Iron County register., 1899-03-30
PUSHING ON 70 MALuOS.
The American Troops Pushing the
Fi1ipinos Insurgents Back to
Their Headquarters.
COL. EGBERT is AMONG THE KILLED.
The Gunboats Render Good Seavice-Our
Troops Meet Many Natural Obstacles
Besides the Enemy. but Go at Them
with DeterminatI tIon Our Losses Heavy
The Enemy's Heavier.

Manila, March 27.-The United States
troops, under Brig.-Gen. Lloyd Whea-
ton, captured the town of Malinta, be-
yond the Tulihan river yesterday after
sharp fight. Col. Harry c. Egbert, of
the Twenty-second regular infantry,
was killed. Prince Leowenstein, for
merly aide-de-camp, on the staff of
Brighten. Miller, at Iloilo. somehow
got in front of the firing line and was
shot in the side, dying almost instant
iy. A German who accompanied him
was wounded.
The American Casualties.
The American casualties yesterday
were much lighter than those of Sat
urday, the total losses thus far report
ed since the engagement commenced
being As killed and 145 wounded.
Gen. Wheaton entered Malinta.
which is a small village of huts, at one
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
shelIed by Gunbonts.
The United States gunboat Helena
and other gunboats have been shelling
Malabon, about a mile northwest of
Caloocan for several hours.
Made a Firm Resistance.
The insurgents made a fierce resist
ance to the American advance up the
railroad at Malinta. In addition to the
fatal wounding of Col. Egbert. several
men of the Twenty-second infantry
and several of the Oregon and Kansas
regiments were killed.
Evidently anticipating lombard
1nent by the fleet, 1000 rebels vacated
MaIahon Saturday night, leaving a few
to burn the town.
Couldn't Overcome Natural Obstacles.
Gen. Wheaton's brigade, composed of
the Second Oregon regiment and the
Twenty-second and Twenty-third in
fantry. stretched out along the rail
road from Caloocan to the Tulihan
river, was powerless to prevent the
Withdrawal. owing to the natural OBJ
stacles and to the strong opposition.
Natives Fired the Town.
4 column of smoke at daybreak was
the first intimation of the enemy's in
tentions, but others followed at vari-
Gus points, all soon blending in dense
balloon-shaped cloud. The flames of the
burning rice mills and large buildings
could be plainly seen through the sun
light.
BY II o'clock in the morning the
only building of Importance not de-
stroyed in the center of the town was Il
large stone church, but even at noon
fresh fires were started among the ma
tive huts in the outskirts of Malabon,
although the general exodus took place
much earlier. Many of the rebels
sought refuge in the suburbs of
Navotas and Casag, or were driven in
land by the shells of the Helena, Calico,
Ningdapang and Laguna de Bay.
Calculations Much InterfercI With
In the meantime Gen. Wheaton's bri-
gade held the right toward the river,
but was unable either TO repair the
bridge, which had been destroyed by
the enemy, or to advance, owing to the
and the hills on the other
side.
The calculations of both Gen. Hale
and Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, whose
brigades constituted Gen. MacArthurs
division. were much interfered with
by the character of the country in
front of both, and the enemy was able
to take advantage of this, so that the
operations against Novaliches and Polo
were delayed, though the right wing
of the division swung out, sweeping
the enemy in northwcsterly direc-
ton.
Began to Repair the Bridge.
Gen. Wheaton's headquarters Satur-
day night was a half mile south of the
river, on the railroad. The opposite
bank was protected by blockhouse
and entertainments. Occasionally the
and infantry fired across the
stream.
Finally the engineers moved a con-
struction train up to the bridge, the
iron framework of which remained,
and began to replace the floor.
While this was going on the Second
Oregon regiment crossed the river on
the left and the Twenty-second on the |
righ11, with four companies of the |
infantry supporting the
latter regiment. A rising, clear ground |
stretched away a distance of half a
mile to Malinta, situated on its crest.
In front of the village were strong
Filipino intrenchments, but no Fiji
pinos were in sight. Apparently they
had fed. The Twenty-second regiment
had approached diagonally with Gen.
and his staff close behind,
and scouts closely observing the
ground.
t'sEuinos Suddenly VOIIeyed Heavily.