The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-10
But the Americans Paid Dearly For
the Victory.
HEAVY FILIPINO LOSS
DEFEATS SUPER
TOR FORCE OF ENEMY.
Insurgents Were Well Protected In
Trenches and had Plenty of Am
munition, But Could Not Stand
the Heavy Fire of the United
States Troops.

Manila, Aug. "Details of General
MacArthur's advance beyond San Fer
nando showed that the Americans COW
cred five miles in the first five hours.
and at O'Clock had advanced six miles
along the railway, stretching on each
side of it for two miles, and resting at
night three miles from Angeles, which
will be made the northern base of oper-
atoms instead of San Fernando. where
a garrison of 600 men has been left.
The casualties are between thirty and
forty.
The Filipinos were surprised, expect
ing the American forces To move
against Tice. They followed their usual
tactics of holding their trenches until
they become too warm, and then re-
treating in disorder. They are now
falling back westward through Poric.
The Twelfth and Seventeenth regi-
ments had the sharpest engagements.
The country IS covered with rice fields
and bamboo thickets, the hardest pos
sibie ground for marching. The mud in
places was knee deep.
Angeles is one of the richest towns
north of Manila. and is considered to be
a better base of operations than San
Fernando. The forces at San Fer
nando consisted of the Iowa regiment,
the Seventeenth regiment, the Ninth
regiment, the Twelfth regiment, Bells
new Thirty-siXth regiment a battalion
of the Sixteenth regiment troop E of
the Fourth cavalry and fifteen i->ls.
The movement had been planned for
some time but was delayed by rains.
Finally two days of sunshine dried the
rice fields sufficiently to permit the at
tempt The American position has long
been unpleasant. The rebels almost
surrounded the town and fired nightly
into it, the Americans not replying eX-
cept on extreme provocation. 1t was
necessary to keep SEQ or 600 men on
outpost duty constantly,
Captured a Fakir.
Captain Deems, with a provost guard,
last night captured a noted Filipino IA
kir with several aliases, who. means
of ventriloquism, had persuaded the na-
tives that he has supernatural powers.
He raised much money, ostensibly for
the instruction, which he kept himself
Our soldiers surrounded his house
and corraled thirty Filipinos. Many
others escaped. The troops also cap
tured $1,000.
Emmanuel, as the fakir is generally
known, has been predicting the fall of
Manila. His prophecies have created
excitement among the natives who be-
lieved them.
Reports from native sources say $50
Fflipinos were killed in General Halls
engagement on Calamba and in the
subsequent skirmishes The American
loss in the fighting about San Fernando
at ) o'clock was known to be eight men
killed and tWenty-siX wounded. The
loss may possibly exceed these figures.
as the line is five miles long. and it is
impossible at this hour to hear from
every point.
Our troops are now about Angeles
waiting for the artillery. which has the
greatest difficulty in moving, owing To
the wet ground. The attack was opened
at O'Clock in the morning. a battery
of the First artillery Smelling Bacolor
on the left. simultaneously Bells
Thirty-siXth infantry struck BacoIor
from the south and drove the rebels out
Armored cars, each with a six-pounder
and two Calling revolving cannon on
board. then mounted on the railroad
track in the center of our lines.
Rebels Were Routed.
Soon afterwards the guns did sharp
execution. Battery NJ of the Third ar
tillery and 100 men of the Iowa regi-
ment made a feint towards Mexico.
while the main body of troops, consist |
ing OF the Iowa regiment, the Seven
teenth regiment and a battalion of the
Twenty second, under General Wheat
on, on the right. and the Ninth Twelfth
and Bells regiments, under General
Liscum. on the left, advanced. steadily
pouring their IRE into the rebels and
receiving a heavy fire in return.
The rebels were well protected by |
trenches and seemed net to lack ammu- !
milton, but they We're unable to with |
stand for any length of time the hail |
Of shot our artillery and infantry
poured in on them, and retreated, leav- /
ing dead and wounded on the field A
dozen prisoners We're captured by our /
troops
The reports indicate that the Ninth /
suffered the most. though the /
casualties Of all the regiments are not !
yet reported. The weather was eX-
tremely hot and our troops suffered !
greatly. But there was no faltering. /
\ company of the Sixteenth regiment /
went 10 the relief Of Rell's regiment |
Ibis afternoon. The firing, except at 1
ISOLATED points. had ceased by 10 /
o'clock.