The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
mac ARTHUR'S ADVANCE
Angeles Will Be the Northern Base
Base Of Operations. -.
HARDsHTPs OF oNwARD MARCH.

Our Soldiers Wade Through Mud
Which Is Knee Deep in Places-Our
Loss Thus Far Eight Killed aud
Twenty-six wounded.
Manila, Aug. 10.-Details Of General
MacArthur's advance beyond San Fer
nando show that the Americans cov-
cred five miles in the first FIVE hours,
and at o'clock had advanced six
miles along the railway, stretching on
each side of it for two miles and rest
Ing at night three miles from Angeles.
which will be the northern base of op-
erations, instead Of San Fernando,
where a garrison of 600 men have been
! left. The casualties are between 80
and 40. The Filipinos were surprised.
expecting the American forces to move
against Tico. They followed their
usual tactics of holding their trenches
, until they became too warm, and then
retreating in disorder. They are now
falling back westward toward Poric.
The Twelfth and Seventeenth regi-
ments had the sharpest engagements.
The country our troops passed over
is covered with rice fields and bamboo
thickets, the hardest possible ground
for marching. The mud in places was
knee deep.
Angeles is one of the richest towns
north Of Manila, and is considered to
be better base of operations than IAN
Fernando.
The forces at San Fernando consist. /.
cd of the Iowa regiment, the Seven
teenth regiment, the Ninth regiment,
the Twelfth regiment, Pells new Thir-
ty-siXth regiment, battalion OF the
Sixteenth regiment, Troop E OF tho
Fourth cavalry and fifteen guns.
The movement had been planned for
some time. but was delayed by rains.
Finally two days of sunshine dried the
rice fields sufficiently to warrant the
attempt
The Americans position had long
been unpleasant. The rebels almost
surrounded the town and fired nearly
nightly into it, the Americans not re-
plying, except on extreme provocation.
1t was necessary to keep 500 to 600 men
on outpost duty constantly.
The American loss in the fighting
about San Fernando at o'clock was
known to be eight men killed and 26
wounded. The loss may possibly ex-
Ceed these figures, as the line Is five
miles long and it is impossible, at this
hour, to hear from every point.
Our troops are now about Angeles
waiting for the artillery, which has the
greatest difficulty in moving, owing to
the wet ground.
The attack opened at o'clock
in the morning, battery of the First
artillery shelling Bacolor, on the left.
simultaneously Bells Thirty-sixth in
fantry struck Bacolor from the rear
and drove the rebels out. Armored
cars, each with six-pounder and two
gattling revolving cannon on board,
then moved out on the railroad track
in the center of our lines. Soon af-
terwards these guns did sharp execu-
ton.
Battery M, of the Third artillery,
and hundred men of the Iowa regi-
ment made a feint towards Mexico,
while the main body of troops, con-
sisting Of the Iowa regiment, the Sew
enteenth regiment and battalion OF
the Twenty-second, under General
Wheaton, on the right and the Ninth
regiment Twelfth regiment and Bells
regiment, under General Liscum, on
the left, advanced steadily pouring
their fire into the rebels and receiving
heavy fire in return.
The rebels were well protected by
trenches and seemed not to lack ammu-
milton. But they were unable to with
stand for any length Of time the hail
of shots our artillery and infantry
poured in on them and retreated, leav-
ing dead and wounded on the field. A
dozen prisoners were captured by our
troops.
The reports indicate that the Ninth
infantry suffered the most, though the
casualties of all the regiments are not
yet reported.
Captain Deems, with a provost guard,
Tuesday night captured noted Fill
pino fakir, with several aliases, who,
by means of ventriloquism, has per-
suaded the natives that he has SUPER
natural powers. He raised much
money, ostensibly for the insurrection,
which he kept for himself Our SOL
diers surrounded his house and cor
rallied 30 Filpinos. Many others es-
capped. The troops also captured $1,000.
Emmanuel, as the fakir Is generally
known, has been predicting the fall
of Manila His 'prophesies" have cre-
ated excitement among the natives,
who believed them.
Reports from rebel sources say 150
Filipinos were killed in General Halls
engagement at Calamba and in the
subsequent skirmishes