Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
RUSHING THE REBELS
General Otis Keeps Up His Energetic Hunt
for Fleeing Filipinos.
is PRESSING FORWARD TOWARD MAloloS
Proposes to Close Up tho Campaign as
Soon as Possible,
BATTLE CONTINUES ALL DAY ON MONDAY
Insurgents Destroy Bridges and Impede the
Progress of Artillery.
AMERICAN CASUAL TIES ARE ABOUT FORTY
Insurgents Leave About One Hundred
,TTLe CONTINUES ALL DAY ON MONDAY
AMERICAN CASUAL TIES ARE ABOUT FORTY
Insurgents Leave About One Hundred
of Their Dead On the Field
ApuinaIdo Commands His
Forces in Person,

WASHINGTON. March 27.--A cable dis.
patch has been received from General ot,
saying that the battle continued all day Oh
March %, with the loss of about forty on
the American side He says that the troops
will press forward in the morning. Aguinaldo
commanded the insurgents in person. 1t is
supposed that the dispatch was sent on the
evening of Monday, March "a.
The following is the dispatch received
bulletin. 1t reached Washington at S.55
Monday morning:
MANILA, March 27.--Adjutant General,
Washington; Macarthur holds Maliloa,
severe lighting today and our casualties
about forty. The insurgents have destroyed
bridges, which impeded progress of train
and artillery Our troops met the concen-
trated insurgent forces on northern line,
commanded by Aguinaldo in person, and
drove them with considerable slaughter.
They left nearly 100 dead on the field and
many prisoners and small arms were cap
tured The column will press on in the
morning. OTIS
MANILA, March 27.-3:25 p. m.-General
MacArthur's division spent the night and
morning at Maykawayan, the next station
beyond Polo After reconnoitering his front
he pushed along the railroad this afternoon
toward Malolos, If the statement of the
thirty-hve prisoners captured today is true
to Malolos There are no more trenches to
encounter. although over thirty villages, in
cluding the larger settlements of Bulacan
and Gudguinto, intervene.
Call TO Arms.
At every railroad station circulars have
been posted. signed by the Filipino COM
nander-in-ch Antonio Luna, ordering all
spies and bearers of news to the enemy to
be shot without trial and instructing that
all looters and ravishers, be treated in the
, same manner. i'trther, Iii towns abandoped
; by the Filipino tfuUp3 are first TO he burned.
While deploring the existence of war, the
circular maintains the undeniabe right OF
the Filipinos to defend their homes, lives
and lands against would be dominators who
would kill them, their wives and children"
adding that this motive ought to impel all
Flipinos to sacrifice everything.
The sheling of Paranaque was not pre-
meditated The turret ship Monadnock
anchored off the town and the insurgents,
emboldened by the long silence of the war
ships on guard duty, opened fire on 1t with
muskets, with the result that one man was
killed and three were wounded. The Monad-
mock then destroyed half the town, including
the church.
The Washington regiment had an exciting
experience and displayed much gallantry.
The soldiers found band of insurgents con-
cealed in a stone house over which the
French flag was flying. A private volun-
teered to set fire to the building. He did
so and the troops approached while it was
burning and the Filipinos had apparently
fed. But they were greeted with a sudden
volley from the balcony of the house, result
ing in the building being cleared of the
enemy in short order