Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-20
LAWT0N is IN PURSUIT
Country for a Long Distance
Swept by Our Army.
FIGHTING ATTENDS THE MOVEMENT
Five Members of North Dakota Regiment
Killed and Two Wounded-Ir,opsC Con-
centrate at Mouth of River--Two Com
panies of Fourteenth Guard Lambun
and Rest Go Forward.

n
World Cablegram.)- have just re-
turned tonight from Pate on the east
ern side of Laguna de Bay where left
Major General Lawton The general
was detained there trying to float the
launches captured from the rebels. His
expedition has been advancing north
ward, driving the Filipinos before it..
The troops marching on land are sup
ported by the gunboats on the lake.
Every town on the line Of march since
my last previous dispatch was sent
has been captured without striking a
blow, for all the inhabitants fed on the
approach of the American troops, leav-
ing the towns deserted except for the
Chinese residents who remained. These
Cinnamon will be deported to Manila
for fear they would be massacred when
the natives return.
FREDERICK PALMER.
General Lawton is marching north
along the road between the hills and
the lake, with the gunboats Rapidan
and Laguna de Bay abreast of his
troops. The enemy is retreating north
ward ... ..
On Wednesday the troops crossed the
Pashanjan and concentrated at Lam
bun, at the mouth of the river. After
leaving two companies Of the Four
theenth regiment to guard the entrance
of the river, the troops marched to
Longas and found it deserted. Furni-
ture which had been dropped in the
flight of the natives was scattered
along the trails leading into the hills.
Major Weisenberger's sharpshooters
were sent toward Pactos Ancontenca
in the afternoon. They ran upon a
nest of rebels in some trick bushes
which afforded a splendid cover.
Five men of the North Dakota regi-
ment were killed and two were wound
ed, two of the former dying after hay
ing been brought to Longas church,
where Father McKinnon administered
the sacrament to them.
The main body of the Americans
while at dinner in Longas, heard the
firing and advanced to the support OF
the sharpshooters. A scout from hill
saw the little fight and many white
coats running into the hills. The La
guna de Bay, at the beginning of the
fight, shelled the hills, making them
too hot for the enemy.
The Americans entered San Antonio
at sunset without meeting with any re-
sistance. Twenty unarmed prisoners
bearing copies of the proclamation o.
the United States Philippine commits
sion, which they had somehow secured
were afterward released and sent out
side our lines with bundles of procla
nations to distribute.
Starting in an easterly direction
along the road to Paghanjan party o.
sixty sharpshooters under Lieutenant
Southern of the Washington regiment
came upon a trench across the roaC
about a mile out of Santa Cruz. Lieu
tenant Southern was wounded.
The Americans then advanced will
the mounted guns and the Fourteenth
infantry battalion in the center, Linck'!
battalion of the First Idaho on the
right and FRAMES battalion of the FRS
North Dakota on the left, both flank
ing The trench was carried without
loss to the Americans.
Four monuments on the border o.
the village celebrate the proclamation
of Filipino independence, issued las
year, and clarifying "Aguinaldo, the
liberator."
The troops on entering the abandon
ed houses found them in perfect order
A few guerrilla shots were exchanged
and one member of the Fourteenth reg
iment was shot in the leg by his com
rades who were aiming at Cariboo.
One Filipino was killed and fiv'
wounded in the encounter beyond Lon
gas. This was an ambush. Eigh
members of the North Dakota regiment
moving in single file through thu
woods, received volley. from clumI
of bushes fifty feet away. But one go
off unhurt. He dragged a comrad'
with four bullets in his body to thu
main force and then led the troops bacl
to the spot of the attack. The Filipino!
were easily scattered.
Additional Filipino dead found nortl
of Santa Cruz swell the number of thu
enemy killed on Monday to $50. in
Guiding Paole Aguirre, one of the lead
ers, and twelve officers.