The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-11
AMERICAN TROOPS
AT San FABIAN
Their Landing Vas q Most Sp0CtaCu-
lar Affair.
FORTY FILIPIN0S TAKEN
Tho GunbOatS Maintained Terrific
BOmbardm0nt.
INSURGENTS ARE HARD PRESSED
Inhabitants Believe Aguinaldo Has Sc
ereted Yacht for Use in His
Flight When He Realizes
Capture is Inevitable
INSURGENTS ARE HARD PRESSED

Manila, November 1O-5:55 p m.)-Tho
landing of the American troops at Fabian
Tuesday was the most spectacular affair of
it's kind since General Skaters dsem-
barkation at Daiquiri. The cooperation of
the army and navy was complete.
The gunboats maintained terrific bom-
bardment for an hour, while the troops
rushed waist deep through the surf under
a heavy but badly aimed rifle fire from the
insugent trenches and charged right and
left, pouring volley after volley at the flee
ing rebels.
Forty Filipinos were captured, mostly
n-commissioned officers. Several in
sursent dead and five wounded were found
in building which had suffered consideea-
bly, from the bombardment. The town was
well fortified. The sand dunes were riveted
with bamboo twenty feet thick which af-
forded fine cover
N.a..p....s in Waiting
When the transports arrived in the gulf
they found the gunboats Princeton, Ben
nington and others waiting. After consult
tation with General Wheaton, Commander
Knox of the Princeton and Commander
Sherman of the Bennington, all anchored in
Tit SudliOW lWO Iull6S Oil ne gun
boats formed line inside, the Helena
Callao and Manila close in shore. With the
first gun OF the bombardment the
sma1 boats were filled rapidly with the
troops ana without any confusion formed
divisions. The gunboats put the full force
of their batteries into operation at the
trenches, tearing up the beach. Two hun
dred men held their places until the keel OF
the boats grated on the shore when their
Mauser bullets commenced singing over
heaa The Dattalions formed in good order.
Captain Buck with six pieces and Pattons
company pursued the insurgents ON the left
into lhe bamboo thiekets. On the right was
a frail foot bridge across the river leading
to the towns. General Wheaton personally
com nandins, ordered charge across the
bridge and Captain Powell and his staff led
Colanan's and Eliiotts companies OF the
Thirteenth and Shields company Of the
Twenty third who behaved splendidly under
their first fire, into the town, Which was
Z found TO be nearly deserted, except by tne
aged and some Spaniards who had hidden
in the butlalo wallows and who came
shouting delghtedly toward the Amer-
cans.
TWO companies of the Twenty-third had
q SIX mlsn along the DdSupdll iodu Will
the retreating Fllipinos.
Major Snlclds, GU Tire 9td1l, Win MS colll-
mand captured several Insurgents. Inc
iroeps camped IN Tie ram during pae nls4Ae
and in the mora.ns General wheaton es-
taolished his headquarters IN d chureh'
epal4eted nis men IN dle house and sent
tne captured Filipmos beyond the outposts
with oroers not 10 return,
ga.naIeio's s.eretsd Yacht
The inaasitants describe uhe road as prac-
ticalIy inrpassabe, and say 'dAey believe
Agu4las sao llas secretad d yacht in the river
Longapo, near Subig, ior use in his flight
When ne hnds ms capture is inevitable.
Wednesday was devoted ITO reconnols-
sances Major Logan went nordn toward
Santo Tomas and burned ule fiEpinos' bar
racks Captain Bucks Thlrteenth went TO
San Jacinto and dispersed small bands.
Marsh's twenty -daird went norahward to
Magdeen on llae Dagupan road, and had
several shar< fights WaIl small parties.
1ihey killed eight men, brou9nt in eight
prisoners and had five men wounded.
line Sanbo Tomas road seems to be the
only possible means of retreat for large
body north from Iarlae, and General
Wheaton commands IL. 1ne insurgents of
this section are going ito reinforce 1aridc.
Captain ChenoWlda and Leutenants Davis
Vlan.lorne and Bradford NIdl two COM
psnies of the Seventeenth regiment, recon-
nOlIerlnS north OIL MdidDdcdl salldck6Q anu
routed a battalion OF insurgents, killing 70
OF uhenIs Three Americans were wounded.
General Wlneaton repou.s by the Ben
nJngton that When dne landing was made
at San Fabian the insurgents encountered
were 800 recruits, who were their way
to Dagupan, where they expected the ex-
pedition to land. They retreated to the
mountains. 1wenty-eisht prisoners were
rescued The report of the landing at Lin
gayen was brought by the commander of
the Manila, who saw the lighting. He got
the geography mixed.
1t has been raining hard throughout the
week. handicapping Generals Lawton and
Macarthur. The transportation is the chief
difficulty In the advance General Lawton
depended on the river to get his supplies.
The San Isidro river is fed by mountain
streams, and is alternately too shallow for
navigation or too swift TWO or three
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