Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-09
DETAILS or MAcAHrnun's ADvANor
iurpriscd the Enemy aud Drove Them
North 81 San Fernando.

North ~ san Fernando.
Manila. AuH. .. 5.iO p. m.--Dctalla Of
Con. hncArtuuf'H advance beyond san
Fernando showed that the Americana
covered i've miles the nrst i've hours
ara ut o'clock had advanced ok miles
along the railway stretching on each
side N Il Tor two miles, and resting ne
night three miles from Angeles. which
viii be made the northern base ~ upor-
alton Instead of San Fernando. where
a garrison " COO mon had boon left
The casualties are between thirty and
forty The Filiplnos were surprised.
expecting the American forces 90 move
against TIcu. They followed their usual
tactics OF holding their trenches uutu
they became too warm ana then re-
treating IN disorder. They are now
falling back westward through poric.
Tho Twelfth and Seventeenth rogi-
menta had the nhnrpost cnruHrmcntH.
The country u covered with rice fields
and bamboo thickotn. the hardest posi-
Ole ground Tor marching. Tho mud la
places was knee deep.
Angeles lH one of tho richest towns
north OF Manila ana o. considered 10 be-
a better base uf operations than San
Fernando. The forces ut San Fcrnan-
do consisted uf the Iowa regiment, tho
seventeenth regiment. the Ninth rpEl-
mrnt the Twelfth regiment, Belts now
Ihifiy- sixth regiment, battalion 10
NN'N NNNNN NNHNNNINNNNH ANNNNIN r. OF NlNM
Fourth cavalry aud fifteen guns
The movement had been planned for
some time but was delayed by rains.
Finally two days uf sunshine dried
the rice fields sufficiently TO permit the
attempt.
The Americana position had long
been unpleasant The rebels almost
surrounded the town and fired nightly
into %, the Americans not replying
except on extreme pruvuCntlon.
II WAS necessary 10 Keep 600 % COO
men on outpost duty constantly.
capt. Deems, with "a provost guard,
last night captured q noted Filipino
fakir with several aliases, who by
means uf yentrllOqulam, had persuaded
tho natives that he has supernatural
powers tie raised much money. ua-
trnsihly for the insurrcCtion. which he
kept Tor himself. our soldiers surround
81 his house and cortulled thirty Fiji
piuos.
Many others escaped. The troops also
captured $1,000
Emmanuel. as tho faklr H. generally
known, has been predicting the fan %
Manila. His prophecies have created
excitement among the natives who be-
lleycd him,
Reports from native sources say 40
Flllpinus were Killed la Gen. Hairs en-
gugumunt ut Cnlumha aud In the suisse
qurnt HklrmlHheH.
NNN HhAANNN NNHANA AN'H NN NAN NEMNNME
about san Fernando nc o'clock was
kuuwn 10 be- eight men killed and
twenty six wounded. The loss mas pls-
Hibly exceed these figures as the line b.
hvr miles long ana Il Is impossible at
his hour TO hear from every point
our troops are now about Angeles
waiting for the artillery which has the
greatest difficulty in moving owing 10
the wet ground. The attack was Opened
az o'clock In tho morning. battery uf
the First artillery Smelling liuculor on
the Lott simultaneously Bells Thirty
sixth Infantry struck Bncolor from tho
south and drove the rebels out. Ar.
mor,d cars each with a six poundcr and
two gattliug revolving cannon on board
then mounted ON the railroad track Ia
the center OF our lines soon after
wards the guns ala sharp execution
Battery N, of the Third artillery and
a hundred men of the Iowa regiment
made fcint towards Mexico. while
the main body Of the troops. conHlutlng
of the Iowa regiment. tho Seventeenth
regiment ana "a battalion OF tho Tween.
ty-secOnd under Gen. Wheaton on the
right ana the Ninth, Twelfth and Bells
regiments, under Gcu. Liscum on tho
LETT advanced steadily pouring their
urc Into the rebels and rccriNlng "a
heavy IRE in return.
The rebels wCr0 wen protected by
trenches ANA seemed not TO lack ummu-
milton, but they were unable 20 With
stand tur uuy length OF time tho han
ut shot our artillery and Infantry
poured in ON them and rotreutod lely-
ing dead aud wounded on the field. A
dozen prisoners were captured by our
troops. The reports Indicate that tho
Ninth Infantry suffered tho most
though the casualties of an the rrgI-
| ments are not got reported. The wcu-
ther was extremely hot. and our troops
suffered greatly But there was no fal-
tDrlug,
A company OF tho sixteenth regiment
went 90 tho relief OF Belts regiment
THIS afternoon. The nrlng except at w.
ulutcd points had ceased by 10 o'clock.