The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-17
REBEL DEFEAT At PASIG.
The FiIipinos Flee Before General
Wheaton's Flying Column
pATER0S AND TAGUIG TAKEN.

Seven Hours of Fighting-Pateros Burned
Rebels Suffer Heavy L~osses-only
Two of Our Men Billed-we Capture
Fifty Canoes Loaded with Supplies
400 Prisoners in Our Hands,.
MANILA, Philippine Islands (By Cable).-
The American forces are now in possession
OF the town Of Pasig, one OF the obIectives
OF their forward movement from San Pedro
Macati, but the place was not captured I'M
til after seven hours desperate fighting, In
which the rebels lost heavily In killed,
wounded and prisoners.
During the past few days the enemy had
been concentrating in Pasig and the coun-
try In that neighborhood. On Tuesday
General Wheston's provisional brigade
twice drove the Filipinos out of the town
but as soon as the American fire from the
opposite sido Of the Pasig River and from
the improvlsed gunboats slackenei they
returned, depending on the river as an OBJ
stacle to prevent any further advance by
the Americans on the tow itself.
Late on Tuesday n battalion otthe Sec
ond Oregon Infantry succeeded in crossing
the river, and Wednesday morning they
were followed by a battalion OF the Twen-
tieth Regular Infantry, three companies OF
the First Washington Infantry and two
more companies Of the Second Oregon Reg
iment, with two guns OF Scott's battery of
the Sixth Artillery.
The operations OF these troops were
directed against Pasig. They were aided
by the armoured tugboats. which again
rendered excellent service. The insurgents
held their positions stubbornly, but In the
end were compelled to leave their trenches.
T. AI~- H@an NO "A 6fl-
organized mob, again proving that they
cannot fight except when behind de-
fences.
Meanwhile the remaining companies OF
the Washington regiment, under command
OF Colonel Whally, also crossed the river
and drove the rebels out OF the towns OF
Pateros and Taguig. The volunteers were
assisted In the attack by the Fourth Cav
airy, which lanked the enemy in their
trenches at Taguig. Pateros was burned.
The ground between the Pasig River
aud Laguna de Bay was occupied by the
volunteers, and Is now held them
sasS,c s@ q 4 fhae""a.ftiyy canoes loaded with
.-yples for the rebels, and in addition
took $50 prisoners.
Taguig was the last Of the three places
to hold out. but its defense did not last
long after Pateros was captured.
Part OF the Twentieth and Twenty-sec-
ond regular infantry did not Cross the
river, but remained in reserve on the bluffs
which our forces occupied on Monday.
In Pasig alone there were 1000 rebels. In
Wednesdays fighting they lost 400 men.
The Americans took 1853 prisoners.
Our losses were very small. Privates
Van Buskerch OF the Washington regiment
and Charles Fornoff OF the Twentieth In
fantry were killed, and Thomas Rogers,
David Carroll and Marshall Coombs OF the
Twenty-second Infantry, Ralph Truman Of
the Twentieth Infantry and Rodney Church
of the Washington regiment were wounded
Speaking of the engagement, Genera
Otis said that General Wheaton's victory
was the greatest the Americans havt
achieved since February 5, when tho attacl
on Manila by the insurgents was repulsed