The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-25
CAVALRY IN /
Fight WITH REBELS
.Swigert's Squadron Has an Engage.
ment North Of Dagupan--No
Details Are Given.
AMERICAN. CAMPAIGN REMARKABLE
Operations or Lawton and Macarthur
che Most Important in tho
History of the War In
the philippines.

Manila, Nov. 21.--Major Swigert's
squadron of the Third cavalry re-
ports an engagement with a greatly
superior force at P~ozorrnbio. north
east of Dagnpan. These Filipino
troops have fought three engage
ments and are now holding the posi-
ton waiting for reinforccments. 1t is
believed at headquarters this Filipino
force is covering the retreat OF the
insurgcnt leaders to the Singuet
mountains; that the insurgents
planned asretreat northeast along the
Tayug road, which is stocked with
storchouses, three of which the Amer
leans have secured, to draw upon EN-
route; that only the insurgent advance
force passed Tayng before American
occupation, the main body of Aguinal-
dos army being within, u lines. The
majority of these may d~isorganize
and pass as amigos when Americans
overtake them.
Only fragmentary reports reach Ma
Mia OF the operations north, which,
when the story is known, willproveto
have been the most remarkable cam
paigning the Philippine war has
known. Lawton's division is spread
NtIllly1 CStI ~ 0SSoIhN pail
Jose, where the telegraph ends.
Young's two regiments 81 cavalry are
continuing their rapid sweep into new
towns and the infantry is being
showed forward to hold the towns the
cavalry takes, all inSa country whose
natural difficulties ase increased indie
scribably by tropical rains, making
rivers of the creeks and swamps OF
the fields.
Wagon transportation is supposed
to have been practically abandoned,
the American troops living on cap
tured supplies and the little produce
insurgent levies have left. Among the
scraps of news now obtainable are
stories of hardships the American
army is meeting with. 1t is reported,
for instance, that Lawton narrowly
escaped drowning while fording q
swift river when Lieutenant Luna and
two privates were lost.
Captain ~Leonheauser, with a battal'
ion of the TwentS-fifth infantry, is on
his way from Bamban to O'Donnell to
take the insurgent cartridge filling
works there. A Filipino captain who
surrendered with four men to Colonel
Andrew S. Burt, of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry, described the factory and
volunteered to guide the expedition.
The governor of Nenva Vizcaya is
determined, like so many Filipinos in
these days, that the administration of
his province cannot change too quick
and is coming to Manila TO tell Otis Of
his loyalty. and incidentally, to re-
quest thatShe be retained in oflce I'M
der the new regime.
Admiral Watson has received an adj.
ditional credible report that Lieuten.
ant Gilmore and five Of the captured
sailors of the United States gnnboat
Yorktown, were at Tarlac November
10. lieutenant Gilmore was living in
the Filipino generals house.
The cruiser Baltimore starts for
Lingayen today and Watson purposes
to send another ship to Natiguin If The
gunboat Helena. which is overdue, is
not to return to L~ingayen. Sailors
from the gunboat Castine occupy
Zamboanga. on the southwest extren,-
ity of the island of Minaanao. The
business men, chiefly Chinese, request
ed Commander Every, of the Castinn
to take possession of the place and
protect them from insurgents. Every
landed n naval force and, although ne
details have been received, 1t appears
he found he had Il large contract Oh
his hands. and te~lcgraphed Otis. re.
qnesting the presence of troops. but
none We're available except by witt,
drawing a part of the force from on
Of the neighboripg islands telnporar.