The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-10
WAS HARD FOUGHT
The Americans Encountered and De.
feated the Filipinos
IN A WELL FOUGHT BATTLE.
The Attack Was Made at 5 O'clock in
the Morning
AND CONTINUED FOR TWELVE HOURS.
Soldiers Fought In Mud and Water Up to
Their Knees,
OVER RICE FIELDS AND BAMBOO THICKETS
Loss to Insurgents Is Estimated mt
15O-Americans Had Eight Killed
and Twenty-six Wounded.

Manila, August 8, 40 p. m.-Details of
General MacArthur's advance beyond San
Fernando showed that the Americans COW
cred five miles at the first five hours. and
at o'clock had advanced six miles along
the railway. stretching on each side of it
for two miles and resting at night three
miles from Angeles, which will be made
the northern base of operations instead of
San Fernando, where a garrison of 500
men had been left The casualties are be-
tween thirty and forty. The Fiipinos
were surprised, expecting the American
forces to move against Tico. They fol-
lowed their usual tactics of holding their
trenches until they became too warm and
then retreating in disorder. They are now
falling back westward toward Porto The
Twelfth and Seventeenth regiments had
the sharpest engagements. The country
our troops passed over is covered with
rice fields and bamboo thickets the hard
est possible ground for marching. The
mud in places was knee deep.
Angeles is one of the richest town north
of Manila and is consered to be a bet
ter base of operations than San Fernan-
do. The forces at San Fernando consisted
of the Iowa regiment the Seventeenth.
the Ninth, the Twelfth regiments. Bells
new ThirtysiXth regiment, Il battalion
of the Sixteenth regiment, troop E of the
Fourth cavalry and fifteen guns.
The movement had been planned for
some time, but was delayed by rain. Fin
ally two days of sunshine dried the rice
field sufficiently to permit of the attempt.
The Americans position had been long
unpleasant. The rebels almost surround
ed the town and fired nearly nightly into
it, the Americans not replying except on
extreme provocation. 1t was necessary to
keep 500 to 500 men on outpost duty con-
stantly. -'-S
Captain Deems, with provost guard,
last night captured noted Filipino fakirI
with several aliases, who, by means ofI
ventriloQuism, has persuaded the natives
that he has supernatural powers He
raised much money, ostensibly for the in
surrection, which he kept for himself. Our
soldiers surrounded his house and cor
rallied thirty Filipinos. Many others es-
capped.
The troops also captured $1,000. I'M
manuel, as the fakir is generally known,
has been predicting the fall of Manila.
His prophecies have created excitement
among the natives, who believe them. Re-
ports from native sources say $50 Fill
ipinos were killed in General Halls en-
gagemsfre- al css.-nb b. -, t~4~s ,,tcs subsc
quent skirmishes.
Manila. $3.50 p. m.--The American loss
in the fighting about San Fernando at g
o'clock was known to be eight men killed
and twenty-six wounded The loss may
possibly exceed these figures. as the line
is FIVE miles long and 1t is impossible att
this hour to hear from every point. Our
troops are now about Angeles waiting for
artillery. which has the greatest difficulty
in moying, owing to the high ground.
The attack was opened at 5 o'clock in
the morning. a battery OF the First artil-
lery Smelling Bacolor on the left. Stimuli
taneously Bells Thirty-sixt infantry struck
Bacoor from the rear and drove the ma
tives out. Armored cars, each with six
FOUNDER and two Calling cannon on board
of them, were mounted on the railroad
track In the center OF the lines. Soon
afterward the gune did sharp execution;
battery NJ of the Third artillery and a
hundred men of the Iowa regiment made a
fent toward Mexico. while the main body
Of troops. consisting of the Iowa regiment,
the Seventeenth regiment and battalion
of the Twenty-sccond regiment under
General Wheaton on the right and the
Ninth, Twelfth and Bells regiment under
General Liscum, on the left. advanced
steadily. pouring their fire into the natives