The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
LANDING OF WHEATON.
Soldiers Rushed Waist Deep Through The
Surf Amidst Rifle Fire.
SAID TO HAVE BEEN A SPECTACULAR AFFAIR
Americans Arc Making Progress
Capturing. killing and wounding
Insurgeuts--HcnvyR Rains Fell.

Manila. November 10, $3.50 p. m.-ThS
landing of the American troops at San
Fabian Tuesday was the most spectacular
affair of It's kind since General Skaters
decentralization at Daquiri. The co-opera-
ton OF the troops and the navy was COM
plete. The gunboats made terrific pom
bardment for an hour while the troops
rushed waist deep through the surf, under
a heavy but badly aimed fire from tho IN
surgent trenches and charged right ana
lcft. pouring volley after volloy at the
fleeing rebels. Forty Filipinos were cap
ured many of them being nom commits
STONED officers. Several insurgent dead
and FIVE wounded were found In butid-
inG which had suffered considerably from
the bombardment Tho town was well
fortified. The sand dunes we're rivettcd
with bamboo twenty feet thick which af-
fordod a fine cover. When the troops ar
rived in the gulf they found the gunboats
Princeton, Bennington and others wait
| ing liter consultation with General
Wheaton, Commander Knox of the Prince
ton ana Commander Sherman, of the Ben
nlngton anchored in the shallow water
two miles off shore. The gunboats formed
a line inside the Helena. Callao and Ma
! Mia close in shore. with the nrst gun
/ of the bambardment the small boats We're
filled rapidly without confusion by Major
| Cronitz' battalion OF the Twenty third in
fantry and Captain Bucks battalion OF the
| Thirteenth Infantry. While the lines OF
! boats moved shoreward the gunooats
poured the full force OF their batteries
into the trenches, soon forcing the III
surgents to ice trough the burrows dug
back of the trenches. About 200 men held
Their places until the keels of the boats
grated on the shore when the Mauser bull
let's commenced to sing overhead TIE
baJtalions formed in good order. Captain
/ Buck with six pieces, and Patton's COM
panies pursued the insurgents on the lett
into the bamboo thickets. On the right
was frail footbridge across the river
| leading TO the towns General Wheaton.
| personally commanding, ordered charge
across the bridge and Captain Powell aud
Ibis staff led Colemans and Elliott's com
pany Of the Eighteenth and Shields com
! pany of the Twenty third who behaved
/ splenddly under their first fire, into the
| town, which was found to be nearly de-
serted, except by the aged and some Span
iards who had hidden in the Buffalo wal
/ lows and who came shouting delightedly
toward the Americans.
| Two companies of the Twenty-third
had a skirmish along the Dagupan road
with retreating Fllipinos. Major Shields
of the STAFF with his command captured
several insurgents. The troops camped
in the rain during the night and in the
morning General Wheaton had his head
quarters in church and had his men
quartered in houses.
The inhabitants describe the roads us
practically impossible and say they be-
lieve Aguinaldo has secreted a yacht in
the river Longapo, near Subig, for the
use of his fight when his capture Is in
evitable.
Wednesday was devoted to reconnois-
( sance. Major Logan went northwssd to
Santo Tomas and burned the Fllipinos bar
racks. Captain Bucks Thirteenth went to
san Jaclnto and disposed OF small bands.
Marsh's Twenty third went northward to
Magdalen on the Dagupan road and had
several sharp fights with small parties
Ihey killed eight men, brought in twenty
prisoners and had five men wounded. The
Sahto Tomas road seems 10 be the only
possible means of retreat for q large body
north from Tarlac, and General Wheaton
commands 1t. The insurgents of this sec
ton are going to reinforce Tarlac. The
battleship Oregon has arrived here from
Hong Kong.
captain Chenowlth and Lieutenauts Da-
Wis, Van Horne and Bradford. with two
companies of the Seventeenth regiment
accommodating northeast of MablacaI at
tackled and routed battalion of insur-
gents, killing twenty nine of them Thrae
Americans were wounded
General Wheaton reports by the Rer.
hlnr'on that when the landing was made
at san Fabian, the insurgents had among
tneir number 300 recruits who were m,
tneir way to Dagupan, where they expect-
ga tne expedition to land They retreated
TO the mountains Twenty eight p,iso,nrsa
were rescued The report of the landing
q. L.hsayen was brought by the com
imander OF the Manila, who saw tho fisbt,
ing. He got the GEOGRAPHY mixed.
IL mas been raining hard throughout
lhe week. The San Isidro river Is led hv
mountain streams and is alternately ~
swallow for navigation or too swift rwo {
unu three launches were necessary 10 mil
T no easco moving the supplies from san
isiulo ana the mule trains moving sun.
plies from San Isidro over the mndd,,
r MA, maze only two or three miles day 3
me troops were on shorl rstious for n,,,,h
OF the time The only provisions tha
country yields are rice, few chickens ana
ouIaio The officers carry a supply q.
tSen 20 pay Inc natives literally for all
they take. The highlands are cool ami
the health OF the troops is cool.
General Young mas captured anotbo,
idrse snare OF insurgent ammunition an,
munitions OF war; which they were ohligad
10 ieaYe IN their hurried retreat General {.
Wheaton Is bringing supplies from Angelo
by the use OF mule teams. :
Reconnoissances along the front has die. ,
covered the Insurgents strongly cntrenchni
pelo,e bamban with several cannon and
VI am :
MAJOR Bell has boon engaged in anotbss
daring exploit. While scouting with ~
oincers and two men of the Thirty 6rsi
infantry and Lieutenant Hawkins ana ton
men OF the Fourth cavalry he crept behind |.
q rod ,psn ,h containing hundred Fiiplnos
twenty men and captured Six. ue a,sa
Drought back thirty Mausers.
AMUurr.,.