The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-26
BEFORE CALUMPIT.
General MacArthur'S Division Is Be.
Tore the Trenches.
ENEMY Is WELL FORTIFIED.
American Advance Meets with Stub.
born Resistance by Natives.
SIX KILLED, TWENTY.ElGHT WOUNDED
FilipinoS Are Said 10 Have Left Two Hun.
dred Dead Upon the Field.
COL. FUNSTON'S REMARKABLE BRAVERY
Leads Volunteers Across n River TN
der n Hot Firc--Finnis Movement
Is BeinE Attempted.
COL. FuNSTON'S REMARKABLE BRAVERY
Lends Volunteers Across Hiver Tn
der Hot Firc-Eianis Movement
Is BeinE Attempted.

Manila, April %. 615 p. m,--General
Iowa and South Dakota regiments. with
three guns, which left Malolos on Mon
day. followed the west bank of the Rio
Grande to the ford. Many small bands Of
natives were encountered and during the
afternoon the Americans discovered the
enemy entrenched near Pulitan, north of
Quinga. Our troops attacked the Fill
pinos, losing six men killed and eleven
wounded General Hale's troops claim
that nearly 200 dead natives were counted
along the country trayersed. Among the
dead was a Spanish captain,
The South Dakota regiment bore the
brunt of the fighting and had five men
killed and nine wounded.
The temperature today was "a, and sew
era cases of supstroke were reported The
weather was cloudy. The country ira
versed by our troops is thickly wooded
and the hardest for a fight. The natives
along the Bagbag river were reinforced
from Calumpit as the troops under Gen
eral Hale approached. During the day the
Americans captured thirty-6ve prisoners.
As this dispatch is sent the rebels are re-
treating in the direction OF Calumpt.
The Filipino troops engaged arc well
uniformed and drilled As the campaign
progresses the native troops arc improv-
ing. They arc adopting methods and tho
accuracy OF their shooting is eyinced by
the fact that five Americans were shot in
| the head.
General Hale at 4 O'Clock Ibis morning
crossed the river and advanced on Calum-
pit.
General MacArthur's division also ad-
| yaneed and nine srmored fatoars were
pushed ahead OH the railroad.
/ The Kansas regiment advanced On The
! right Of the track and the Montana regi-
ment pushed forward ~ the left
The Filipinos arc 4iready returning to
Malolos and are becoming troublesome,
( They fired on an ambulance Yesterday
which was passing across the plaza and
| they have driven tho Chinese out Tho
| Third artillery patrollod the town last
/ night.
Manila April g. 1880 p m.-Gcneral
/ MacArthurs division fought its way tc
the Filipino trenches before Calumpt to-
day, advancing four miles mostly through
woods and jungle and crossing the Bagbae
river
This was accomplished at cost to The
! Americans Of six killed and twenty eight
wounded. the First South Dakota regiment
I being the heaviest loser. After fordinG
/ the river the South Dakota men pursued
the insurgents to the outskirts, but the
town was found TO be so strongly pro
tected that General Macarthur deemed i
best to withdraw the tired fighters anC
90 into camp for a nights rest before
making the final assault.
The largest buildings in Calumpit wer'
being fired by the Filipinos while TN
/ Americans were crossing the river full!
mile away. Indicating the enemys III
! tention to abandon the place, The IN
sureeuts seem to have adopted a settled
| policv OF retiring from one position afte
another after inflicting the greatest pos
sibe damage upon the advancing army.
The forces today were well drilled
Every foot of the ground was tenaciousl!
disputed by the thoroughly organized
I troops who stood REMARKABLY urn ever
before artillery.
The enemy had planned TO wreck oil
artillery transport train. This attempt
was n failure but a span of the iron on
the railway bridge over the river was
destroyed, hamperlns tho American trans
| portation for some time' me fllplnos
cut the Orders, intending to have the
structure fall with the train but Il col
Iapsed premamrely Of its cwn weight.
The Bagbag river which is about :
hundred wards wide at that point, was
rplendidly fortified and the Americans
we're compelled TO approach an open space
from which the natives had cleared every
obstruction to sight The bank OF tbs
river. a high bluff was surmounted witt
trenches. capped with rocks, loopholed and
partly hidden by bushes
General wheaton's brigade approached
| the river along the railroad. leaving camT
/ beyond Malolos City General Hale's brig
AIDE. which started yesterday was earlier
on the march and swept westward toward
the railroad The srmored train wa
being pushed by Cinnamon, the Twentieth
Kansas regiment advancing In an extended
order on the left and the First Montana