Arizona republican., 1899-03-27
Americans Gave the FilipinoS no
 Chance for Rest.
TROOPS PUSHING ONWARD
Town of naIInfs, an InSurdenf Stronghold Captured by Whea- tons Brigade YeSferdaV-Col- OneI Egberf of inc TwentY-Seoond Killed OfIS Gables That inc Rebels are naSSing al MaloIoS.

Manila, March 26, 7:3O D. m--The
 United States troops under Brigadier-
 General Wheaton captured the town Of
 Malinta, beyond the Tulihan rivef. to-
 day. after a sharp fight. Col Harry
 c. Egbert of the Twenty-second infan-
 trv was killed Price Lowen5tein,
 formerly an aide-de=camp on the staff
 of Brigadier-Genleral Miller at 1loilo,
 somehow got in front of the firing line
 and was shot in the side, dying almost
 instantly A German who acccmpa-
 nied him, was wounded.
 The American casualties today were
 much lighter than those of yesterday,
 the total losses thus far reported since
 the engagement commenced being
 forty-five killed and +45 wounded. Gen eral Wheaton entered Malinta, which is a small village of huts, at l o'cloch this
 afternoon The United States gun
 boat had been shelling Malabon, about a mile northwest of Caloocan, for sev- eral hours. The insurgents made fierce resistance to the American ad- vance up the railroad at Malinta. In addition to the fatal wounding of Col. Egbert several msn of the Twenty second infantry and several men Of the Oregon and Kansas regiments were killed.
 Evidently anticipating bCmba 'Gment by the feet, thousands of rebels va cated MaEaIbon last night, leaving few to burn the town. General Wheaton's brigade, composed of the Second Oregon regiment and Twenty second and Twenty-third infantry, stretched out along the railroad from Caloocan to the Tulihan river, was powerlcss to prevent their withdrawal, owing to natural Cb1tacl 3s and to the strong opposition.
 IA column of smoke at daybreah was the first intimation of the enemy's in tentions, but others followed at various points, all soon blending in a dense balloon-shaped cloud. The flames; of the burning riC5. mills and large build ings could be plainly seen from Caloo- can despite the strong sunlight. By 1 ! o'clock in the morning the only build ing of importance not destroyed in the center of the town was a large stone church, but gwen at noon fresh fires were started among the native huts in the outskirts of Ifalabon, although the general exodus took place much ear Her.
 Many of the rebels sought refuge in the suburbs of Navotas and Casag, or were driven inland by the shells of the Helena, Callao, Ningdapan and La guna de Bay. In the meantime Gen eral Wheaton's brigade held the rail road to the river, but was unable either | to repair the bridges, which had been destroyed by the enemy, or to ad- | vance. owing to the opposition and | hills on the other side.
 The calculations of beth General | Hale and General Harrison Gray Otis, whose ibrigaGes constituted General MacArthur's division, were much inter- fered with by the character of the country in front of both and the enemy was able to tale advantage of this, so that the operations against NCvaliches and Polo were delayed, though the right wing of the division swung out, the enemy in northwesterly direction.
 General WheatOn's headquarters last night was half a mile south of the river on the IaiIrcad. The opposite bank was protected by a bIockbouse and entrenchments. Occasionally the and infantry fired across the stream. Finally the engineers moved a construction train up to the bridge, the iron framework of which remained, and began to replace the floor.
 While this was going on the Second Oregon regiment crossed the river on the left and the Twenty second on the right, with four companies Of the TWenty-third infantry supporting the latter regiment. Rising, clear ground stretched away a distance of half q mile to Malinta, situated o1 it's crest In front of the rillage were strong Fil- I pino entrenchments, but no FiIipinos [ were to be seen. Apparently they had led. The Twenty-second regiment ap- . diagonally, with Genera! , and his staff clos behind and scouts closely observing the ground. !, When the Americans were within | lbout 300 yards of the entrenchments , he Filipinos suddenly volleyed heav- ly. The Twenty-second, which was r folding the center, suffered consider bly, but with the Oregons on the left r md Kansans on the right in the G woods, the fighting was kept up for ' lalf an hour, the Twenty in