Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-04-01
AMERICAN ARMY ADVANCES
OUR ARMY SWEEPS ONWARD.
Driving the Rebels Before Them-Sev-
eral of Our Men Wounded-Meet Slight
Resistance Inhabitants Leave in "a
Hurry-Their Dead Is Enormous.

Hurry-Their Dead lis Enormous.
Manila, March 29--Noon.-Th Ameri-
can army advanced at o'clock this morn
ing, sweeping onward three miles before
10 o'clock and driving the rebels beyond
Boeave TO east of Bulacan and on the
railroad leading to Alalolos. Gu. troops
meet but slight resistance The Filipinos
fired volleys yesterday evening for the
purpose of drawing the American fire and
disclosing the locality of our positions
Two men of the Pennsylvania regiment
and one man belonging to the Dakota
regiment were wounded. The Americans
remained silent.
The country around Marilao and Manila
presents picture of desolation. Smoke
is curling from hundreds of ash heaps
and the remains of trees and fences torn
by shrapncl are to be seen everywhere
The general appearance of the country
is As if it had been swept by a cyclone.
Roads are strewn with furniture and
clothing dropped in their flight by the,
Filpinos.
The bodies OF dead Filipinos are stand
ed i'll the shadows of rivers, or are rest
ing in the jungle where they crawled to
die or were left in the wake of the hur-
riedly retreating army. These bodies give.
forth terrible odors, but there is no time.
at present to bury them.
The inhabitants, who fled from Mari
loa and Meycanayan, left in such panic
that on the tables our soldiers found
money and valuables and in the rooms
were trunks containing other property OF
value.
Gen. Otis Report.
Washington March 29.-The following
from General Otis reached the war depart
ment
Manila, March 29.-MacArthur's advance.
was only to the outskirts of Marilao It
took until late in the afternoon to repair
the roads and railroad bridges and send
cars through with supplies. He recon-
menced the march at this morning
marched rapidly on Bocave and will con
tinue to Bigaa, seven miles from Malolos
The enemys resistance has not been SO.
vigorous today Our loss thus far is.
slight. Towns in front of our advance
are being destroyed by fire. Troops are
in excellent spirits. OTIS
additional Casualties.
Washington March 29.-General Oti-.
cabled the following additional casualties
March IS:
Killed, Third artillery Private j. j.
Whitney, Private Charles johnson.
Wounded rHop+h
Christopher Filbert. Third artillery, First
Sergeant Conner. Injured - Twentieth
Kansas, Private j. Ross.
Fight at MariIao.
New York, March ga dispatch to,
the Herald from Manila says:
Information reaches here that indicates
the insurgent capital has been moved from
MaIolos to San Fernando The army has
not advanced today. The men are build
ing bridges and waiting for supplies to,
come up.
The insurgents burned Bulacan this af-
tcmoon. Marines are patroling Malabon
The lines are being strengthened at Pasav
and some firing is going on in the vicinity
of that place
camped last night the Third artillery was
across the bridge i'll Marilao and the Ne
bras regiment was in the woods on the.
extreme right. The other troops had not
gone across the river.
At half-past ) o'clock the insurgents
appeared on the edge of the woods mile
long and advanced quickly, swinging to-
the left to drive the Third artillery away
from the bridge. This was the first time
in the war that the insurgents had
advanced in military order against our
forces
The Kansas volunteers promptly crossed
the bridge in columns of fours to give sup
port to the Third artillery. They lost two
men killed and some wounded in their ad-
vance.
At the same time the First Montana reg
iment crossed the river on a pontoon bridge
and took position on the extreme left 50
as to be able to cut in back of the insur.
gents if the latter came far enough. They
lost six men wounded in this movement,
while the Third artillery had two sergeants
and one man killed and two wounded.
Masked by the woods, the Nebraska vol
unteers were not nby the enemy. They
suddenly opened a flank fire on the in
surgent line and left their trenches with
a great shout. At sight of them the
whole insurgent force, ohlcers and men,
fled pell NELL
The eager Nebraska men chased them
nSle and half but We're finally drawn