Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-01

MA 1. ~ OUR ADVANCE
the csfe Thursday. had the hardest
wosk AMI suffered tho greatest loss
Colonel Funston. always IN the front.
We sire iirsi man. In Malolos. followed
by' a iyrodpof dasliine Kansan<
The Filipino flag. which was flying
from the center Of the town. was hauled
dorh and some men Of the Montana reg
imeni ir'umphlnry raisel thcr 90
above it
From the columns Of smoke arising
from the city IL seemed ~ II the whole
place was ablaze II turned out. how
ever that the presidencia the govern.
mert building aud few smaller build.
ings had been uet on frs by the rebels
before they evacuated the place
From reports gathered by American
officers from prisoners and others it il
believed the rebel army is constantly
losing strength by desertions and that,
although the enemy may make one OF
two more stands. the forces Of Aguin-
aldo will degenerate. and soon get down
TO few hundreds. who may continue
TO rage a guerrilla warfare In the noun.
tains
The American troops behaved splen-
didly They advanced steadily against
successive lines Of trenches, through
woods and iungles. suffering from
irightfal heat In addition. the Amer.
ican volunteers were handicapped in
lighting by the fact that their Spring
field rifles are shorter range than the
Mauser rifles. in the hands Of the rebels
Under those circumstances the steady
adyaHoe of our troops was really'a
remarkable achievement But the most
noteworthy featureof this onward sweep
Of Americans is the patience and endur
ance of private soldiers They never
hesitate 10 plunge across any kind OF
difficult country against any number
Of the enemy. and face positions en-.
tirely unknown in strength
The victorious American army is
feasting this afternoon ON cocoa
nuts and bananas and enjoying a well
earned rest while the hospital train is
carrying the wounded back TO Manila
General King advanced from San Pc
dro Macat. establishing headquarters at
Pasig souih Of Manila
Recently issued copies Of Republiqua
Filipina Aguinaldos official organ. con
tains a proclamation 10 the effect that
certain parties were raiding the north
ern towns and ordering the same 10 join
the Filipino army Immediately or take
the consequences when Aguinaldo shall
have finished with the Americans This
j. construed a. meaning that Macaholas.
governor Of the five northern provinces.
Is unfriendly 10 Aguinaldo. II this be
true Aguinaldos retreat is undoub,ed-
ly cut of at the railroad beyond san
Fernandino
The Republica Filipino Of March %.
publishes an extra edition containing a
statement TO the effect that Americans
attacked Pasig, that many Of them were
killed. and a majority Of the remainder
wounded. while lsO Of them were taken
prisoners The second paragraph in
the same edition asserted that the Ameri-
cans ravished 300 of the Filipinos' fair
est daughters and called upon the ma.
tives to defend their honor with their
lives against the oppressors who spared
neither age, sex or condition. numbering
whole families in oold.blooded revenge. %
The American steamer Roanoke picked
mp native boat containing a dozen
Spanish prisoners who had escaped from
Dagupan and had been nearly three
days afioot with neither food nor water
They reported that the prisoners ex
pected 10 he killed when the American,
advanced. but know nothing Of the fats
of those in the southern towns.