Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-27
ADVANCE ON DAGUPAN ROAD
After the Bloody sunday the Amer
icnn Troops Camp i'm Trenches
of Insurgents.

MANILA, March %, 7:i0 a m.-The
Americans have advanced along the line of
the Dagupan railroad. driving the Filipinos
from Malinta and Newcanayan, where there
were 5000 inhabitants.
Last night the brigades of General Har-
rson Gray Otis and General Hale en-
camped in the enemy's trenches at Newcan-
ayan, and that OF General Wheaton at NAL
inta. General Wheatons brigade formed
junction with the remainder of General Mac
Arthurs division at Malinta and the latter,
leaving General Wheaton there, marched
along the railroad to Newcanayan. This
place was fortified and for 300 yards from
1t there were trenches on each side of the
track. These were taken possession of by
the American troops. The movement of the
Americans will be pushed in this direc
ton.
The Fiipinos, realizing that the railroad
Is the crucial line, have constructed row
after row of trenches, running diagonally
on both sides of the track at distance of
a few hundred yards apart. This work was
designed most intelligently and has evil
I
perts. 1t represents an enormous amount
of labor Most of the rebel positions are
perfected by thick earthworks, a majority
of them topped with stones and provided
with locpholes. Some have sheet iron roofs
The days work of the United States troops
| consisted of storming the successive
trenches. The Filipinos occupying them
! ~,
poured a strong fire from every trench until
| they were disturbed by a fianking voley,
when they would disappear into the woods
and jungle only to make a stand at the next
line.
| The American loss was remarkably small,
wounded. 1t is known that the Filipinos
were so protected that they suffered little.
No dead insurgents were in the trenches.
Forty prisoners were taken by the Amer
leans and it is estimated that the rebel
| casualties numbered twenty. The insurgents
broke their guns when they were compelled
to abandon them.
Shelling ParanaGue.
The Helena and the army gunboat
shellei Malabon and the country beyond
while the Monadnock focused all its bat =
teries upon Paranaque for two hours for the
purpose Of destroying the military stores
there. great smoke was caused, but as
the, insurgents are in possession of the town
the results Of the shelling are not OBJ
tanable.
The evacuation of Mafabon was pict-
uresque rout, thousands of men. women and
children, loaded down with household goods
some with, their dearest tres ghting
cocks-undef their arms poured across the
Swamps in the early morning.
An exploded caisson at the railroad bridge
proved a bar to the Americans.
Ten soldiers of the Oregon regiment, while
searching for two of those killed earlier in
the fighting, sneaked into the city in the
morning and found the place in a condition
of chaos. The inhabitants, seeing them, fled
in panic, thinking the American forces
were in possession. The Oregonians shot
several armed natives and then returned to
camp.
The American forces die not occupy Mala-
bon, but are concentrating their strength to
strike Malolos. Malabon is city of desc
ation. The American soldiers have been
forbidden to enter the place, for fear that
the natives may still be lurking there.