The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-14
AFTER AGU|NALDQ.
Young Hopes to Capture the Rebel
Leader in Benguet Mountain.
EASY VICTORY FOR AMERICANS.
Occupied the strongly Fortified Town
Of Tagudin without Firing a Shot,
Six Hundred Rebels Having Fled
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Six Hundred Rebels Having Fled
as Our Soldiers Approached.
Manila, Dec. 5.--A dispatch from
Dagupan, containing advices later than
those from Santa Cruz, says that Gen.
sral Young hopes to find Aguinaldo
in Benguet mountain pass and to cap
ture him there. Both entrances to
Benguet are fortified. Two troops OF
the Third cavalry will reinforce Cen
eral Young in tAe pass.
A dispatch from Santa Cruz. prov
ince OF South Ilocos, forwarded by
courier to San Fabian, says that Gen.
eral Young, with three troops OF the
Third cavalry and Major Peyton c.
March's battalion of the Thirty-third
infantry, has arrived at Santa Cruz.
The Americans left Hamacapan, prov
ince of Union, expecting to have a
hard fight at Tagudin, in South Ilocos
province but they found on arriving
there that 600 rebels. under General
Tino, had evacuated 36 hours before.
deserting an almost impregnable po-
sition. The insurgents had been en-
trenched at Tagudin on the north side
of the river, where hundred well dis
ciplined troops could have slaughtered
whole BRIGADE crossing the river,
with the men up to the armpit in
water.
The residents of Tagudn received
the Americans outside the town with
brass band. They had been robbed
of almost everything by the insur-
nnI pln Il n WDlpnmn fripnI-
I ly and protecting troops.
A similar reception awaited General
Young at Santa Cruz. Prominent clti
zens headed by a band, escorted the
American officers to houses, where rest
and refreshments were offered.
General Young's command was al
most without food. The men had been
living on the country, which affords
but little, and the horses are COM
| pletely worn out, most of them with
out shoes.
The inhabitants of Santa Cruz and
Of other towns through which the
Americans passed say that Aguinaldo
and his entire refugee army have gone
into the mountains eastward since the
Oregon, Samar and Callao attacked
Vigan and landed force there.
In several towns General Young
was shown letters written by Lieuten-
ant Gilmore, showing that he had
been kindly treated by the citizens and
had been entertained by them when he
passed through last May.
Reports indicate that all the Ameri-
can prisoners, some 25 or 80, were at
one time in Benguet province, but it is
supposed now that they have been re-
moved into Lepanto province.
There Is no communication between
General Young's small command and
any of the other American columns,
except indirectly, perhaps. by sight
ing and signaling United States gun
boats bound to or from Manila.
Captain Rumbold, with 35 men of
Company G, Thirty-second infantry,
while escorting the signal corps laying
the wire from Porac to Florida Blanca,
charged and routed 20 insurgents
killing captain and several privates
The Americans found on the captain
the sword and revolver that were
taken from the body of Naval Cadet
| Welborn c. Wood, who was killed by
the insurgents while in command of
the gunboat Urdaneta. when that ves-
sci was captured in the Orani river.
Colonel Hood, while recOnnOitering
near San Miguel, drove force of in
surgents from Idlefanso, killing sew
eral. Five Americans were slightly
wounded.