The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-16

| Manila, Nov. 1.-THE landing Of the
American troops at San Fabian Tues
day was the most spectacular affair
of its kind since Gen. Skaters disem-
barkatlon at Daiquiri. The co-opera-
ton Of the troops and the navy was
complete. The gunboats maintained q
terrific bombardment for an hour,
while the troops rushed waist-deep
through the surf under heavy but
badly aimed rife fire from the insur-
gent trenches and charged right and
left, pouring vOlley after volley at the
fleeing rebels. Forty Filipinos were
| captured, mostly non-commissioned
officers. several insurgent dead and
five wounded were found in building
(which had Suffered considerably from
lbee1oopse-drys7 d en- en- sh ct sh HIM
the bombardment. The town was
well fortified,
| Then the transports arrived in the
gulf they found the gunboats Prince
ton, Bennington and others waiting.
After consultation with Gen. Wheeler,
Commander Knox, of the Princeton,
land Commander Sheridan, of the Ben
Inington, anchored on the shallow two
miles off shore. The gunboats formed
a line inside, the Helena, Callao and
Manila close in shore. With the first
lgun bombardment the small boats
lwere filled rapidly without confusion
Iby Mai Cronite's battalion of the
ITwenty-third infantry and Capt.
IBucgk's battalion Of the Thirteenth in
ifantry. While the lines of boats
lmoyed shoreward the
| Gunboats Poured
the full force of their batteries into the
trenches, soon causing the insurgents
to flee through the burrows dug back
of the trenches. About 200 men held
their places until the keels of the
boats grated on the shore, when their
maUser bullets commenced to sing
lOverEead.
The battalions formed in good order.
lCapt Buck, with Pierce's and Patton'S
companies pursued the insurgents on
the left into the bamboo thiskets. On
the right was frail foot bridge across
the river leading to the towns. Gen.
Wheaton. personally commanding, or
dered n charge across the bridge, and
lCapt Rowland of his stat, led Cole
lman's and Elliott's companies of the
Thirteenth and Shields company OF
the Twenty third, who behaved splen-
ldidly under their first fire, into the
town. which was found to be nearly
deserted. except by the aged and some
ISpaniards who had hidden in the buff
lfalo willows, and who came shouting
Idelightedly toward the Americans.
1.-TWO companies of the Thirty-tbird had
"a skirmish along the Dagupan road
with the retreating Filipinos. Maj.
Shields, Of the staff, with his CON-
|mand captured several insurgents.
The troops camped in the rain during
the night and in the morning Gen.
Wheaton established his headquarters
in a church, quartered his men in the
houses and sent the
Captured FiIipinOs
beyond the outposts with orders not
to return. The inhabitants describe all
the roads as practically impossible,
and say they believe Aguinaldo has a
secret boat in the Tonga river, near
lLongpo, for use in flight when he finds
Ibis capture inevitable. Wednesday
was devoted to reconnaisances. Maj.
Logan went northward to Santa Tom
as and burned the Filipino barracks.
lCapt. Bucks Thirteenth went to San
lJacinto and disposed of small bands.
IMarsh's Twenty third went toward
IMagdalan, on the Dagupan road, and
had several sharp fights with small
parties. They killed eight men, brought
In twenty prisoners and had five men
wounded. The San Tomas road seems
to be the only possible means of re-
treat for a large body north from
ITarlac, and Gen. Wheaton commands
Lit. The insurgents Of this section are
going to reinforce Tarlac.
Capt. Chenoweth and Lieutenants
Davis, Van Horne and Brantford, with
two companies OF the Nineteenth regi-
ments. accommodating northeast or
Malabacal, attacked and routed bat
talon of insurgents, killing twenty
nine of them. Three Americans We're
wounded.
1t has been raining hard throughoat
the week, handicapping Generals Law
ton and Macarthur. The transporta-
ton is the chief difficulty.
Mai. Bell has been engaged IN an
other exuloit with the insurgents.
While scouting with five scouts and
| two men of the Thirty-sixth infantry
land Lieut.. Hawkins and twenty men
Of the Fourth cavalry, he crept behind
trench containing 100 Fllipinos, rode
them down and killed and wounded
twenty men and captured six. lie also
brought back thirty Mausers.