The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-05
llTIPOLO TAKEN
FILIPINO STRONGHOLD is IN THE
HANDS OF THE AMERICAN
TROOPS
COST SPAIN MANY LIVES
FORMER RULERS SAID THE CITY
COULD NOT BE CAPTURED
BY UNITED STATES
GALLANT CHARGE IN ADVANCE

Nothins Braver During the Course
of the Operations Against the In
surgents-FOur Americans Killed
Stubborn Skirmfsh Firtn
Which Extended over Twenty
Four Hours.
/ MANILA, June 4.-Gen. Halls brigade
advancing on the Morong peninsula has
| captured Antipolo, Filipino stronghold
after severe fighting, though the town
when reached was deserted The brigade
has completed circuit of twenty miles
over rough end mountainous country.
having two engagements with the insur-
gents one of them severe and kept up
with scattered bands of insurgents for
| nearly twenty-four hours-from 4 O'Clock
saturday morning until the column left
! the pumping station. The Fiipinos were
driven in every direction, and the coun-
| try through which Gen. Hall passed was
pretty well cleared.
| At 10 O'Clock this morning tho column
/ reached a point few miles from Taytay.
| where Gen. Hal was met by Gen. Law
| ton, who had already entered the town
and found it deserted. Gen Halls oblec-
tive point was Antipolo, ten miles off, and
there was desultory firing all along the
line of march The gunboats could be
heard shelling the Ellis in advance of the
column
Tho column, after driving the rebels
from ths foothills near Maria Chino about
noon yesterday, with a loss of but two or
three slightly wounded. proceeded with
all possible haste toward Laguna de Bay,
the Fourth cavalry in the lead, the Ore
gon regiment next and the Fourth in
fantry last.
SECOND BATTLE.
At 5 O'Clock those three regiments
fought their second battle of the day, and
II resulted, like the first, in the complete
rout of a large Filipino force located in
the mountains and having every advan-
tage of position. In this fight the Ameri-
can losses were four killed, three of tho
Fourth cavalry and one Oregonian and
/ about fifteen wounded. The Filipino loss
| could not be ascertatncd, but the terrific
fire which the Americans poured into
them for half an hour must have INFLICTED
severe punishment. In this engagement
our troops made one Of the most gallant
charges of the war, and the enemy was
forced to flee in the greatest disorder.
1t was the intention to press on to An
tfpolo last night, but this was found i'm
| possible, owing to the two fights and the
| constant marching for more than twelve
hours, with nothing to eat since morning
and no supply train in sight. The troops
suffered from the intense heat, many be-
| ing prostrated and all greatly exhausted.
| Consequently they bivouacked for the
\ night on the second battlefield.
GALLANT CHARGE.
The cavalry, the Oregonians and two
| companies of the Fourth infantry had
| just crossed a small creek, about o'clock
| yesterday afternoon, and entered upon
sunken road from which they were
emerging on to small valley surrounded
on all sides by high and heavily wooded
! hills, when the rebels, concealed in the
mountains on three sides OF the plain,
opened q hot fire and sent showers of
| bullets into the ranks of the Americans,
while the latter deployed Immediately in
three directions. Then followed charge
up the hillsides from which the shots
came all the time, pouring in terrific
hail. while the air resounded with the
constant rattle of musketry.
fered the severest loss when the attack
opened two of their killed being ser
geants and the other a private. The Ore
gonian killed was a private. The natives
were unable to withstand the vigorous
| firing of the Americans long, and at the
first sign of their wavering the cavalry,
OreGonians and infantrymen broke into
wild cheers and charged still more rap
idly.
The men as they advanced poured in
vclley after volley until the enemy left
the places where they were partially con-
cealed by the thicket, fed over the sum-
nit in the widest confusion and disap-
| peared in the surrounding valley. After
| the fight was over the firing was contin-
| ued by the Americans for more than an
| hour in clearing cut the bush and driv
| ing away struggling Filipinos
ADVANCE ON ANTIPOLO.
| The forces, after camping for the night
! on the battle field, started at 5 o'clock
this morning for Antipolo, where it was
expected a strong resistance would be
| made.
| Antipolo is a place far up in the noun
tains, which the Spaniards had said the
Americans could never capture. 1t has
cost Spain the lives of 300 troops.
The progress of the column was consid-
eraby delayed while rushing up the
| steep mountain side by a small band of
routed by the Fourth cavalry, which was
in advance and the troops reached An
| tipolo in few hours. Our troops We're
| Immediately thrown around on three
sides OF the town and the final advance
was made. But it was found unnecessary
! to fire a shot. Not a rebel was visible
and the town was entirely abandoned
| Two hours later, after a conference be-
| tween Gen. Lawton and Gen. Hall, the
column proceeded toward Morong to drive
| away any rebels found in that quarter.
When the start was made for Antipolo
| In the morning the Oregonian regiment
| and the Ninth infantry were left behind
as rear guard, and there was consider
| able firing along their lines in clearing