Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-14


in the fighting about San Fernando at
o'clock Thursday morning was known
to he eight men killed and rs wounded.
The loss may possibly exceed these
figures. as the line is five miles long
and it is impossible at this hour to near
from every point.
Our troops are now about Angeles,
waiting for the artillery, which mas the
greatest difficulty in moving owing to
the wet ground. The attack was
opened at 5 O'Clock in the morning. A
battery of the LIST artillery Smelling
Bacolor on the left, simultaneously
Bells 36th infantry struck Bacolor from
the rear and drove the rebels OUT.
Armored cars, each with six-pounder
and two gatling revolving cannon on
hoard. then mounted on the railroad
track in the center of our lines. Soon
afterwards these guns did sharp execu-
ton.
Battery M of the Sd artillery, and
100 men of the Iowa regiment MADE
feint towards Mexico, while the main
body of troops, consisting OF the Iowa
regiment, the 18th regiment and bat
TALON of the 22d under Gen. Wheaton
on the right, and the 9th regiment, 18th
regiment, and Bells regiment under
Gen. Liscum, on the left, advanced
steadily, pouring their fire onto the
rebels and receiving a heavy fire IN re-
turn.
The rebels were we'll protected by
trenches and seemed not to lack am
munition. But they were unable to
withstand for any length of time the
hail of shots our artillery and Infantry
poured in on them and retreated, leav-
ing many dead and wounded on the
field. A dozen prisoners were captured
by our troops.
The reports indicate that the 9th
infantry suffered the most, though the
casualties of all the regiments are not
vet reported The weather was eX-
tremely hot and our troops suffered
greatly. But there was no falter1ng.
A company of the 9Th regiment went
to the relief of Bells regiment in the
afternoon. According to reports, Bell
had 1872 men and many Of these we're
wounded and the insurgents are har-
assing him in the rear. The firing,
except at isolated points, had ceased by
10 o'clock.
The Americans covered five miles in
the first five hours and at 2%o'clock mad
advanced six miles along the railway,
stretching on each side of it for two
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from Angeles, which will be made the
northern base of operations, instead OF
San Fernando, where a garrison OF 6OO
men has been left. The country our
troops passed over is covered with rice
fields and bamboo thickets, 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 a better base of operations than san
Fernando. The forces at San Fernan-,
do consisted of the Iowa regiment, the
18th regiment, the 9Th regiment, the
18th regiment, Bells new 36th regi-
ment, a battalion of the 10th regiment,
troop E Of the 4th cavalry, and 15 guns.
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some time burt was delayed by rains.
Finally two days of sunshine dried the
rice fields sufficiently to permit of the
attempt. The Americans position had
long been unpleasant. The rebels al
most surrounded the town and fired
nearly nightly into it, the
Americans not replying except
on extreme provocation. 1t was neces-
sary to keep 500 to 900 men on outpost
duty constantly.
Capt. Deems, with a provost guard,
captured a noted Filipino fakir with
several aliases, who, by means Of ven
triloquism has persuaded the natives
that he has supernatural powers. He
raised much money, ostensibly for the
insurrection, which he kept for him
self. Our soldiers surrounded his
house and corTalled 80 Fflipinos. Many
others escaped. The troops also cap
tured 81, 900. Emmanuel, as the faklr is
generally known, has been predicting
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