The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-05
LDvANcE ON SAN FERNANDO.
v,c&RTHUR'S FORCES STRONGLY
RESISTED by REBELS.

rt,iDinos Fought Until FIanked by
/ tbe Montana Regiment, Then
uu,oed the Towns of San Tomas
na MinaIin and FIed-Desperate
Fire Poured Upon Them-Three
,r,.rtcans KiIIed-COuntry Is Very
4 Rough.
Manila. May 5-In spite of the peaceful
/ o.artures of their commissioners, the Fill
ninos vigorously resisted the advance of
con N1acArthur's division from Apalit to-
uord San Fernando, fighting desperately
at long range after running from trench
70 trench when driven out by the Ameri-
can artillery.
The movement commenced at $50 O'Clock
in the morning Gen. Hale's brigade, con-
sisting of five Gatiings, under the COM
,nand of Maj. Young of the Sixth Artil-
,erv. two battalions of the Fifty-frst Iowa
REGIMENT. the First Nebraska Regiment
and the First South Dakota Regiment, ad-
vanced along the road a few miles west of
the railway line
Gen. wheaton, with Hotchkiss and Cat
ling guns, under the command of Lieut.,
Nav,or of the Utah Light Artillery,
roounted on hand-cars, pushed ahead, the
Twentieth Kansas and First Montana reg
i imenls deploying to the right and left when
ftasib,e.
The country traversed proved the worst
vet encountered, miles of marshes and
many unfordable streams delaying the ad-
vance materially, ........ -.....-..
Met stubborn Resistance.
Both brigades met with resis lance sim
Il ultaueously on approaching the river near
San Tomas, which is about eight kilomet-
ers from Apalit The center span of the
railroad bridge had dropped into the river,
and The rebels had only left small force
4 10 check Gen. Wheaton, their main body
lining the strong trenches in front of Gen.
Hale.
& Although the attacking force poured
very heavy artillery and musketry fire
across the river the enemy stubbornly re-
sisted for over an hour, ultimately break
Il ing when Maj Young shelled their left
flank, and then retreating along the river
bank under cover.
Fought Until F1anked.
Gen. Wheaton in the meantime, tried in
efectually 10 draw the fire of the Fill
pnos in the trenches east Of the track
So soon as they discovered that the ma
tule of the country would permit only a
few skirmishes on each side of the en-
bankment. the rebels regained their cour-
n age and fought desperately for three-quar-
h t,rs of an hour in the face of American
4 yoileys and a rapid fire fusillade, until
fanked by the Montana regiment. Then
a general scramble ensued, most of the
enemy boarding trains that were in readi-
ness and the others taking the road to
San Fernando after burning the villages of
San Tomas and Minalin.
About noon Gen. Wheaton crossed the
broken bridge cleared the stragglers out
of the villages and advanced toward San
Fernando Gen. Hale effected crossing
simultaneously, after a slight delay neces-
sary 70 repair a stone bridgs.
Losses in the. Fight.
Our loss up to that hour moon) was
two members of the Nebraska and one
OF the Montana regiment killed; Capt.
Albrecht, three members of the Kansas
regiment, two of the Montana, four of
the Nebraska and one of the South Da-
kola, wounded. The enemys loss was
very slight
After short rest the. advance was
continued, Gen. Wheaton encountering
lhe hrst series of entertainments near San
Fernando. The rebels now opened hot
fire
OoI Funston of the Twentieth Kansas
was wounded, one lieutenant was killed
ana four wounded while leading four
COMPANIES of the Kansas regiment to out
nank the enemy
zen Hale pushed along the road, flank
A's the trenches. More than a hundred
s'Nh and wounded men from Gen. Law
eoh brigade were brought TO Manila
from Malolos by last nights train.
Inc heat is unbearable.