The San Francisco call., 1899-10-11

Of the enemy which was making an effort
10 cut them OF, Colonel Funston with a
and quickly drove them within their in
trenchments. In this engagement the gal
liant young lieutenant, Alfred G. Afford
Of Company B, with one other man, was
killed and eleven wounded.
Caloocan was the most strongly forti-
fed place held by the insurgents on the
whole island and was said to be gar
risoned by 10000 Of the best troops in
Aguinaldo's army. On February 10 Cen
eral Otis brigade was ordered TO advance
against it The Kansas boys, on the eX-
treme left, with the MontanaS and Third
Artillery in the center and right, began
the movement about p. m, and at $50
the American flag was floating from the
only flagstaff in the place, and the Fill
pinos were in full retreat toward Malabon
and the Tuliahan River. Though under
fire from the very start the Kansas regi-
ment advanced rapidly through the
thickets and across the paddy fields. until
within a short distance OF the intrench-
ments. from which a heavy fire was be-
Ing poured into them, when they started
on the run. and with their yell, which
carried panic to the hearts OF the Fill
pinos, went right up and over the en-
bankments and on after the fleeing enc
my through the town. Their loss on this
occasion was but one man killed, though
thirteen were wounded, including several
officers.
During the next six weeks. while prep
aratiOns for MacArthur'S movement to-
ward Malolos were being perfected the
Twentieth Kansas held the lines on the
west and north Of Caloocan, every day
exchanging fire with the enemy, and on
several occasions, February q, %, q and
2S and March II and 13 being quite sharp
ly engaged and losing several killed and
a dozen or more wounded, among the
former being Captain d. S. Elliott of
Company G.
On March "a MacArthur's division be-
gan the movement northward, which for
the Kansas regiment and their officers,
ston, was one blaze of glorious achieve
ment from the start at Caloocan to the
finish at the capture of Fernando seven
weeks later As before, Otis brigade
formed the left wing of the American
advance, with the Kansas boys generally
on the left of their brigade, where they
saw a full share OF all the fighting that
was done.
Between Caloocan and Meyacanayan.
where 1t rested on the night of March 26,
the regiment lost five men killed and
nineteen wounded. On the 9th, at Miri-
lao River, II lost four killed and five
wounded Mirilao was occupied the next
day and on the 29th the advance was CON
tinued through Bocave and Bigao to Gui-
guinto, within three miles of Malolos
Aguinaldo's capital, the Kansas Regiment
being on the left and west of the railroad
The enemy made some show of resistance
at every favorable opportunity and gave
battle in force at Gmguinto, but without
avail, for they were promptly rushed
out of their trenches at the point of the
bayonet and with panic-breeding yells by
the Americans. This part of the move
ment cost the kansans three men killed
and twenty-three wounded out of total
of seventy for the day on the American
side.
Ii was at Mirilao River that Colonel
Funston gave the first exhibition of the
amphibious qualities of himself and his
men The bridge having been broken and
the enemy being strongly intrenched on
the opposite side preventing its repair,
he took twenty of his men and going a
short distance below swan the river,
carrying their. guns and accouterments,
and fianking the enemy drove them from
their trenches, with the capture of eighty
prisoners. At Guiguinto the Filipinos had
partly destroyed the railroad bridge and
intrenched themselves on the opposite
bank TO prevent a crossing. but the Kan
sans were not to be stopped. Followed by
the Pennsylvanians, they worked their
and sool had the enemy again on the run