around Calulet. The insur-
gents lost heavily in the fighting.
It Is believed that hundred were
killed and three or four hundred were
wounded. The Iowa regiment killed
thirty In one place and one company of
the Seventeenth suddenly enconntereda a
nortv ~ rebels In n trench and killed
twelve.
The American loss was 1--WE killed and
thIrty.one wounded, including three Of
flcers,
The attack was a complete surprise to
the insurgents, who had no Idea that
movement was intended until the ar
mored car opened deadly fire with
two GatlIngs. revolving cannon and a
six FOUNDER The heavy artillery open
cd on both flanks moment later. A
majority Of the FilIplnos were asleep
when the attack was made. Men with
large bells were heard running among
the shacks, arousIng the soldiers.
The Americans maintained almost q
perfect line four miles long. through
canebrakes where they could see moth
ing ahead. The mud In places was
knee deep in the rice fields and jungles
and through the bitches flowed small
rivers several feet deep.
Attempted Am bush.
The FnlpInos tried to ambush the
Americans several times, the country In
the neIghborhood being we'll adapted to
these tactics, but the troops stepped
forward, forcing their way through or
over obstacles and firing whenever they
could locate the fleeing enemy The
officers highly commend the recruits Of
the various regiments.
There Is reuson to believe the reports
recently received that the insurgents
are short Of ammunition, as well In
formed natives at Calulet say the In
surgents had only forty rounds Of am
munltlon each and that five rounds
extra were issued Just before the tight.
Since the American occupation Of
San Fernando the rebels have torn up
three miles OF railroad between there
and Calulet and It is impossible to get
the armored car more than two miles
beyond San Fernando.