Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
HENS IN THE NATIVES
LAWToN SURROUNDS FILIPINO
REBELS AT MORONG
Town Is Captured by Washington Men
After Sharp Battie-Antipolo, Cain
ta, Mariquina and Tayt ytay Also Takeu
Several Americans Killed.

Gen. Halls campaign against the Phil
ippine insurgents under Gen. del Pillar at
the north of Laguna de Bay continues
vigorously. The American lines across
the Morong peninsula, extending six miles
from Morong on the east TO Antipolo and
Taytay ON the west, began gradually clos
ing in Monday morning, and the advance
down the peninsula begun.
The operations begun by the Americans
Saturday morning with view to enrrap-
ping and crushing Del Piiar's forces about
Antipolo were distinguished by heroic
marches and brilliant attacks. The plan
was to have Gen. Hall attack the insur-
gents at Antipolo and drive them down
toward Laguna de Bay, while Col. Whal-
ley, with a strong force, should advance
from Pasig and attack the rebels in front,
thus crushing them. The plan as original
ly conceived could not be carried out ow-
ing to the adverse conditions under which
Gen. Hall advanced on Antipolo. What
he expected to do in two hours took seven.
His troops had to swim unfordabe rivers
and wade through swamps to their waists
| all under q scorching sun. 1t was early
afternoon before Halls troops, who had
| left the pumping station at 8 in the morn
| ing reached the valley of Antipolo to the
| northwest and in the rear Of the insur-
gents at Taytay and Cainta.
| Seeing that Hall could not get, to his
| position for combined attack on the ene-
| my on time, Gen. Lawton ordered Col.
Whalley to advance on Canta and Taytay
and engage the enemy moderately until
| Gen. Hall, coming down the Antipolo val
| ley in the rear, could cooperate.
| Col. Whalley's advance on Cainta was
brilliant. His troops swept across the four
miles Of open country at rapid pace, with
| swift moving skirmish line In front.
| The Twelfth regulars were on the left or
northern flank, and the North Dakotas
| stretched along between Cainta and the
shore of Laguna de Bay. A battery held
| the central position in the North Dakota
line, and began shelling the town at four
mile range. Meanwhile Gen. Hall was
coming down the valley toward Taytay,
which is only few miles east of Cainta,
| on the shore. He had had running fight
| with Filipinos all day, the first encounter
being at Monte in the San Mateo foothills.
| The insurgents were driven out of Monte
and surrounded on three sides by the Ore
| gon regiment, sharp fight following, and
before the enemy was repused the Ore
| gons last three men killed and six wound
| ed.
Gen. Hall entered Taytay meeting little
resistance, the insurgents fleeing to Mo-
rong on the southeast. Shortly afterward
his forces collected on the shore with the
North Dakotas, composing Col. Whalley'
right advance line. Gen. Hall occupied
Antipolo, and Col. Whalley's forces came
through Cainta and united with them, the
combined force then advancing on Mo-
rong, which was captured after a sharp
battle.
During the night Gen. Lawton had
brought troops to Morong by water, and
these advanced and connected with Halls
troops, forming q chain across the PENN
sula. A few Filpinos slipped through the
American lines and escaped northward.
The heat is terrific, and frequent showers
cause a deadly humidity. Hospital boats
returning to Manila Monday morning
brought 200 soldiers, who were suffering
from heat prostration. The country be-
tween Manila and the field Of operations
offers insurmountable obstacles to the
transportation of supplies, and the wagon
communication from Manila through the
San Mateo valley has been abandoned.
Provisions and ammunition are being sent
via the Pasig river.