The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-25
MacARTHUR AND LAWTON TO
TAKE TT IN FRONT AND REAR.
HEAVY Loss of the Americans in Battle With
the Foe Near Quingua-Col.
Stotsenburg Among
the Slain.

Manila, April 24.-7:40 p. m.-General
MacArthur's division left Malolos to-
day, evidently intending to beseige Cal
umpit.
General Hale at 4:10 this afternoon
had crossed the Bagbag and had reached
Il position quarter of mile from Cal
umpit, thus commanding the ford.
The prisoners captured by General
Hales troops say Aguinaldo. General
Luna and the Filipino staff are at
Calumpit with q great force of Filipino
troops.
Before daylight the Fourth cavalry
with three guns belonging to the Utah
battery, the Nebraska regiment and the
Iowa regiment under Gen. Hale, were
proceeding in the direction of Kunchua,
where the Bagbag CI'ibabag) is ford
able. but commanded by trenches. Dur
ing the afternoon the troops crossed the
river.
Generals Macarthur and Wheaton with
the Montana regiment, advanced 10
the left of the railway. and the Kansas
regiment moved forward to the right
Iblt III VI MdlolOS. IItt udu Will tutHl
Il long supply train with two armed cars
in front, carrying two Gatlings and
Colts rapid-fire guns, and the six
FOUNDER which did such execution at the
capture of Malolos. The insurgents at
tempted to destroy the railway bridge
outside of Calumpit and succeeded in bad
ly warping the iron framework.
As soon as the soldiers left the Fill
pino capital, the natives began fioclling
in, as they did at Santa Cruz before the
last boat of General Lawton's expedition
had sailed
Our army is compelled to abandon all
towns when an onward movement is
commenced, because of insufficient men
to garrison them. This gives the Fill
pino leaders framework upon whic.,
TO spin stories of American defeat
The American commanders have left
great stores of rice at Malolos, which
they have been distributing to the na-
tives and Cinnamon daily, of whom
there were 200 to 300 nearly all of
whom remained during the occupation.
but who followed the American army
out of the place or took trains gong in.o
Manila, fearing that the rebels would
kill them. These refugees included some
of the wealthiest citizens of the place.
MOVING ON FOES NEW CAPITAL.
Washington, April 24.-Information re-
ceived at the War Department indicates
that General Otis is about To execute
another important movement, the initial
features of which are shown by today s
press advices from Manila. The objec-
tive point is the insurgent town of Cal
umpit, lying about eight miles norihwea,
of Malolos. 1t was here that the in
out of their capital setting mp a new
capital and making it the base of their
operations.
In moving ON this stronghold General
Otis proposes to conduct two distinct OPP
eratons. The first. under General Mac
Arthur has for its purpose pushing
straight forward from Malolos along the
railroad and striking at Calumpit from
the south. The second one is under Ma
jor General Lawtoa, who, with his flying
column, is moving far around to the
northeast to the large town of Norza-
gay from which point he will turn alb
ruptly west toward Calumpit. This
last move will take about ten days and
military stratagists look upon it as
another effort to flank the insurgents, by
getting behind them at Calumpit, similar
to the flank movement which General
Macarthur attempted to execute at
Malabon This double operation makes
Calumpit the centre for the next few
days, while attention will be divided be.
tween MacArthur's column advancing
from Malolos and Lawton's column on
its ten days. march to Norzagay. Mac
Arthur has the shortest distance to
travel, so his force may be engaged with
the main force of the insurgents within
the next few hours. The country is flat
and better for our troops than that lying
south of Malolos. Calumpit lies on the
left bank of small stream, at its con
fuence with the large river Rio Grande
1t is substantially built town with
some 1000 houses.
The advance of Lawton by circuitous
route will be over a country of when
little is known here. Norzagay is a CON
siderable town and it is thought Law
ton is about there by this time. A road
runs all the way from there to Calumpit.
Along it are scattered many small towns.
Bustos Balinog, Angit, indicating that
the advance is through a populous coun-
try. 1t is an agricultural locality with
extensive rice and fruit plantations.
The War Department map prepared
by the military information board shows
this road joining the one on which Mac
Arthur is moving from Malolos. 1t is
hardly thought, however, that Lawton
will make Il junction with Macarthur
l,F IL a s,I, :.
he will leave the road when nearing
Calumpit so as TO strike the city in
the fear while Macarthur is attacking
the front. The execution Of this double
movement is being followed with great
interest by the War Department Off
Gals. as il is on considerably larger