Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-17
SURROUNDING FILIPINOs.
The ,88d Regiment Took Part In n
Lively Engagement.

Major John A. Logan KIlled---A guinal.
dos Secretary a PrIsOner--.Th Ousandi
OF FnIpInOs Hemmed I'm by Our Troops
---Tarlac Abandoned without a Fight
The 33d infantry, in one Of the sharpest
engagements of the Philippine war, FIVE
miles from San Fabian Saturday, had an
officer and six men killed and an officer
and 10 men wounded. The Americans cap.
tured 30 Filipinos and 100 rifles, and found
81 insurgcnt dead lying in the trenches and
rice fields Many more Filipinos doubtless
were killed or wounded.
The Filipinos attempted to control the
road from Dagupan north, whereby Agui-
naldo might retreat. The 39d, Colonel
Howe commanding, detachment of the
Thirteenth with a Calling gun, Rowland
commanding, were sent to dispense
them. There was a succession Of creeks,
the Americans had to stop and repair
bridges and horses struggled waist deep in
quagmires. Soldiers had to drag the Cat
ling guu part of the way, the horses being
useless.
The Filipino sharpshooters, hidden in
trees, houses and a small trench across the
road, held their fire until the Americans
were close to them. When they began
firing other Filipinos opened fire from
| thickets further away. The insurgent
sharpshooters picked off the officers first.
| Five of the Americans who fell wore
shoulder straps or chevrons. The 33d
never wavered. Its crack marksmen
knocked the Filipinos from the trees like
| SQUIRRELS and the Americans rushed a
trench, leaving four dead insurgents there.
Mai. Marsh flanked small trench full OF
insurgents, surprising them and slaughter
ing nearly all of them before entering the
town. The Calling gun killed FIVE of the
| force holding the bridge and swept the
country beyond the town, driving about
| 100 Filipinos to the hills. Marsh's battalion
entering the town first, captured big bat
tie flag which was flying over a convent.
The insurgents are supposed to have re-
treated toward Dagupan. 1t was impossi
BILE to pursue them, as the American troops
were exhausted and their supply of ammu
milton was low. The outposts killed five
Filipinos during the night. The body o.
the Filipino lieutenant colonel commanding
was found among the killed.
Major John A. Logan, who commanded
/ one of the battalions of the 33d regiment
was killed during the engagement. II
was son of the late Gen. John A. Logan
of Illinois, noted commander in the I'm
ion army who was a Republican nomine
for vice president on the ticket with Blaine
Major Logan's mother lives in Washington
and he leaves a wife and two children il
Youngstown, Ohio.
The scene of this battle was 100 mile
from Manila, a little east of north. Thre
columns of American soldiers are advanC
ing north from Manila into the insurgen
| = L.
south and east in the rear of Aguinaldo'
army. 1t was this latter force under Ger
Wheaton which had the honor of forcin
the Filipinos to stand and fight.
Gen. Wheaton landed 1000 troops at Sa
Fabian on the gulf of Lngayen last weeA
They had been sent 100 miles north fror
Manila in transports. San Fabian is abor
90 miles north of Bayombong. the heaC
quarters of Aguinaldo, thus putting the il
surgent general between Manila and a
American army. The 1900 insurgent
formed about the gulf Of Lingayen wer
evidently taken by surprise and they r,
treated. They probably formed part {
the force that gave battle to Wheaton La
: Saturday at San Jacinto which is situate
r few miles directly east of San Fabian.
When Aguinaldo recently moved b
D headquarters from Tarlac Is miles mort
e of Bayombong he had no idea that he WE
/ running into an American trap. Tarlt
was abandoned completely when IL
9 | Americans arrived there. Aguinald
9 seems to have retraced his steps, thorough
5 | " Disconnected at the swiftness of Il
a | American maneuvers, and when he a
e | rived again at Tarlac he learned that Gel
= Macarthur was within 40 miles Of hi
+. toward the south and that two other CT
r umns under Gen. Lawton and Gen. Your
!. were, under forced marches, pressing nor
= from Manila, lbut far enough to the east
E threaten his retreat over the mountains
s the east into the rich valley of Cayagt
8 river, which flows over $50 miles north al
e empties into the sea at Port APART.
e this valley is Bayombong, where a deer
O dated Oct. announced that the new car
o tai of the Philippine republic would be
n Gated in future.
y Just what course Aguinaldo took c.
q only be determined from future dispatch'
4 His secretary was taken prisoner at CT
II ranglan, over 80 miles west of the gulf
Lingraven, and Is miles north
Carranglan 10 carts of insurgent war
partment records have been captured
u Gen. Lawton's soldiers. Both of the
towns are ON routes leading to I
Cavagan valley, over which Aguinal
might 90 in his retreat Gen. Young
g now as far north as Wheaton is, but owl
* to heavy rains and floods they have l
been able to make a junction. Aguinal
. may have escaped but many thousands
his soldiers are now surrounded and mi
either fight or scatter. Within fortnil
{ the great rice fields, from which the
. surgents have largely drawn their suppl
{ will be held by our forces, and Unit
( States transport with troops has been 81
e north to Port Apart in order to interc,
e | Anninaldn &c he hriaa To laaua the isla