Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-29
BRAVE AMERICANS
Yankee Soldiers Showing Unsur-
passed Fighting Qualities Under
Trying Circumstances.
REBELS ROUTED PELL-MELL
Aguinaldo Removes Filipino Capital in Vain
Hopes Of Saving His Precious Bacon
o. s. Commission to Proclaim Am
nesty When Natives Lay
Down Arms.

Manila, March 29.--The American
army advanced this morning, sweeping
| onward for three miles before 10 o'clock,
driving the rebels beyond Bocave to
East Bulacan, and on the railroad lead
| ing to MalolOs. Our troops met a slight
resistance, and the Filipinos fired vol
leys yesterday evening, to draw the
American fire and disclose the locality
of our positions. Two men in the Penn
sylvania regiment and one in the South
Dakota regiment were wounded. The
Americans remained silent. The coun-
try between Marilao and Manila is the
picture of desolation. Smoke is curling
from hundreds Of ash heaps, and the
roads are strewn with furniture and
clothing dropped in flight by the Fill
pnos. The only persons remaining be-
hind are few aged persons too infirm
to escape. They camp beside the ruins
of their former homes and beg passers-
by for assistance. The majority are
living on the generosity of our soldiers
who give them portions Of their rations
Bodies Of F'ilipinos are stranded in the
shadows of the river, or are resting in
the jungles, where they crawled to die,
or were left in the wake of the hurried
ly retreating army. These bodies give
forth a horrible odor. The inhabitants
who fled from Marilao and Meycauyan
left in such panic that on the tables
our soldiers found spread money and
valuables and in the rooms were trunks
containing other property of value.
They were not molested by the soldiers;
but Chinese who slip between the ar
mics are looting when they can, and
have taken possession of several
houses, over which they raised Chinese
flags, some of which were torn down.
INSURGENT CAPITAL REMOVED.
Information indicates that the insur-
gent capital has been moved from Ma
lolos to San Fernando. The Americans
are building bridges and waiting for
supplies to come up. The insurgents
have burned Bulacan. When General
MacArthur's force encamped last night,
the third artillery was across the bridge
at Marialo. The list Nebraska infantry
was in the woods on the extreme right.
Other troops had not gone across the
river. At $40 o'clock the insurgents ap-
peared at the edge Of the woods in line
a mile long, and advanced quickly,
swinging to the left to drive the 3rd ar
tillery away from the bridge. This was
the first time in the present war that
the insurgents had advanced in military
order against our forces. The Goth Kan
sas infantry promptly crossed the
bridge in column of fours to support the
Sd artillery They lost two men killed
and few wounded. At the same time
the 1st Montana infantry crossed the
river on pontoon bridge and took pos
session of the extreme left, SO as to be
able to cut in back of the insurgents if
the latter came far enough. They lost
six men wounded in this movement. The
Sd artillery had two sergeants and one
private killed and two wounded.
Masked by the woods. the Nebraska
infantry were not seen by the enemy.