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The Little KaDSan still a GAL
liant Leader.
HIS BRAVE MEN FOLLOW
Ore Of the Most Brilliant Charges O
the War - Gen. HaIe's Brigade
in Action.

MANILA, April %, 1920 p. m-Gen-
eral MacArthurs division fought its
way to the Filipino trenches before
Calumpit today, advancing four miles.
mostly through woods and jungle and
crossing the Bagbag river This was
accomplished at the cost to the Ameri-
cans of six killed and twenty-eight
wounded, the First South Dakota regi-
ment being the heaviest loser.
After fording the river the South Da-
kotans pursued the insurgents to the
outskirts of Calumpit, but the town
was found to be SO strongly protected
that General Macarthur deemed it best
to withdraw the tired fighters and go
into camp for a nights rest before
making the final assault.
The largest buildings in Calumpit
We're being fired by the Filipinos while
the Americans were crossing the river
fully a mile away, indicating the enc
mys intention to abandon the place.
The insurgents seem to have adopted
settled policy of retiring from one po-
sition after another, after infiicting the
greatest possible damage upon the ad-
vancing army. The forces today were
well drilled: Every foot of the ground
was tenaciously disputed by thorough
ly organized troops, who stood remark
ably firm even before artillery.
! The enemy had planned to wreck our
artillery transport train. This attempt
was a failure, but one span of the iron
railway bridge over the river was de-
stroyed hampering the American trans
portation for some time. The F'ilipinos
cut the girders. intending TO have the
structure fall with the train, but it col
lapsed prematurely of its own weight
The Bagbag river, which is about a
hundred yards wide at that point, was
spIendidly fortified and the Americans
were compelled to approach an open
space from which the rebels had cleared
every obstruction to sight The bank
Of the river, a high bluff, was sur
mounted with trenches, capped with
rocks, loopholed and partly hidden by
bushes.
General Wheaton's brigade approach
ed the river along the railroad, leaving
camp beyond Malolos City. General
Hale's, which started Yesterday, was
earlier on the march and sweeping
westward toward the railroad. The
farmored train was being pushed by
Cinnamon, the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment advancing in extended order on
the left and the First Montana regi-
ment with the Utah L hit Artillery on
the right.
The rapfd-fire guns on the train
opened the ball at 11:30 a. M, about
mile from the river, their popping al
ternating continuously with the boom
of the six-pounders.
The Montana regiment and the Utah
batteries at the same time entered the
jungle, from which the insurgents, who
were occupying large, stragging viii
lagos of huts, poured heavy volleys.
In the course of an hour the Ameri-
cans had forced a passage through the
woods TO the open space in front of the
river and the artillery, Immediately
on wheeling into the open, began she'll
ing the Filipino trenches.
In the meantime Company K, Twen-
tieth Kansas, led by Captain Beltwood
performed one Of the most brilliant
achievements of the campaign. The
regiment was being held in reserve and
Company K charged distance of