Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-11-14
DELAYED BY THE RAINS.
Plans to Capture Aguinaldo Tenn
porarily Frustrated.
REBEL LEADER ESCAPES
Located in Mountainous and Al
most Inaccessible Region North
east of Tar1ac.

Washington, D. c., Nov 10.-The
war department has received the follow
ing:
Manila Nov 1O-Gen Lawton expert
ences some difficulties account of con
tnued unprecedented rains IN that section
Of the country. He advanced to San Jose
yesterday and to Carranglan today; strong
force put through on Algoa route. Young
captured yesterday considerable additional
Cubanatuan arsenal property in transit
north, among which were IA pinch and -
boxes 165-inch ammunition for Hotchkiss
guns, fifty projectile for five and eight
breech- loading rifle. cannon, two boxes OF
granades, considerable other ordnance prop
crty, two tons castings and arsenal ma
chinery in parts. He is meeting with OPP
position, but his advance is not much Inn
peded thereby. Macarthur recon
noitering north Of Mahalcat yesterday, Bell
front and Smith with the Seventeenth in
fantry on Magalang and Concepsion road
Bell with five of his officers and two pri-
Yates OF his regiment mounted. and one Of
hcer and ten men of the Fourth cavalry
struck 100 insurgents in the mountains west
of Mabalcat charged killing and, and woInding
rifles. Railroad from Angeles to Bamban
destroyed.
and will take up the advance to Tarlac to-
morrow Wheaton reports twenty-eight
Spanish prisoners secured. Three hundred
insurgeDt recruits escaped to the mountains
from the enemy during the battle of San
Fabian These recruits were en- route to
f Dagupan Wheaton says everything lis is
Instructions and that cooperation of the
navy Is complete. OTIS.
Cut Off His Escape.
1t is expected as soon as Aguinaldo
shows any disposition to move down the
valley toward the China sea, that war
ships and gunboatS will be sent round
the northern end Of the island to meet
him and cut off his escape If it is his
intention to escape from LuZOn he would
naturally seek Apart or some northern
port, but the country around CarabellO
mountain is such that he could probably
stand off the whole American force in a
game of hide and seek in the hills for
the greater part of the coming season.
A second dispatch from Gen. Otis re-
ceived today follows:
Manila, Nov. 10.-Reports received yes
were erroneous. He did land at San
Fabian as directed, and drove bulk of enc
my back in desired direction towards
Dagupan Operations completely success
ful In every particular. OTIS.
AguInaldo's Change of Base
Washington, d. c.. Nov. 1O.-Great in
terest is felt in the war department over
Aguinaldo'S sudden change Of base north
eastward from Terac to Bayomban.
about 100 miles distant. The most in
teresting feature of the new situation is
the TagalO country into a region to the
north, where Tagalo is not spoken and
where the mountains are filled with Ne
gritos and other savage tribes, who are
hostile to the Tagalos. This rs about the
most mountainous and inaccessible part
of the island.
To the south base of Carabello noun
tain there is a narrow break in the noun
tain range, and within q few miles
around the base of Carabello mountain
on its northern slope one strikes the
plateau of the Magat which is the be-
ginning of the great river Caygan that
flows northward $50 miles into the Chi
nese. 1t is on the headwaters of the
Magat that Aguinaldo is now located.
The way is open for him down the long
stretch of the river to Aparai at the
mouth of the Cagagan, where it flows in
to the sea. This is one of the widest
but richest valley in the island. 1t is be-
lieved that the River Cngayan is naviga-
BILE for our tin-clad boats $50 miles from
it mouth and for cascoes much further.
Warships Shell Lingayau.
Manila, Nov. 1910 n. m.-Gen.
Wheaton's expedition arrived off San
Fabian Monday night, but the surf was
too high to permit the landing of the
troops in small boats. On Tuesday morn
ing the expedition approached Lingayan,
a suburb of Dagupan, which has q shell
tered harbor with high sand dunes
stretching from the water to the town.
The Bennington, Helena, Manila, Callao
and Samar shelled the town and the
beach for an hour with the full strength
of their batteries. but there was no re-
Spouse, nor was there visible any sign of
life. The troops were landed in boats.
five steam launches each towing four
boats When these approached the shore
and the troops began to land, long line
of insurgents arose from the sand and
poured q heavy volley over the heads of
the soldiers, following this with rapid
fusillade. The insurgents were excited
and fired high, few of their bullets strik-
ing the boats. Two men, however, were
wounded.
The companies were formed and or
dered to lie down in the sand. They
gave the insurgents a few vOlleys and
then charged. driving the enemy with
rush. The Filipinos had lain behind the
dunes during the bombardment. the
shells ploughing through the sand and
doing them little if any damage.
Wheaton Proceeds Eastward.
The gunboat Manila brought the news
that when she left Gen. Wheaton, with
his entire force of 21O0, was marching
eastward, leaving Dagupan.
The battleship Oregon, which had been
ordered from Hong Kong to Dagupan,
had not arrived at the latter place when
the Manila sailed.
Gen. Young with his cavalry took San
.JOSc Ou w cuueSudgs "A SL1dll lHSuIScul
force stationed there retreated. The
troops were ferried across the river to
Cabanatuan on a raft. During the pas
sage an accident occurred by which
private of the Twenty-second regiment
was drowned.
Another attack has been made by the
insurgents ON Balnag, the rebels firing
into the town for three hours, but doing
no damage.
The insurgents held a celebration at
Tarlac on October 20 in honor of the
anti-imperialists. The demonstration in
Guided a procession, religious services and
speeches by Aguinaldo and other officials.
The Independence in an editorial arti-
Gle eulogizing w. J. Bryan says: Mr..
Bryan should be pictured in Filipino his
tory with equal glory with DR.. Rial
Rial, Bryan and Aguinaldo are the glo-
rious trinity of our political redemption"
Gen. Otis and the Spanish and British
consuls have made arrangements in ac-
cordance with which the British cruiser
Peacock is to take 10000 rations and
clothing to the Spanish prisoners in the
Albay and Camarines provinces.
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