The Portland daily press., 1899-08-10
Story Of Defeat Of FiIipinOs Near
San Fernando.
Noted Filipino Fakir
Was Captured.
Natives Compelled To Flee I'm
der Fire OF Artillery.

Manila, August Q, zi0 p. m.--Details
OF the movement forward Of Gen. Mac
Arthur's troops yesterday shows that the
first five hours and at Q o'clock had ad-
vanced six miles along the railway,
stretching on each side OF IL for two miles
and resting at night three miles from
Angeles which will be made the north
ern base OF operations insteed Of San
Fernando where garrison CT go men has
been lett. The casualties are bstween
thirty and forty. The Filipinos were
surprised, expecting the American forces
to move against Ticn. They followed
.tpeir usual tactics OF holding their
trencsss until they became too warm and
then retreateR In disorder. They nre now
falling back westra-a toward Porto.
The twelfth ana seventeenth ssusmsnts
had the sharpest engagement. Tne
country our troops passed over Is covered
with rice fields and bamboo tliiekets, the
hardest possible ground for marching.
The mud. in places. was knee deep.
Angeles is one of the richest towns north
of Manila and is considered TO be n better
" A1C Va bhan san FEfuaDuO.
The forces at San Fernando consisted of
the Iowa regiment, the seventeenth regi.
ipent, the ninth regiment, the twelfth
regiment. Bells new 395h regiment,
a battalion of the sixteenth regiment.
troop II OF the ath cavalry and fifteen
guns. The movement was pia nned some
time ago, but was delayed by faius.
tinally two days Of sunshine dried The
rice fields sufficiently TO warrant the
attempt. The position cf the Anne rict n
has long been unpleasant The rebels
almost surrounded the town and fired
almost nightly into 1t. the Americans
not replying except On extrssre proyoea-
tion. IL was neoe ssary 10 keep 500 or 600
men on outpost duty ccnsiar tly. Captain
Deems with provost guard, last night
captured noted Filipino fskir, wish
several aliases, who, by n1ans OF ven.
triloquism, had persuaded the natives
that he had supernatural powers. He
raised money ostansibly for the insurrec-
tion, which he kept for himsslf. Our
soldiers surrounded hi house and cor
rallied thirty FilipinoA Many other es-
caped. The troops also cGptaIed ore
thousand dollars: Immanuel, as the
dieting the fall Of Manila. His "pro-
pheo es" have created excitement am ong.
the ratives who leliev1d them
Reports from rebel sources say that 100
Fiiipiros were killed in Gen. Halls en-
gsgemenB Et Calabma and the sub
seIuenf skirfnishes.
The American loss In tho lighting about
San Fernando ct o'clock was known to
bs eight men killed ana twenty-six
wounded. 1he loss may possibly exceed
these figures as the line Is i've miles long
and it Is Impossible at this hour to hear
frcm every point. Oar tro3ps ATE nov
q ons Angeles waiting for the artillery
whluh has the gteatest difficulty in NOV
ID, owing to the wet ground. The at
tack was opened at O'Clock In tls
morning, battery of tho tirst artiller5
sheliing Bacaios en- the lett Simuitane-
ously Bells thirty-sixth artillery
struck Bacoor f. ON tho rear and drove
the rebels cut. Armored cars each with
a six poundsr aud twJ gatling revolving
cannon on board, then noved ont on the
railroad track, in the center OF our liDes.
Soon afterwards these guns did sharp
execution. Battery X of the third artiJ.
lery aud hundred men of the Iowa regi-
ment made feint towards Mexico, while
thsSnain body Of troops, consisting of the
lowa regiment and battalion CT the TWEEN.
tT-second under Gan. Wheaton on the
right, and the ninth regiment, twelfth
regiment. and Bells regiment, under
Gen. Liscum on tie left advanced steadi-
ly, pouring their Ii re into the rebels and
resolving heavy dre in return. The
rebels were well protected by trenches and
seemed not to lack ammunition. They
were unable, however. TO withstand for
any length of time the hail of shcts our
al tlilsry and infantry poured In ON them,
and ietrsased, leaving dead and wounded
on the field. A dozen prisoners were
captured by our troops. Tho reports in
dictate that the ninth infantry suffered
tae most, though the casnait. es, though
all the regiments are not yet reported.
The weather was extremely hot and our
troops suffered greatly but there was no
faitsring. A company of the i6ih regl-
ment went to the relief of HelI's regiment