The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-29
AT CALUMPIT'S GATE.
Brave American Boys Fight Their
Way to the 0utposts.
q Fierce Engagement Against Agufn-
aIdo's weIl-DriIIed Troops - SIX
of Our Soldiers I<ilIed-Many
Are wounded.

division fought its way TO the Filipino
trenches before Calumpit Tuesday, adj
vancing four miles, mostly through
woods and jungle, and crossing the
Bagbag river. This was accomplished
AT cost TO the Americans Of six killed
and rs wounded, the First South Dakota
regiment being the heaviest loser.
After fording the river the South Da-
kotans pursued the insurgents to the
outskirts OF Calumpit, but the town
was found so strongly protected that
Gen. Macarthur deemed IL best 10 with
draw the tired fighters and 10 go into
camp for nights rest before making
the final assault. The largest buildings
I'm Calumpit were being fred by the
Eilipinos while the Americans were
crossing the river fully mile away,
indicating the enemy's intention to
abandon the place.
Approach of Americans.
Gen. Wheaton's brigade approached
the river along the railroad, leaving
camp beyond Malolos city. Gen. IIale's,
which started Monday, was earlieron the
march and sweeping westward toward
the railroad. The armored train was be-
ing pushed by Cinnamon. the Twentieth
Kansas regiment advancing i'm extend
ed order on the left and the First Mon
tana regiment, with the Utah light ar
tillery, on the right. The rapid-fring
guns on the train Opened the ball" at
1880 a. m. about mile from the river,
their popping alternating continuously
smith Ha - q IL .4s..
The Montana regiment and the Utah
artillery batteries at the same time en-
tered the jungle, from which the insur-
gents, who were occupying n large.
struggling village Of Hub, poured heavy
'volleys. IL the course OF an hour the
Americans had forced passage
through the woods TO the open space
I'm front OF the river. and the artillery,
Immediately on wheeling into the open,
Ibegnn Smelling the Filipino trenches.
Col Funston Again In Evidence.
YIN the meantime company X. Twen-
tieth Kansas, led by Capt Beltwood,
performed one OF the most brilliant
achievements of the campaign. The
regiment was being held i'm reserve. and
N tHul ecu ~ ulNluIltt OF II
quarter of mile over cornfield 10 the
bank OF the river, near the bridge,
where the INSURGENTS from trench
were peppering the armored train,
then about 200 yards down the track.
The company found shelter in n ditch.
Col. Frederick Funston called for vol
-unteers TO cross the river, and the col
onel himself, Lieut.. Ball, a private OF
company X, "A private of company L.,
Trumpeter Barsfield and Corp. Fergu-
son, of company ], crawled along the
iron Orders. While this was going on
the men of company X, from the ditch
were fusillading the trenches in the en-
deavor TO divert attention, but the Fill
pinos got the range from trench down
ahe river, and their bullets soon spat-
tered the water under the structure.
Having reached the broken span, the
small but valorous band of Americans
'slid down the caisson, swan few yards
TO the shore and crawled up the bank,
the little colonel leading the way TO the
trenches, revolver in hand, while the
few remaining Filipinos bolted Col.
Funston said afterwards ut wasn't
much TO do. We knew they could not
shoot straight, and that our boys would
attend TO them while we were cross
Sng."
Gen. Hale's troops, on the right, had
the hardest fight. They followed the
north bank OF the river nearest the
town, from the east, with the First Ne
braska regiment on the left and the
First South Dakota and the Fifty-first
Iowa beyond. The country TO be tray
ersed was mostly Jungle but the Fill
pinos stood their ground even in the
open spaces. Gen. Hale's right Joined
Gen. Wheaton's left soon after noon, a
curve in the river enabling the Ameri-
cans 90 pour an cnfilading FIRE into the
encmy's trenches. About this time the
cheers OF the Kansas troops announced
that the Americans had crossed the
river. Gen. Hale's men began 10 ford
dhe Chico, a branch OF the BaUbag.
stretching Go the northeast. The gen
eral himself plunged in up TO his neck.
and the regiments, all carrying flags,
floundered across the stream. The guns
of the Utah light artillery were dragged
over next and formed into an extended
line, 20 advance upon the trenches be-
fore Calumpit, from which the Filipinos
were pouring continuous volleys.
The armored car had one man killed
and two wounded during the charge.
and the Utah light artillery one killed
and two wounded. Most Of the other
casualties befell the South Dakota regi-
ments. IL Is difficult 10 estimate the in
aurgent losses, but they had no fewer
than 20 killed, many of them by the ar
tillcry.
The rebels are already returning TO
Malolos and are becoming trouble
some. They fired ON an ambulance
Monday which was passing across the
Plaza and they have driven the Chi.
ncse out.
Negroes Lynch Negro.
Galena, Kan, April 26.-Charles Will
iinms. alias Jones (colorcd). was shot
Go death at $500 Tuesday morning in the
city mil nv n mOb of negroes Williams