The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-25
A BIG BATTLE IN VIEW.
FlIjplnos Have a Large Force Of Fighters
at Calumpit.
AMERICANS TO MAKE A FLANK MOVEMENT
sincArthur and Lawton Getting in
shape for Combined Attack
on the Native Stronghold.

Manila, April "A. 1880 p. m.--Genera
Hale at O'Clock this afternoon mac
crossed the Bagbag and had reached q
position a quarter OF mile from Calum.
pit, thus commanding the ford.
Prisoners captured by General Hale's
troops say Agunaldo, General Luna and
the Filipino STATS are at Calumpit with
a great force OF Filipino troops.
$40 .. m.--Before daylight the Fourth
cavalry. with three guns belonging to the
Utah battery, aud the Nebraska regiment
were proceeding in the direction OF Keiwa,
where the river was fordabe but com
manded by trenches. During the after
noon the troops crossed the river
Generals Macarthur and Wheaton, with
the Montana regiment advanced to the
left of the railroad and the Kansas regl-
ment moved forward to the right. north
OF Malolos. They had with them long
| supply train, with two armed cars In
front. carrying two Calling and Colt's
rapid FIRE guns and the 6-pounder which
did such execution at the capture Of Malo-
| los
The insurgents attempted to destroy
the railroad bridge outside OF Cllumpit
and succeeded in badly wsrping the iron
framework, AS soon as the soldiers eft
the Filipino capital the natives begun
Rocking In, as they did at Santa Cruz he
fore the last boat OF General Lawton's ex-
petition had sailed.
Our army Is compelled to abandon all
towns when an onward movement Is COM
menced because OF insufficient men to
garrison them. This gives the Filipino
leaders framework upon which TO sun
ply stories of American defeat The in
surgent commanders have left stores Of
rice, which they have been distributing
10 the natives and Cinnamon daily. OF
Whom there are some 200 or 300, nearly all
OF whom remained during the occupstion
nut who followed the American army out
OF the place or who took trains in the
ulrection Of Manila, fearing the rebels
would kill them. These refugees included
sotne OF the wealthiest Of the province.
Washington April Collaboration re-
ceived at the war department indicates
that General Otis is about to execute an
other important movement, the initial
features of which are shown by today's
press advices from Manila The objective
point is the insurgent town of Calunpu.
being about eight miles northwest of Ma
lolos. II was here that the insurgents con
centrated after being driven out of their
capital setting up a new capital and
making IL the base of their operations.
Moving on this stronghold, General otls
proposes TO conduct two distinct opera
tons.
The first one. under General Macarthur
has for its purpose pushing straight for
ward from Malolos along the railroad and |
striking Calumpt from the south The Sec !
ond one is under Major General Lawton, /
who, with his flying column, is moving Tar /
around 10 the northeast, to the large town I
OF Norsagan, from which point he will /
turn abruptly west toward Calumplt. This |
last move will take about ten days and |
military strategists look upon it as an
other effort to flank tho insurgents by get
ting behind them at Calumplt, similar to |
the flank move which General Macarthur
attempted to execute al Malaboh
The double operation makes Calumplt |
the center for the next few days, while
attention will be divided between Mac
Arthur's column advancing from Mslolos
and Lawton's column on its ten days
march by Norsagan. Macarthur has only
a short distance to traverse, so that his
forces may be engaged with the main force
OF the insurgents within the next few
hours The country is nat and open ana
rather better for our troops than that lying
south Of Malolos. Calumpit lies on the left
bank of small stream at Its confluence
with the large river Rio Grande. It Is
substantially built town with some 1000
houses.
The advance of General Lawton. by cir
cuitous route, will be over country of
which little is known here. Norsagan Is
a considerable town and it is thought Cen
eral Lawton is about there by this time.
road runs all the way from there to Ca
Inmpit, Along it are scattered many small
towns-Angat, Bustos, Balinogn-indicat-
ing that the advance Is through a populous
country. 1t is an agricultural locality with
extensive rice and fruit plantations. The
war department map, prepared by the mill
,ary information bureau shows this road
TO be very marshy one
The execution Of the double movement
Is being followed with great interest by
war department officials, as 1t is on a con-
siderably larger scale than the campaign
which has been in progress lately.