The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-16
A Portion of Them Were in a
Battle at San Fabian and
Behaved Splendidly.
The ARMY AND NAVY C0-0PERATED.
Gunboats Maintained a Terrific Bonn
bardment for Over an Hour, While
the Troops Charged the Rebels.
The Insurgents We're Driven From 1heir
Trenches and Many We're Killed,
Wounded or Captured-MaJ Beil
i'm Another Daring Exploit

MANILA, Nov 1.-THE landing of
the American troops at San Fabian
Tuesday was the most spectacular af-
fair Of its kind since Gen. Skaters
Decentralization at Daiquiri. The CO.
operation of the troops and the navy
was complete. The gunboats main
tanned terrific bonn bardment for over
an hour while the troops rushed waist
deep through the surf, under heavy,
but badly aimed, rifle fire from the in
surgent trenches, and charged right
and left, pouring volley after volley at
the fleeing rebels. Forty Filipinos
were captured, mostly non-commis-
stoned officers Several insurgent
dead and five wounded were found in
building which had suffered consider
ably from the bonn ba rdment.
The town was we'll fortified. The
sand dunes were riveted with bamboo
20 feet thick, which afforded a fine
cover.
When the transports arrived in the
gulf they found the gunboats Prince
ton, Bennington and others waiting.
After consultation with Gen. Wheaton
Commander Knox, of the Princeton,
and Commander Sheridan, of the Ben
nington, anchored on the shallow two
miles off shore. The gunboats formed
line inside, the Hetens, Callao and
Manila close inshore. With the first
gun of the bombardment the small
boats were filed rapidly without con-
fusion by Maj. Cronite's battalion of
the 2Sd infantry and Capt. Bucks bat
talon of the 18th infantry.
While the lines of boats moved
shoreward, the gun boats poured the
full force of their batteries into
the trenches, soon forcing the insur.
gents to flee through the burrows
dug back of the trenches. About 200
men held their places until the licels of
the boats grated on the shore when
their Mauser bullets commenced to
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 u frail foot bridge across
the river leading to the towns. Gen.
Wheaton, personally commanding, or
dered a charge across the bridge, and
Capt. Rowland, of his staff. led Cole
mans and Elliott's companies of
of the esd, who behaved
splendidly under their first fire, into he
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 shout
ing delightfully."- toward the Americans.
Two companies of the Esd had a
skirmish along tine Dagupan road with
the retreating Filipinos.
Maj Shields, of the staff. with his
command, captured several insur.
gents.
The inhabitants describe all the
roads as practically impossible, and
say they believe Aguinaldo has Sc
creted yacht in the river Longapo,
near Subig, for use in his fight when
he finds his capture is inevitable.
Wednesday was devoted to recon
noissances. Maj. Logan went north
ward to Santo Tomas and burned the
Filipinos' barracks. Capt Bucks 18th
went to San Jacinto and disposed of
small bands. Marsh's Esd went toward
Magdalena, on the Dagupan road, and
had several sharp fights with small
parties. They killed eight men,
brought in twenty prisoners and had
five men wounded.
Capt. Chenowith and Lieuts. Davis,
Vanhorne and Bradford with two
companies of the 18th regiment, re-
connoitering northeast of Mabalacal
attacked and routed a battalion of in
surgents, killing 80 of them. Three
America ms were wounded.
Maj. Bell has been engaged in an
other daring exploit. While scouting
with five officers and two men of the
S6th infantry and Lieut.. Hawkins ant
10 men of the At Ii cavalry, he crept be
hind trench containing a hundred
Filipinos, rode them down and killed
and wounded 20 and captured six. HI
also brought back 80 Mausers.
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