Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-17
SAN MATEO IS TAKE
Gen. Young's Brigade Captures the
Town After a Fight.
ENSIGN CAPTURED THIRTEEN SHIPS.
Good Work of the Gunboat Samar-VOy-
age of the Transport Centennial
pinos Make Attacks on San Luis
and Gringua.

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enemy near San Mateo, northeast of
| the San Juan reservoir, about ten miles
from Manila, resulted in the occupation
| of San Mateo. The American loss was
! three killed and ID wounded, including
lieutenant of the Twenty-frst in
fantry. The Americans approached
| San Mateo in three columns.
Maj. Cronin, with $50 men of
the Twenty-fifth infantry advanced
from Novaliches, five miles west of San
Mateo. Capt. Rivers, with 100 men of
the Fourth cavalry, and Capt. Parker,
| formerly lieutenant colonel of the
| Twelfth New York volunteer regi-
ment, with $50 men of the Twenty-frst
| and Twenty-fourth infantry and the
| Fourth cavalry, approached in two col
umns from the south. Maj. Cronin ex-
perienced many difficulties arising
from the condition of the country and
failed to effect a junction with Capt.
| Rivers west of San MateO, as had been
| planned.
Capt. Rivers, advancing, took an out
post of the enemy two miles southwest
of San Mateo. He then encountered
strong resistance among the hills, the
enemy firing from excellent positions.
Having failed to connect with Maj. Gro
min, and seeing that the town was al
ready occupied by the Americans, Capt.
Rivers withdrew, covering his with
drawal by heavy volley. He had lost
a sergeant killed.
Capt. Parker, on advancing, found
the enemy strongly intrenched on the
far side of some rice fields, about mile
wide and covered with deep mud.
Pushing forward rapidly he routed the
Filipipos after 40 minutes fighting,
and then continued the march upon
San Mateo, which he entered without
resistance about 1870 in the afternoon.
Maj. Cronin entered the town about
1870. The Americans still occupy the
place. Our men were exhausted by the
heavy marching. Twenty-three of the
enemy are known to have been killed.
Gen. Young accompanied Capt.
Parker's column and was under fire
throughout the engagement. It is
estimated that the enemy numbered
between 500 and 400 men.
Word has been received from Lieut..
J. c. Gilmore, of the United States
gunboat Yorktown, who with ii mem
bers of the crew of the gunboat was
captured by the insurgents last April
near Baler, on the east coast of Luzon.
Spanish prisoners, is to the effect that
the officer and his men are at Vigan, in
the province of South Ilocos, on the
west coast of Luzon. All but two are
we'll. Lieut.. Gilmore is allowed a
house and a servant and is fairly
treated.
AN ENSIGN CAPTURED THIRTEEN SHIPS.
Washington, Aug. 14.-Following is
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reciting the exploits of Ensign II. G.
MacFarland in the vicinity of Manila:
Q. S. S. yorktown, uoilo, P. L. June 12.-Sir:
The gunboat Samar, Ensign H. G.. MacFarland,
q. S. N, commanding, which sailed from this
port on the Sd inst, returned on the 9th, passed
along the west coast OF Panay three times, Wis
tied Catalog, on the Island TablaS, once. Rom
blon three times, the north coast of Sibuyan
once, Capiz and Panay twice, passed along the
north coast of Panay and returned to IlOilo
from the north, having made complete circuit
of Panay close along shore. Inclosed herewith
is q copy of the commanding officers report of
the capture of Is vessels, all but one OF which
were destroyed. However active the trade may
have been on the west coast of Panay formerly,
I am of the opinion that the insurgents are
mainly occupied in throwing troops into Negros
and Leyte from southwest Luzon and Panay
and Gen. Hughes is of the same opinion.
VOYAGE OF THE TRANSPORT CENTENNIAL.
San Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE United
States transport Centennial arrived
here yesterday after a most exciting
round trip. She narrowly missed a
couple of typhoons, was ashore on a
coral reef, where the entire crew bare
" escaped capture at the hands of the
Filipinos; one of the sailors was killed
by parting hawser and one of the
quartermasters was stabbed by a col
ored cook. During the Tightening pro-
s,1
the reef near Manila on her outward
trip, quantity of government stores
to the value of $13 900 had to be Jet
tisonized and were eagerly appropri-
ated by the Filipinos, who swarmed
about the reef and made more than one
attack for the purpose of capturing
the vessel and her crew. Upon her re-
turn trip to this port the Centennial
brought a number of invalided officers
and men from various regiments.
FILIPINO INSURGENTS MAKE ATTACKS.
Manila, Aug. 1.-THE insurgents
have taken the aggressive in the neigh
| borhood of the railroad. On Saturday
night they successfully attacked San
Luis, on the Rio Grande, near Calum
pit, which is garrisoned by two COM
panies of the Twenty-second infantry.
The Americans had one man. SER
geant, killed and two privates wound
ed. Yesterday morning a similar affair
took place at Gringua, four miles west
of Malolos, where an other small garri
son is stationed as safeguard against
a possible attack upon the railway. A
| special train took reinforcements to
Malolos and Guiginto, just north of
Bulacan.