The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-11
WHEATON'S BRILLIANT WORK.
HOW LANDING WAS MADE WITH
THE AID OF THE NAVY.

Many Were Killed or Captured. |
AguinnldO Has n Yacht in Watt
ing-Bad Roads Have Made the
Work of the Troops DiacuIt.
Manila, Nov. 1O.-The landing of the |
American troops at San Fabian Tuesday |
was the most spectacular affair of the kind |
since Gen. Skaters Decentralization at
Daiquiri.
The cooperation of the troops, and the |
navy was complete. The gunboats main |
tGined terrific bombardment for an hour,
while the troops rushed vast deep through |
the surf under heavy but badly aimed
rifle fire from the insurgent trenches. and
charged right and left, pouring volley after
volley at the fleeing rebels.
Forty Fllipinos were captured, mostly
non-oommissioned officers. Several dead
insurgents and five wounded were found
in a building, which had suffered consid-
erably from the bombardment The town
was well fortified. The sand dunes were
revetted with bamboo twenty feet thick,
which afforded a fine cover.
When the transports arrived in the gu'f
they found the guntoats Princeton, Ben
nington and others waiting. After consul
tation with Gen Wheaton, Commander
Knox of the Princeton, and Commander
Sheridan of the Bennington, anchored two
miles off shore. The gunboats formed a
line inside, the He.ena Carao and Manila
close in shore.
How the Landing Was Made.
With the first gun of the bombardment,
the small boats were filled rapidly with
out confusion by Maj. Kronte's battalion
of the Twenty-third Infantry and Capt.
Bucks battalion of the Thirteenth Infan-
try. While the Zines of beats moved shore
ward the gunboats poured the full force of
their batteries into the trenches. About
| two hundred men held their places until
the keels of the boats grated on the shore
when their Mauser bullets commenced 10
sing overhead.
The battalions formed in good order.
Capt Buck, with Pierce's and Patton's
companies, pursued the insurgents on the
left into the bamboo thickets. On the
right was a frail foot bridge across the
river. leading to the town.
Gen. Wheaton, personally commanding,
ordered a charge across the bridge, and
| Capt Rowland of his staff led Coleman's
| and Elllotts companies of the Thirteenth
| and Shields company of the Twentythird
| who behaved splendid under their first
| fire. into the town, which was found to
be nearly deserted, except by the aged and
some Spaniards, who had hidden in the
buffalo wallows, and who came shouting
| delightedly toward ne Americans.
Two companies of the Thirty-third had
| a skirmish along the Dagupan road with
| the retreating Filipinos.
NHa al in fba r.afr ipu
the night, and in the morning Gen. Whea-
| ton established his headquarters in a
church, ouartered his men in the houses
and sent the captured Filipinos beyond
the outposts, with orders not to return.
AguinaIdO Ready to Flee.
The Inhabitants describe all the roads
| as practically impossible, and say they
believe Aguinaldo has secreted yacht in
| the River Lonapo, near Subg, for use IN
mis- flight when he finds his capture is in
| evitable.
Wednesday was devoted to reconnais-
sances. Maj. Logan went northward to
SAnto Tomas and burned the Filipino bar
racks. Capt. Bucks company of the Thir-
| teenth went to San Jacinto and disposed
of small bands Marh's company of the
| Twenty-third went toward Magdalen on
the Dagupan road and had several sharp
| fights with small parties. They killed
| eight men, brought in twenty prisoners
| ana ndd nVe men WOUNDED.
The Santo Tomas road seems to be the
only possible means of retreat for large
body north from Tarlac. and Gen. Wheat
| on comma ands It, The insurgents of this
section are going to reinforce Tarlac.
The battleship Oregon has arrived here
from Hong Kong.
Capt Chenoweth and Lieuts. Davis,
Van Horne and Bradford, with two COM
panies of the Seventeenth Regiment, rec
onnOitering northeast of Mabalacat, at
| tackled and routed a battalion of insur-
gents, killing twenty-nine of them. Three
| Americans We're wounded.
Gen. Wheaton reports, by the Benning-
ton, that when the landing was made al
| San Fabian the insurgents encountered 300
recruits who were on their way to Dagu-
pan, where they expected the expedition
to land. They retreated to the mountains
| Twenty-eight Spanish prisoners were res
cued.
The report of the landing at Lingayen
was brought by the commander OF the
Mania, who saw the fight. He got the
geography mixed.
Work of LawtOn and NIncArihur.
1t has been raining hard throughout the
week. handicapping Gems. Lawion and
Macarthur The transportation is the
| chief difficulty. In the advance Gen. Law
ton depended on the river to get his sup
plies. The San lsidro river is fed by
mountain streams, and is a!ternately too
shallow for navigation or to swift Two
and three launches were necessary 10 pull
the casco moving the supplies from San
| Isidro, and the mule srains moving sup
plies from San Isidro over the muddy
roads, made only two or three miles a
day The troops were on short ratons
most Of the time. The only provisions the
country yields are rice, a few chickens
and buffalo The officers carry a supply
of cash to pay the natives Literally for all
they take.
The highlands are cool. and the health
of the troops Is good.
Cen Young has captured another large
share Of insurgent ammunition and muni-
tions of war which hey We're obliged TO
leave in their hurried retreat
Gen. Macarthur is bringing supplies
from Angeles by the use Of mule and Cara
bao teams.
"Reminiscences aleng the front have
discovered the insurgents strongly en-
| trnranhnd Ealnrn Ranhlng with n,ccaI