The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-20


ions of the 1st Washington, seven COM
panies of the End Oregon Troops I and
K of the 4th cavalry and Scott's battery
of the 9Th artillery. comprising the fly
ing column under command of General
Wheaton, which began operations last
Monday, completed their first. weeks
operations to-day with splend d
achievements, by which the country be-
tween Manila bay and Laguna de Bay,
as far south as a line drawn from Ca
vite to Laguna de Bay. was cleared Of
rebels "'-
The enemy numbered about 1,500. An
advance was made from Taguig, one of
the villages on Laguna de Bay which
was captured by Wheaton's troops a
few days ago, and the country south
and southwest of that place was thor
oughly secured for Is miles. The town
| of San Pedro Tunasan and 10 villages
We're burned and heavy losses infiict Ted
on the Filipinos ~.
| Wheaton estimates that in the en-
gagements during the week the rebels
lost 1000 killed, wounded and captured
Last evening a number of insurgents
who had sneaked north along The west
shore of Laguna de Bay attacked de-
/ tachment Of the Washington regiment
at Taguig. Companies NJ, 3 and e Of
] the 22nd regiment We're ordered to as
1 sist the volunteers and attacked the
enemy from the south side of the Pasig
/ ri1r ,ba Frl,t tol
ness, when the Filipinos retired. Our
losses were 20 men wounded.
After this attack Wheaton decided to
drive the enemy southwark and at day.
light this morning his brigade. with the
exception of small garrisons left to
| guard Taguig and Pasig, was ordered
to advance. The 22nd regiment, with
two guns of Scotts battery, had the
right of the line. The Oregon regiment
was in the center, while the Washington
regiment had the left of the line
At first the advance was stubbornly
contested by the Filipinos, but they
We're ultimately driven out of their po-
sitions. The American left wing
pushed them along the shore of the
lake, while the right wing swung in to-
ward the center, the movement resulting
in complete rout of the enemy.
Our troops followed them Is miles,
burning every village along the route.
Late to-day the brigade returned to its
former position.
Private B. Young of the End Oregon
infantry was wounded during the fight
ing yesterday evening and fell into the
hands of the Filipinos, who threatened
to roast him alive. 1t is likely they
would have executed their threat had
they not been too busy this morning
attempting to check the advance of the
Americans. When driven from their
positions they were in such a hurry they
forgot Young, who was found by his
comrades.
In the fighting to-day our losses are
about seven killed and 80 wounded. The
large extent of the territory over which
the operations were conducted makes it
difficult, however. to give a full and ac-
curate list of our casualties. A partial
list follows:
Killed-Private j. Smith, Company Il,
22nd Infantry.
johnson, Company X, 22nd Infantry.
James Page, Company d, End Oregon
regiment.
Wounded-Privates Young, Clark,
Yount and Fred Bovine, all of End Ore
gon; Corporal r. Bucklin, Washington
regiment; Captain Jones and Privates
Col,,
Farmer, James Comforde. Raleigh
White. Nelson Arvidson, William Ellis,
Frank Hunt, Leander Mingee. Edgar
Wilson. George SCHNEIDER, Earl Ed
wards, Frank Ruefer, Carl Crumpholz
and Merritt Porter.
Tugs belonging to the army have just
completed thfee days cruise up vari-
Gus creeks, during which time they
were engaged in destroying insurgent
villages and barges and other boats
belonging to the rebels. There are many
rebel boats in Santa Cruz creek, but
the navigation of that waterway is pre-
vented by an obstruction, and the gun
boats We're unable to destroy these.
The towns of Majayjay and Morong
were shelled and set on fire, Large
quantities of supplies belonging to the
rebels were destroyed. Reinforcements
are necessary to complete the work of
the gunboats.
The cable ito Iloilo was opened for the
transmission of messages to-day.
The gunboat Yorktown has found the
steamer San Joaquin, which was cap
tured some time ago by her native crew.
after they had massacred the captain