Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-27
Gen. MACARTHUR Comes Upon the lnsurgent
Leader and 1000 Men.
FILIPINOS FIGHT HARD, THEN RUN
Expected Gathering the Enemy BACK
With Heroic Work-No Utah rien Yet Reported IN
Mondays Losses-Hard Fighting All Day

moved forward from Caloocan, about
four miles from MANILA. until ucn,rhi
OTIS reports today that General Mac
Arthur holds Mafliao. Il miles north 81
Manila. Thus tho insurgent rclreat
covers about 10 miles and the Aineti-
can ndyanec covers about miles. TINS
advance, however. has been circultous
'ifrt eastward towards Novaliohcs ana
then westward to Marilao.
Tho army II now proceeding along
the line Of the railroad. which IL pre-
numed 10 be a level stretch all the way
between the two opposing forces
Their, are no less than ten small
streams crossing the railroad be-
tween the two forces. These are the
etteama 20 which Gen. Otis refers III
rcpofting that the Insurgents have de-
gtroyod bridges which impede the
progress Of our supply trains and ar
tillcry.
~ Oen, Greene az Manila. and IN per-
sonally familiar with the surrounding
country. says that besides the difficulty
OF burned bridges the roads At their
nrc almost impossible for llght
artillery. and the quick mnacuvctH OF
cavalry.
TEN MILES FROM MALoLos.
our light field guns can be moved
forward slowly. but u N impossible
TO no manipulate them as 10 take nd-
vantage of every crest ana fiH9 OF
ground. The only horses available for
the cavalry and artillery are the small
,.ntora In the stand 10 be made by
Aguinaldo with his innurgcnt forces.
There n hope that he viii risk u nnai
stand at Mnloloa. In that event the
next ~ hours should determine the
final issue. nv the American forces at
,lnrilsa are POT more than ten miles
Between these places. the scattered
forces are engaged, the extreme rear
Of the insurgent troops and the cx-
IRENE advance OF the Americans bear
ing tho brunt.
While this In going on. fifteen OF
twenty miles north OF Manila. Gen.
Otis dispatches show that the inaur-
gents are again active south Of Manila,
whore Maj. Gen. i.awton'r division
H. IN the reserve. General otis reports
show no concern nH TO this southern
move. NJ he remarks. "Lawton VIII
look after them"
HEROIC CAPTURE or PRISONERS.
The American forces advanced from
Mcyoauyan tnot Maykawayanl the bril-
gade commanded by General Harrison
Gray Otis being on the left OF the rail-.
road and General liale'r IN the right.
They eventually diaccrncd white roofs
and HtccpleH among the green trees be-
yond the river, looking not unlike a
Massachusetts village,
The rebels had an unfordable river In
front OF them and they poured In a
irc 70 effective that II showed that they
were veterans. probably members %
the native militia, which tho spaniards
organized.
The American artillery put dram
/ a - a.. IuNNIss AHufANEllnEF l.
der cover OF the bushes, TO about 90
yards from the trenches the artillery
men emerged upon an opet space com.
handing the town, When the Afnefi.
cans appeared they gave grea, yen
aud the f'ilipinos were pinic'Htricker'
about "A hundred seeking safely IA
| fight, while a white nag was raised ny
those who worc In the trenches who
also shouted, "Ani gos'' tfriendal, Col.
/ Funston, with 20 men OF the Kansas
regiment. swan ncrorr the river 10 the
/ left Of the railroad bridge ana cap.
turod 10 prisoners with all their arms:
The Pennsylvania regiment captured
ny this time the right OF the FIJI
/ pinoH was demoralized.
OTIS REPORTS TopAYs WORK.
Washington. March 2T.-'rhe follow.
| Ing dispatch from Gen. Otis reached
Washington nj s'5s this morning
! Manila. March 27.-AdJuiant Cen
erni, washington. Macarthur hold'
Marlloa. severe lighting today and oui
casualties about forty. The inHurgent,
have desteroyed bridges which inpedet
| progress OF train ana artillery, oui
| troops met the concentrated inaurgcn
forces on northern line commanded b,
Agunaldo In person and drove viii
considerable slaughter. They left near
~ 100 dead on the field aud many
/ prisoners and small arms were cap
morning, OTIS.
ii is supposed that this dispatch wa,
sent this (Monday) evening
CASUALTIES ON BATrLEFIELD.
Washington. March 2I.-Oen. otli
has notified Adjutnnt General corblf
OF the following additional casualtic'
for March 20, ~. 20. and ?6
KILLED.
Third Artiliery--Lleut. NJ. II. Rrayen
buhl. captain and commiHsary. Y. >
twentieth Kansas-company u, Ser
gennt Morris J. Cohen; II. Private II
Fnirchild
rwenly;sseond Infan,ry-sergean
Charles II, Brooks,
Second Orcgon-company l., Private
l.. v. strawdcrman. Hayes II. Taylor
WOUNDED.
Twentiath Kansas company II, PR
yate John q. Mnhi, lung. fatal; II
Artiflcer JameB II. Hester, neck, mod
crate. -. Samuel +. Barton, leg, mod
twentieth Infantry-Ira Wright. foot
severe.
Twenty-second Infantry
A, Prlyhtes Henry J. Smllan. shoulder
slight; VIM. Geyer. forearm, slight
n' First Sergeant Patrick Byrne. leg
qllght; u, Ole Walme, shoulder. slight
Artlncer VIM, iiagebaum, back;
private John Miller, head; X, Musician
Spurgean Cane. toe. slight; l.. Privat
VIM. ]. liunlay, hand. severe,
surgeon. thigh. slight; company II