The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-13
Movements Of Amer
cans Phase the
FiIipinos.
HUNDREDS WERE CORRALED.
Many Shots From Houses
Kept the Soldiers on
Constant Watch.

Manila, Oct. 70 (112O p. ND.
The troops are all returning to
their former positions, abandoning the
towns Gen. Schwan is en- route from
Perez das Marinas to linus with the
infantry, while the cavalry and all mule
teams are retracing their route from
Malabon to Bacoor, with the signal
corps removing the wires. Gen. Trias,
with the organized bodies Of insurgents,
retreated to SLANG and Indanm, at the
base of the mountain.
The movement of United States troops
was fine display Of American general
ship and energy, while the movement
jandro terms Our peculiar methods Of
warfare" Moreover, the line Of march
furnished a succession of surprises. the
advancing troops being generally at
tackled from unexpected points.
IN CAvITE PROVINCE
the scene of the hottest fights and their
greatest successes over the Spaniards,
the Filipinos might have been expected
to make a resolute stand, if anywhere,
but after their whippings at Cavite1o
and Noveleta, their tactics consisted
chiefly in a continual exhibition of
their transformation from warriors to
amigos.
At Malabon. the
AMERICANS CoRRALED
two or three hundred natives supposed
to be fighting men, but few of them
were caught with arms in their hands,
but large numbers were found in hid
ing dressed in khaki like the American
uniforms. A majority of them wore
the garb of the amigos, but they are
suspected of shooting at the troops from
houses growing habit, which -four
ished throughout the advance whenever
small parties of Americans strayed
from the main body The prisoners
are
A WHITE ELEPHANT
on the hands of the Americans. The
MalabOn contingent spent an unhappy
night incarcerated in a church. A ma
tive priest and an uncle Of Gen. Trias
were discovered in the Filipino arse
nal outside the town, They are cred
tied with being two Of the pillars Of
the insurrection, but they vigorously
proclaim their innocence.
The leading citizens Of Rosario are
temporarily engaged in rowing a fleet
of canoes laden with the American ar
nly's impediments to Bacoor The
prisoners, with the exception of those
CAUGHT RED HANDED,
will be released, as, owing to the fact
that the insurgents have so many more
men than guns, the keeping of prison.
ers is useless expense unless the pol
icy of reconcentrance which General
Weyler pursued is to be adopted. In
conversation with representative Of
the Associated Press, leading mer-
chant of Rosario remarked: They will
all be engaged in their old business as
soon as released" When asked where
the army had gone. the merchant re-
Piled: "a majority Of them are here.
They simply hide their guns when
they see a superior force approaching"
The fighting falls the hardest on the
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Hundreds of them spent the night be-
fore the Americans reached there, in
boats with small craft containing nom
combatants, few of whom remained in
the town. One woman was shot ac-
cidentally. The work of the commits
sary and the quartermaster's depart
ment, directed by Captains Biddle and
Horton, was remarkable throughout
The transportation of supplies from
Rosario to Malabon seemed to be I'M
POSSlDlS. Inc WHBOnS nau TO De re-
peatedly unloaded and reloaded while
being dragged through the mire. Gen.
Schwan is marching back without the
teams, all the loads Of baggage being
shipped from Bacoor by canoes and the
wagons going empty. A telegraph
squad under Lieut.. Clark kept the wire
abreast of the line to Malabon, but in
order to do this, the teams had to be
abandoned, and the coils Of wire car
ried by coolies.