The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-16
AMERICANS WILL NOW
MARCH ON AGUINALD0
Several Hundred Insurgents Killed
In Yesterdays Fighting.
River Pasig Filled With Dead Bodies
General Otis Pronounces It the
Greatest Victory Since Feb. g.
Twentieth and Twenty second
Regiments Bore the Brunt of the
Battle-American Casualties Were
Light-General Otis Report.

Manila, March 15.-General Lloyd
Wheaton, commanding the United
States flying column, attacked and de-
feated a force of 1000 Filipinos at Pa
sig this afternoon, inflicting a heavy
loss upon them. The American loss
was slight. The Americans captured
$50 Filipinos. Many bodies Of rebels
killed in the engag cement are f1oating
down the river.
Private Fornoff, company l., Twen-
tieth regiment, was killed, Private
Newman, company T, Twentieth regi-
ment, was wounded; Private Carroll,
company A, Twenty-S regiment,
is wounded Private Marshall, COM
pany b, Twenty-second, wounded; Pri-
Nate Coombs, company c, Twenty-sec-
ond regiment, is wounded; Private
Rogers, company l., Twenty second
regiment, is wounded.
About $50 Filipinos surrendered at
the town f-Taguig to the Washington
regiment, and l75 Filipinos were cap
tured at Pasig by the Twentieth regi-
ment Our troops found loo dead Fill
pinos and 100 new graves near Pasig.
The prisoners were unarmed, and,
therefore, it is presumed they executed
their threat of throwing their arms
into the river.
Manila, March 16, 1:30 p. n1.-The in
surgents at the outposts and in the
trenches beyond Caloocan fired several
Volleys last night upon the Kansas
volunteers and a part of the Fourth
regulars, desiring, it is supposed, to
discover if the American line had been
tilinned by the movement of General
Wheaton's. command. The Americans
in the trenches replied warmly TO the
fire.
II V Daoo1,e,, Of .o,,,oanx- A of tho
Montana regiment was killed in the
engagement.
A battalion of the Twentieth regu-
lar infantry routed a small band of
Fiiipinos on the Laguna road, and
some sharpshooteTS who were firing
from house over which a French flag
was flying were dislodged.
a gunboat entered the lake and si-
fenced a one-gUn battery in the foot
hills.
London, March 15.-The Evening
News this afternoon publishes the fol-
lowing dispatch from Manila:
General Wheaton has completely
routed the Filipinos and has occupied
Pasig, Taguim and Pateros. Several
hundred of the enemy were killed and
as many were captured.
General Otis says this is the greatest
victory since Feb. 5. The Americans
viii now press toward Aguinaldo's $
headquarters.
Washington, March 15.-The follow
ing dispatch from General Otis has
been received:
Manila, March 10.
s'Adjutant General, Washington:
Three thousand insurgents moved
down last night to the towns of Pasig
and Pateros, on the share of Laguna
de Bay. fronting Wheaton's troops on
the Pasig river line. BY heavy fight
ing. Wheaton has dislodged and driven
them back, taking 400 prisoners and
indicting heavy losses in killed and
wounded He reports his loss as very
moderate He now occupies these
towns with sufficient force to hold
them
Los Angeles, Cal, March ia spe-
cial cablegram to the Times from
Brigadier General Harrison Gray Otis,
dated Manila. March Is, says:
THE Twentieth regiment had an all
day fight at Pasig. Three thousand
rebels were encountered and defeated.
They We're routed with heavy loss. Our
loss was small Three hundred and
fifty rebel soldiers were made prison
ers of war Wheatons brigade now
holds the towns of Pasig and Paternos.
This news is based on official informa
ton. Our river gunboats fought their
way into the lake.