The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-11

Volunteers Do Not Waver Upda-
Their Baptism of Bullets, but
Drive the Enemy From Their
Stronghold and Garry the Town
With Slight CasuaItIes-AguinaId
1" Prepared for Hasty Flight.
| MANILA, Nov 10.-The landing of tn,
American troops at San Fabian Tuesday
was the most spectacular affair of its
KIM since Gen. Skaters Decentralization
at Dalquiri. The cooperation Of the
troops ana the navy was complete. The
gunboats maintained q terrific bombard.
ment for an hour, while the troops rush-
ed Walst-deeD through the surf, under a
heavy but badly aimed rifle fire from the
lnsurgent trenches, and charged right and
left pouring volley after voIley at the
fleeing rebels. Forty Filipinos were cam
tured' mostly non-commissioned officers.
! Several insurgent dead and five wounded
were found in a building which had suf-
Iefeo considerably from the lombard.
ment. The town was we'll fortified. The
sand dunes were riveted with bamboo.
twenty feet thick, which afforded fine
cover.
When the transports arrived in the gulf
they found the gunboats Princeton. Ben
n1ngton and others waiting. After con-
sultatfon with Gen. Wheaton, Command
er Knox Of the Princeton, and Command
er Sheridan, Of the Bennington. anchored
on the shallow, two miles off shore. The
gunboats formed line inside, the Helena,
Callao and Manila close in shore
| with the first gun Of the bombardment
the small boats were filled rapidly. with
out confusion, by Maj Cronite's battalion
OF the .Twentythird infantry and Cant.
Bucks battalion of the Thirteenth in
fantry. While the lines of boats moved
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 coma
menced to sing overhead.
CHARGED INTO THE TOWN
! The battal1ons formed in good order.
Capt. Buck, with Pierce's and Patton's
companies, pursued the insurgents on the
left into the bamboo thickets On the
right was a frail footbridge across the
river, leading to the town. Gen Wheaton.
personally commanding, ordered a charge
across the bridge, and Capt Howland, Of
his staff, led Coleman's and ElIiott's com.
panies Of the Thirteenth and Shields
company Of the Twenty-third, who be-
haved splendidly under their first fire.
into the town, which was found to be
nearly deserted, except by the aged and
hO haa
puralo wallows and who came shouting
delightedly towards the Americans.
! Two companies of the Thirty-third had
a skirmish along the Dagupan road with
the retreating Filipinos Maj. Shields.
of the staff, with his command, captured
several insurgents.
The troops camped in the rain during
the night, and in the morning Gen.
| wheaton established his headquarters in
church, quartered his men in the
houses and sent the captured Finpinos
! beyond the outposts with orders not to
return.
The inhabitants describe all the roads
| as practically impossible, and say they
believe Aguinaldo has secreted a boat in
| the Tonga river, near Longpo, for use in
flight when he finds his capture inevita-
| BILE
! Wednesday was devoted TO recon-
nolsances. Maj. Logan Went northwari
to Santa Tomas and burned the Fi,ipinos'
| barracks. Capt Bucks Thirteenth went
| to San JacintO and disposed of small
! bands. Marshs Twenty-third went
! towards Magdalen, on the Dagupan read.
| and had several small fights Wi n small
! parties. They killed eight men, brought
In twenty prisoners, and had five men
| wounded
| The Santo Tomas road seems to be thA
| only possible means of retreat for a large
body north from Tar,ac, and Gen Wheat.
| on commands it. The insurgents Of this
section are going to reinforce Tarlac
The battleship Oregon has arrived here
| from Hong Kong.
INSURGENTS ROUTED.
Capt. Chenoweth and Lieuts. Davis.
| VanhOme and Bradford with two compa.
MES Of the Nineteenth regiment, recon-
| noitering northeast of Malabacat, att
| tackled and routed a battalion of insur-
gents, killing twentynine OF them. Three
! Americans were wounded.
Gen. Wheaton reports by the Benning-
| ton that when the landing was made at
| San Fabian the insurgents were encouu-
| tered, with 300 recruits, who were on their
! way TO Dagupan, where they expected the
| expedition to land. They resreated to the
mountains. Twenty-eight Spanish pris.
| oners were rescued.
| The report of the landing at Languay-
| an was brought by the commander Of
! the Manila, who saw the fight. He got
| the geography mixed.
| 1t has been raining hard throughout
| the week, handicapp;ng Gems. Lawton and
| Macarthur The transportation Is the
| chief difficulty. In the advance Gen. Law
| ton depended upon the river to get his
supplies. The San Isidro river Is fed by
mountain streams, and Is alternately too
shallow for navigation or too swift. Two
or three launches were necessary TO pull
the casco moving the supplies from San
Isidro, and the mule trains moving sup
plies from San Isidro over the muddy
| roads made ony two or three miles day.
The troops were short rations most of
the day. The only provisions the country
yields are rice, a few chickens and buff
faloes. The command carries supply of
cash to pay the natives literally for all
they take.
The highlands are cool and the health
of the troops is good. Gen Young has
captured another large share of insurgent
ammunition and munitions of war Ghich
they were obliged to leave in their hur-
ried retreat.
Gen Wheaton is bringing supplies from
Angeles by the use of mules and caribo
teams.
Reconnoisances along the front have