Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-06
HEAVY BLOW MAY
COME THIS MONTH
Americans May Capture Aguinaldo
Within 48 Hours.
TARLAo PERHAPS TAKEN.
American Expedition Has Moved
Quietly and H. NOW well on
Its WAY.

Manila, Nov. C. 1880 o.. m.-Mngalang,
the town taken yesterday BY Two COLI
umna of General Macarthur dlHyiaion
under Col smith and Major ouricu,
D. "a strong town situated midway be-
tween Angeles ana Auyat
The movement % o. purt % "a plan
Tor the Americans 20 poascrH all tho
country t. tho southeast VI 1nHhc, aa
the troops close in on tho capital. cut
unr tie line " the cncmya rytruat Ia
that direction.
100. cot Smith nrut encountered
small force Cutrenchrd "a quarter o.
mile beyond Angeles, which soon rv-
treated. leaving two OF their number
dead The enemy made a short stand
al the outskirts o. Hnrrlos ana san
Francisco huskly shooting 90 tho adj
NauuiuE Americans.
Captain brush deploycd With tho adj
vance guard OF the battalion and
charged tho flnplnoH, who took 10
flight Seven Americans were wound
cd. The Americans almost surrounded
the inaurEcntH, VINO resisted stubborn.
b. but Lieut. liamiltnn,u artillery cut
them un Lieut. slavinH troops cnp-
turct "a company of the enemy with
tholr arms durlng the advance.
Gen, Whoolcr'a brigade ~ formed at
Angtl,a in order 90 be- prepared Tor "a
e,neral engagement
New York. Nov. "a special TO tho
Herald from Washington says
With forces aggrpgauug more than
5000 hEhtlug men, Generals lalWton,
Macarthur and wheaton arc now clos.
Ink Ia on Agulnald0u army. Henetl
Ouf yet November 9Th and Gu az the
dates for commencluE the campaign
"uu along the line" and the war de-
purtmcnt has information today that
inc program IL being CaTuod out
General pus' dispatches are optimis-
lic in the highest dcgrcv. and Tue oiu-
ciuls are predicting that the rebellion
will be- crushed before the oud of tho
present month, and that important VIC
tories viii be announced within a
Few days.
lyEcd today by an official familiar with
Osirral Oua plan Of operation. as
reported 20 tho war department.
"Aguinaldo, with his army greatly re-
ducad. owing 10 recent disiutegratioua
10 at Eayambang, twenty miles north
OF Tarlac, which was HIS hcadquur-
tcrB aud the objective OF Lawton'u and
MscArthurH armies M to a fortnight
General Macarthur moves north
Ward nL1rg the railroad 20 BaynmhanF,
taking the towns OF Tarlnc pnnuque,
NlWNNNNANA anu NAfA'NN IN AAN NHNHN NANNAlNH
General Lawtun moves northwnrd from
/ Cuianatuun az HIS base, and with
/ columns sworylng % the right ana left
/ "a sweep thu country 10 the RIO AEno
river, and 10 head on Aguinnldn'a co.
cape 20 the mountains through RIO
/ AHnu Valley, AZ last accounts douch-
mtntH from hi1 command had taken
/ Aliigll west Of hts base, T0lhvcra boz
Inc 70 the north aud hayambang 20 tho
| northwest
zen. Wheaton moves southwark
/ from DnHupan to Bayambang, His
/ movements up TO this time have becn
/ kept from the public, but now that tho
| campaign IL In progrcss ! am at liberty
| to mention that he headed an sNpedl-
| tlon sent out on transports for the Gulf
| OF LinEuycn Hast week. The nayy'H
| task was to shell the towns on the
southern part Of the gulf no as 10 effect
| the safe landing of his expedition.
| "unless Aguinaldo has escaped to the
eastward through the RIO Agno valley.
| he ought 10 DO caught between Gen,
| Whrntun's forces frum the north ana
| Con McArthut'a FROM tho south within
| tho next is houra,aa bayanbang. wheu
| he Ia supposed 60 be- located, "a less than
| 90 mlios from Dagupan, and about 90
miles from Angeles,
although Gen McArthur'a main
/ forces were nt Angeles at last accounts,
| 1t Is believed that one " his columns
| has reached and taken Iurlnc before
this. that the railroad Co that point i1
now In control OF the American forces,
and that Il Y only question Of few
days when hla command Will reach
| Baynmbang
| From the plan or campaign mapped
| out. Agulnaldo's only possible means of
escape would seem 10 be 10 the east
| ward through the RIO Agno valley into
| the mountains, ua the forces under Con
| prnls Iawton ana Macarthur moving
| northwnrd are keeping scouts well out
| 10 the front 30 as 20 prevent tho enemy
from escaping auuthwnrd."
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