The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-13
MARCHING DOWN AGAIN.
General schwan's Troops Return
ing to Their Former Positions.
TO RELEASE TIE PRISONERS.

complished Its Object-RebeIs HID
Their Guns When They Saw supe-
Flor Force Approaching.
Manila, Oct. 13.-General Schwan's
expedition having accomplished Its OBJ,
5ect, the troops are all returning to
their former positions, abandoning the
towns taken.
General Schwan is en- route from
Perez da Marinas to linus, with the
infantry. while the artillery and cav
airy and all mule teams are retracing
their route from Malabon to Bacoor,
with the signal corps removing the
wires. General Trias, with the organ
lied bodies Of Insurgents. retreated to
SLANG and Indang, at the base Of the
mountain.
The movement Of United States
troops was fine display of American
generalship and energy, while the Fill
pinos adopted what General Ale5an-
drino terms 'our peculiar method Of
warfare"
The whole country is an immense
swamp, and the Filipinos never ex-
pected that the Americans could or
would attempt to invade 1t during the
wet season. Moreover, the line Of
march furnished. a succession Of sur
prises, the advancing troops being gen.
orally attacked from unexpected points.
In Cavite province the scene of the
hottest fights and their greatest sue
cesses over the Spaniards, the Filipinos
might have been expected to make a
resolute stand. II anywhere, but after
their whippings at Cavite Viejo and
Noveleta their tactics consisted chiefly
In continuous exhibition of their
agility and their transformation from
warriors to Amigos.
The marines, while accommodating
about the scene Of Sundays encounter,
find that the trenches have already
been reoccupied. although the enemy
man Tested more than their usual will
lingAess to retreat before the Amert-
cans. Armed bands have reappeared
along the shore road between Bacoor
and Rosario, and the troops return
ing by that route expect another fight
at Rosario.
At Malabon the Americans corraled
200 or 800 natives supposed to be fight
ing men. A few Of them were caught
with arms in their hands, but large
numbers were found In hiding dressed
In. khaki, like the American uniform.
A majority Of them were in the garb
of Amigos, but they are suspected
Of shooting at the troops from houses,
growing habit, which flourished
throughout the advance whenever
small parties of Americans strayed
from the main body. The prisoners are
a white elephant on the hands Of the
spent an unhappy night incarcerated
In church.
The prisoners, with the exception of
those caught red handed, will be re-
leased, as. owing to the fact that the
insurgents have SO many more men
than guns, the keeping of prisoners
is a useless expense unless the policy
of recommendation which General Wey-
Ter pursued is tN be adopted.
In conversation with press repre-
sentative lea1ing merchant Of
Rosario remarked: "They will all be
engaged in their OLD business as soon
as released"
When asked where the army had
gone the merchant replied: "A ma
|ority of them are here, They simply
hid their guns when they saw SUI
perior force approaching"
The fighting falls the hardest on the
women and children. Hundreds of
hem spent the night before the Ameri-
,ans reached Rosario in boats, the bay
'or miles being crowded with small
raft containing non-combatants, few
II whom remained in the town.
A native priest and an uncle Of Cen
raj Trias were discovered in thu Fill
,ino arsenal outside the town. They
ire credited with being two of the
'illars of the instruction, but they
'igorously proclaim their innocence.
General Young, with two battalions
4 the Twenty-fourth infantry, nine
roops of the Fourth cavalry, and tho
couts of the Thirty-seventh infantry,
oft Santa Ana at Z o'clock yesterday
nd occupied Arayat at 8. after a
kirmish lasting half an hour. The
nemy estimated at 300 men, retreated
oward Magellan. The swampy char
cter of the country prevented the use
cavalry. The men of the Twenty
)urth charged the trenches. The
nemy set the town on fire and sue
eeded in burning small section.
i've dead and three wounded Filipinos {
ere left on the field. The Americans /
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