Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-12-09
After AGU1yALDll.
Young Hopes TO Capture the Rebel
Leader in Banquet Mountain.
EASY VICTORY FOR AMERICANS.

Occupied tho Strongly Fortified Town
of Tngudin Without Firing IL Shot.
Six Hundred Rebels Huvlng Fled
ms Our Soldiers Approached.
Manila, Dec. 5-A dispatch from
Dagupan, containing advices later than
those from Santa Cruz, says that Cen
eral Young hopes to find Aguinaldo
in Benguet mountain pass and to cap
ture him there Both entrances TO
Benguet arc fortified. Two troops OF
the Third cavalry will reinforce Cen
eral Young in the pass.
A dispatch from Santa Cruz, prov
ince of South Ilocos. forwarded by
courier to San Fabian, says that Cen
eral Young, with three troops of the
Third cavalry and Major Peyton G.
MARGINS battalion of the Thirty-third
infantry, has arrived at Santa Cruz.
The Americans lett Hamacapan. prov
ince of Union, expecting to have a
hard fight at Tagudin, in South llocos
province, but they found on arriving
there that 600 rebels. under General
Tino, had evacuated &c hours before,
deserving an almost impregnable po-
sition. The insurgents had been en-
rtrenched at Tagudin on the north side
of the river, where a hundred we'll dis
ciplined troops could have slaughtered
whole brigade crossing the river,
with the men up to the armpit in
water.
The residents of Tagudin received
the Americans outside the town with
brass band. They had been robbed
of almost everything by the insur-
gents and were glad to welcome friend
ly and protecting troops.
A similar reception awaited General
Young at Santa Cruz. Prominent citi-
zens, headed by 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 30, 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 IS men of
Company G, Thirty-second infantry,
while escorting the signal corps laying
the wire from Porac to Florida Blanca,
charged and routed 10 insurgents
killing captain and several priyates.
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 YES
sci was captured in the Orani river.
Colonel Hood, while accommodating
near San Miguel. drove a force of in
surgents from Idlefanso, killing sew
eral. Five Americans were slightly
wounded.