The record-union., 1899-04-12

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE fol-
lowing dispatch has been received from
General Otis:
Manila, April 11--Adjutant General.
Washington: Insurgents attacked Mac
Arthur's line of railway communication
last night in considerable force. They
We're repulsed by Wheaton with heavy
loss. Wheaton's casualties, three killed,
twenty wounded.
"Lawton's success at Santa Cruz
more complete than reported yesterday.
The enemy left ninety-three dead on
the field and number seriously wound
ed Lawton captured the city without
destruction of property. His loss was
ten wounded, slight, except two, one
since died. Lieutenant Filing the only
officer wounded slight in hand. The
enemy retired eastward. Lawton in
pursuit this morning. OTIS"
The attack of the insurgents upon
the railway north of Manila indicates
to the War Department officials that
while General Macarthur was pushing
north bodies of insurgents took to the
mountains and jungles to the. right of
the railway, and have been waiting an
opportunity to capture the road at
some point and thus cut off the main
body of the army to the northward.
The repulse of the. natives shows that
they had not sufficient force to accom-
plish their purpose.
REBELS MAKE THEIR ATTACKS
AT NIGHT.
MANILA, April 11-5:45 p. m. - At
about midnight the rebels cut the tele-
graph line at several places between
here and Malolos, and signal fires were
lighted and rockets sent up all along
the foothills to the right of the rail-
road Later the enemy attacked the
outer posts of the Minnesota regiment
between Bigaa and Bocave, five miles
south OF Malolos, killing two men and
wounding fourteen
simultaneously, the outposts of the
Oregon regiment at Marilao, the next
station on the way to Manila, We're at
tackled, with the result that three
Americans were killed and three
wounded. The loss of the enemy was
ten men killed and six wounded. The
Americans also captured two prisoners
Troops were concentrated along the
railroads as thickly as possible, and
the rebels were driven back to the foot
hills.
The road bed of the railroad was
damaged, but it was repaired almost
Immediately, and traffic was resumed
through MaioloS.
1t is supposed that many of the reb-
els who attacked General MacArthur's
line of communication, and who were
repulsed by the troops commanded by
General Wheaton, We're natives who
entered the region in the guise of
friendliness. They seemingly secreted
arms in several places, and fired ON
the Americans from the bushes at so
close a range that they could be heard
talking. One of the Filipinos yelled in
English: I'VE will give you - Amer
leans enough of this before we are
through
The rebels undermined the railroad
at Marilao and unspiked the rails in an
effort to wreck the train, while the
railroad gang participated in the fight.
The work of the rebels was discovered
and repaired before a train arrived.
General Wheaton is preparing to pun-
ish the Filipinos.
The military gunboats Napidan and
Laguna de Bay have succeeded in en-
Nering the Santa Cruz River, and have
captured a small unarmored Spanish
gunboat and three launches which they
discovered.
The military gunboat Oeste has
brought thirty-two rebel wounded,S one
Filipino and six wounded Americans to
the hospital.
1t is now known that ninety-three
insurgents were killed during the cap
ture of Santa Cruz.