Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-27

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F., a perfect he'll during the mile ana q mar.
and lost ner cent. of its men. mn,
! A mile beyond they reached the Iuila-
| han river, The ford was defended bN an
| insl,rpent blockhouse Lieutenant Aher-
nathy of the Sd Artillery, and some OF ms
| men swan the river and flanked me
| hlockhouse Lieutenant England then
| crossed the ford under Inc enemies firc.
| The insurgents fought hard. counted IL
dead about the blockhousc. the 81 ar
| tillery crossed the river an nour ana
| Later the Kansas Volunteers came up
on our left and crossed the river under
| fire They lost eight men,. Ihey round
Y dead F'ilipnos ON the ba ann, ,e, o,,.
The insurgents stopped hflhg waen our
i doctors went forward to get the Filipino
| wounded.
| on the left toward the sea Wheaton's
| brigade pounded its way through three
series of insurgent treneHes. me oregon
| Regiment lost at least 40 men. 1t was a
great fight.
| ing from the right. tomorrow, II ropes TO
surround the Insurgents at Poio.
The insurgents fought we'll Our loss
was the greatest in the canpa!sh ~ pro
portion TO the number of troops engaged.
The ti~hting furnished a specimen of
the difficulties with which the Americans
have to contend. The Filipinos never,
except MaIabon, permitted their oppo-
nents to get within several hundred yards
of them. They would fire a few volleys
| 10 another cover. repeating these tactics
| for miles Many of the trenches had gull
lies and connecting paths through tn.
cane and brush. enabling tnem TO retreat
unseen.
The problem the Americans have to
| face is to drive or lure the insurgents To
fight in force. The trenches seem thiny
manned. except in the vicinity of Mala-
bon.
The Americans. lighting a hidden foe,
suffered greater loss in proportion than
The enemy lost. The loss of the .l'ilipinos
lad formerly Decn estimated from the
number Of bodies found scattered in the
swamp and through the brush. A larger
percentage of the enemy's wounded died
than of the Americans, many of them
perishing from neglect, the Americans
naturally attending to their own mea
first.
The wounded after treatment In the
field hosnta,s, were Drought to the Ma
Mia hospital by train. Several trips were
made from Caloocan to the city. The
first load to start for the city was COM
posed largely of bandaged soldiers.
The gunboat Helena and two army gun
boats command Mala bon. but the authori-
ties desire to avoid smashing the town.
where there is much valuable property
belonging to foreigners and where are To-
Gated warehouses of most of the Manila
firms.
The battle ragged since daylight, yester-
day, between General McArthur's division
and the insurgents north of the city. the
enemy putting up a strong resistance OIL
the Americans left. Much of the fighting.
was hand to- hand bet een the troops ana
The line of battle can be plainly seen
from this city.
The Americans charged the enemy's
trenches in their usual fearless style.
Several of the rebel lines of trenches were
captured, after fierce fighting. The Fiji
pinos We're driven back but rallied and
attacked the left NATURALIZATION -Witn
great fury.
The Filipnos fought desperately, appar-
emily realizing that another victory for
the Americans would probably drive them
from their last ditch and crush the revolt.
The rebels We're in great force. and fresh
| men We're constantly hurried up 10 ill
their depleted ranks.
Elaborate preparations We're made. Fr!-
day for the coup de grace which was To
cripple the instruction. The fresh troops
jus; landed from the sherman joined Ne
Arthur'S division and did Gen.
Wheaton's flying brigade which rendered
such good service at Pasig and Tagoina.
Gen. McArthur's division. consisting Of
the brigade of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis;
Gen. Hale and Gen. Hail. supplemented
by Gen. Whcatons brigade, advanced at
daylight and cut the enemys forces IN
two Gen. Wheaton's brigade was placed
in the rear and Gen. Otis and Gen Halls
| were massed behind Gen. Haes
| Under the cover of the darkness Gen.
| Otis and Gen. Hale's brigades left their
| trenches and advanced close upon the en-
emy's lire without being detected, Gen.
| Wheatons and Gen. Halls brigades oo-
| cupying the vaca ted positions
At / o'clock, the American troops break
| tasted. and the Filipnos. noticing the
camptires. their buglers called to arms.
| Al daylight Gen. OTIS and Gen. Hale
brigades advanced from the rough opea
! country before Saloma, firing straight
| through the rebel lines, although to ac-
complish this they had 10 penetrate jun
gle where the insurgents. protected By
I-their rifle pits, were able TO fire with COM
| parative ease.
Upon this occasion the rebels adopted
| the American tactics of holding their fire
until the attackers were about 1860 yards
| distant. also lower than usual, but the
fashioned Indian method of fighting.
| would advance on the run. drop IN tn
| grass and pour in deadly fire The ma
| tivcs stood still until the Americans Were
within 200 yards of their position. and
| then broke and ran for the woous. About
| 30 Of them were killed in the outskirts
| and 10 on the roads.
Gen Wheaton's brigade.in accordance
| with Instructions. remained in the
trenches. before joining in the move ,
| vcloped d strong opposition between
Malabon and the River TaIigan;
In the meantime Gen. HAIRS brigade
works and the foot hills and Singaion.
burning San Francisco del Monte and
| MariQu!na.
was swung to the left, driving the rebels
| away on all sides
| Late in the afternoon, the Monian,
Regiment and the Sd Artillery had crossed
| Taligan river. going in a northwcsterly
direction towards Polo. and Gen Near
| thur with the remainder of Gen. OTIS
and Gen. Hales brigades. was moving
along south of the river in Il position to
| attack either Novaliches or Polo. beint;
within two miles Of Novaliches and frye
| miles from Polo.
Gen. Halls brigade moved to Banlao.
protecting Gen. Hale's right meeting
with strong opposition the Oregon kegi-
ment ana part of the Utah Battery, unoef
| Lieut. Gibbs holding the extreme left
| Smoke from the burning huts marked
| the line of the American advance. Am
balances and horse filters led by Chinese
brought in the wounded. among whom
were a few Fiipinos. The Americans
who were wounded endured their injuries
| bravely one group which had been
brought into the hospital singing Com
| radeS.'
The Pennsylvania troops took nine pris-
oners. among them great naked cap
tain Of the Macabebee tribe and one Jap
anese All the prisoners were greatly ter
riiied, expecting to be executed immedi-
ately.
The intrenchments nearest to Malabo''
suffered the most severe attacks. includ-
ing a cross fire from the insurgents
massed at Malabon.
The Montana Regiments near Balm
| disguised