The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-05-09
TR00PSADVANC
In Spite of Peaceful Overtures the
FilipinOs Vigorously Resist.
After short Rest the Advance W as Con-
tnued and the Next Engagement
look Place at Entertainments
Near San Fernando.


MANILA. May SIN spite OF the
peaceful overtures of their commits
Sloners, the Filipinos vigorously re-
sisted the advance of Gen. MacArthur's
division from Apalit toward San Fer
nando, fighting desperately at long
range, after running from trench to
trench when driven out by the
American artillery. The movement
commenced at half-past o'clock in the
morning. Gen. Hale's brigade. con-
sisting OF five Gatlings. under COM
mand of Maj. Young, of the 9th artil-
lery, two battalions of the 51st Iowa
regiment, the 1st Nebraska regiment
and the LIST Dakota regiment, advanced
along the road a few miles west of the
railway line.
Gen. Wheaton, with Hotchkiss and
Catllng guns under the command of
Lieut.. Naylor, of the Utah light artil-
lery, mounted on hand cars, pushed
ahead, the Goth Kansas and 1st Mon
tana regiments deploying to the right
and left when feasible. The country
to be traversed proved the worst yet
encountered, miles of marshes and
many unfordable streams delaying the
advance materially.
Both brigades met with resistance
>simnltaDe Ously on approaching the
river near Santo Tomas, which is about
eight kilometers from Apalit. The
center span of the railroad bridge had
dropped into the river and the rebels
had only left a small force to check
Gen. Wheaton, their main body lining
the strong trenches in front of Gen.
Hale.
Although the attacking force poured
very heavy artillery and musketry
fire across the river, the enemy stub
bornly resisted for over an. hour, ulti-
mately breaking when Maj. Young
shelled their left flank, and then re-
treating along the river bank under
cover.
Gen. Wheaton, in the meantime,
tried Intellectually to draw the fire of
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the track.
So soon as they discovered that the
nature of the country would permit
only a few skirmishers on each
side of the embankment,
the rebels regained their cour-
age and fought desperately for
three-quarters o. an hour, in the face
of the American volleys and a rapid
fire fusillade, until fanked by the
Montana regiment. Then a general
scramble ersued, most of the enemy
boarding trains that were in readi-
ness and the others taking the
road to San Fernando, after burning
the villages of Santo Tomas and Nina
lin. About noon Thursday Gen.
Wheaton crossed the broken bridge,
cleared the stragglers out of the viii
lagos and advanced toward San Fer
nando. Gen. Hale,effected a crossing
simultaneously after a slight delay
necessary to repair stone bridge.
Our loss up to that hour (nOon) was
two members of the Nebraska regi-
ment and one of the Montana killed,
and Capt. Albrecht, three mem bers OF
the Kansas regiment, two of the Mon
tana, four of the Nebraska and one OF
the South Dakota wounded. The
enemy's loss was very slight.
After a short rest the advance was
continued, Gen. Wheaton encountering
the first series of intrenchments near
San Fernando. The rebels now opened
a hot fire.
Col. Funston, of the Doth Kansas
was wounded; one lieutenant was
killed and four were wounded while
leading four companies of the Kansas
regiment to outfank the enemy.
Gen. Hale pushed along the road
fanking the trenches. More than
hundred sick and wounded men from
Gen. Lawton's brigade were brough
to Manila from Malolos by THURSDAY
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