The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-27
GUERILLA WARFARE.
FiIipnos Try An Altogether New Line
of Tactics.


Manila, Nov. 26 I'll p. M 1.-The last
Filipino council of war was held by the
retreating leaders at Bayombong, on
Nov 10, in the house now occupied by
Gen. Macarthur. 1t was attended by
Aguinaldo, Pho del Pillar, Garcia, Ale
jandrino and some members of the So
called cabinet Information has
reached Gen. Macarthur from several
sources to the effect that the council
recognized the futility of attempting
further resistance to the Americans
with united forces, and agreed that the
Filipino troops should scatter and
should hereafter follow guerilla meth
DDS.
Skirmishes come from every section
of the country along the railroads
Those districts seem to be filled with
| small bands Yesterday four men of
| Co. D, Ninth infantry, were foraging
beyond Bamban, when 20 Filipinos took
them in ambush, killing one and cap
/ turing the other three. The Americans
resisted half an hour The firing being
heard at Bamban, Lieut., Frazier, with
a squad, followed the retreating Fill
pinos several miles. The Americans
found the body of the soldier beloed.
They burned the hamlet where the fight
/ took place.
/ InIRe tlllDlllO JillCillCi elAiONAohNN al
American surgeon near Capas. He
shot one and the others fed. mule
train was fred upon by the insurgents,
and a Spaniard, a former prisoner of
| the Filipinos, who was with the train,
was shot At Malasiqui, the officials
who welcomed the Americans were
murdered This was the only railroad
town which the Americans did'not gar
rison, and, on the night the troops
withdrew, a band of insurgents entered,
dragged Antonio Mejia, president OF the
4 town. into the street, and cut his throat.
The nurderers then assassinated the
! 1.ice president and five members of the
! town council in the same manner, and
| told the frightened natives who wit
messed the slaughter, to spread the
| news that a similar fate awaited all
! friends of the Americans.
military activity continues in every
! section Col. Bells regiment has ad-
yanced from Bayombong upon Manga
tarem, where it is supposed there IS
large insurgent force. TWO battailohs
| of the newly arrived infantry have Deen
sent to Bacoor, to reinforce the south
line Major Spence, with so men of the
Thirtv-second regiment, surrounded a
! village near Bautiston, during the nlght'
| and attacked the place at daybreak,
| cant11ring a Filipino captain and 10 men
/
with seven rifles.
The latest news from Gen. Young Is
that there are 10 caValrymen ana 2oO
Macabees. with him, most OF. the horse
men who started having become COM
PEELED to drop out by their horses fail.
| ing them. The Filipinos took tne
A9erican prisoners from Victoria to
San Carlos. on the walls of the Vic
toria prison and Of t the So I,s Carlos
civiIians. George Langford, Thomas
11oyes. soldiers. Harry Winfield, Phil
Barton . L salisbury rahl Stone a y 5o6 G0f pea
, r. George Sackett, David Scott,
Martin TIerdl Brennan, Tom Edwards, B. T.
C Cur John Cronin, Charles Baker =
T. Davis, Leland Smith.
Z, a., 10 NE walls Of the san Carlos con-
vent were also found the following
names civilians ,S cnar ssild BIRD Hd W. d
S,,a ibattleship Oregon, c. D. Powers,
asu1 boz Urdaneta, John J. Farley, b.
J. Greene, Tilden Herbert