The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-05

mountainous country, having two en- | agreements with the insurgents, one of them severe and keeping an almost con- | stant fire against scattered bands of l rebels for nearly tWentyfour hours, from o'clock Saturday morning when the column left the pumping station. The F'ilipinos were driven in every di- rection and the country through which General Hall passed was pretty tho roughly cleared At 10 o'clock this morning the column reached point few miles from Taytay where General Hall was met by General Lawton, who had already entered the town and found it deserted. General Halls ob-
 jective point was Antipolo, ten miles off and there was desultory firing all
 along the line of march. The gunboats
 could be heard shelling the hills in ad-
 vance of the column.
 The column, after driving the rebels
 from the foothills near Maria Chino
 about noon yesterday with loss of but
 two or three slightly wounded, proceed ed with all possible haste toward Lagu-
 ma de Bay, the Fourth cavalry in the lead, the Oregon regiment next and the Fourth infantry last. At o'clock these three regiments fought their second bat tie of the day, and 1t resulted, like the first in the complete rout of large Filipino force, located in the mountains and having every advantage of position. In this fight the American loss was four killed, three of the Fourth cavalry and one Oregonian-and about fifteen wounded The Filipino loss could not be ascertained but the terrific fire which the Americans poured into them for half an hour must have inflicted severe punishment.
 In this engagement the troops made one of the most gallant charges of the war and the enemy was forced to flee in the greatest disorder. It was the in- tention to press on to Antipolo last night. but this was found impossible owing to two fights and the constant marching for more than twelve hours, with nothing to eat since morning and no supply train in sight. The troops, moreover, suffered from the intense heat, many being prostrated and all greatly exhausted. Consequently they bivouacked for the night on the second battle ,,,.
 The cavalry, the Oregonians and two companies of the Fourth infantry had just crossed a small creek about , o'clock yesterday afternoon and enter ed upon a sunken road from which they were emerging upon a small valley sur rounded on all sides by high and heav- fly wooded hills, when the rebels, con-
 
 sides of the plain, opened hot fire and sent showers of bullets into the ranks of the Americans. The latter deployed immediately in three directions. Then followed charge across the rice fields and ditches and up the hillsides, from which the shots came all the time pour ing terrific hale, while the air re- sounded with the constant rattle of 
 The Fourth cavalry being in front l suffered the severest loss. when the at tack opened, two of their killed being sergeants and the other a private. The | Oregonian killed was a private. The | natives were unable to stand the vigor- | ous firing of the Americans long and on | the first sign of wavering the cavalry, | Oregonians and Fourth infantry men broke into wild cheers and charged still | faster up the hillside, pouring in volley 1 after volley until the enemy left the l places where they were partially con- cealed by the thicket, fled over the l summit in the widest confusion and | in the surrounding valleys After the fight was over the firing was continued by the Americans for over an hour in clearing out the bush and driving away struggling Filipinos.
 The troops, after camping for the night on the battlefield, started at o'clock this morning fer Antipolo, where 1t was expected a strong resistance would be made. Antpolo is place far up in the mountains which the Span ards had said the Americans could never capture It has cost Spain the ives of 300 troops. The progress of he column was considerably delayed while passing up the steep mountain grade, by small band of insurgents, put these were effectually routed by the Fourth cavalry, which was in advance md the troops reached Antipoo in a lew hours. Our lines were immediately hrown around on three sides of the own and then the final advance was made. Not a rebel was visible and the own was entirely abandoned Two lours liter, after a conference between Generals Lawton and Hall, the column proceeded toward Morong, to drive tway any rebels found in that quarter, When the start was made for Antipolo n the morning the Oregon regiment Ind Ninth infantry were left behind as rear guard and there was coneidera- ,le firing along their lines in clearing he enemy from the hill between their position and the lake.
 VEST POINT C1NDTD4TES.