The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-20
REBELS SEVERELY PUNISHED.
WHEATON'S MEN KILLED ABOUT
200 OF THEM AT TAGUIG.


Jungle for Distance OF Eleven
MiIes-Much Property of the Insur-
gents Destroyed and Captured.
Americans Lost Two Killed and
Twenty WOunded-Armed Tugs
Doing Good Work.
Manila, March 19-Some of the rebels
recently expelled from Cavite and the
small towns in the vicinity of Pasig COM
bined forces, and last night, as already
cabled attacked company of the Wash
ington Volunteers, a detached post at Ia
guig, about a mile and a half southeast
of Pasg.
Gen. Wheaton Immediately reinforced
the. Americans with two companies each
of the Washington and the oregon regi-
ments. The post had held the enemy in
check, and the fire of the reinforcing com
panies repulsed them, driving them across
to an island formed by the Estuary. They
were thus in front of the Twenty-second
Regiment.
On discovering that they were entrapped,
they fought desperately, aided materially
by the jungle and the darkness, but they
were completely routed with heavy loss,
after two hours fighting.
The Americans lost two killed and twen-
ty wounded, among the latter Lieut.. Frank
Jones.
Wheaton Went to Hunt Them.
Gen. Wheaton determined to punish the
natives, and at daybreak to-day his bri-
gade started in the following order: The
Sixth Artillery, holding the extreme right;
the Oregon Volunteers, heading the CEN
ter; the Washington regiment keeping to
the edge of the lake, and the Twenty-sec-
ond Regulars occupying the right of the
line, which swept the whole country along
the lake, in a southeasterly direction, to-
ward Gen. Ovenshines position.
The line, thus extended over two miles
of country, rough and covered with thick
jungle advanced eleven miles. The en-
eniy fed, the last of them being seen about
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon. At scarcely
any time did the Americans get within
1900 yards of them.
The troops are returning to Pasig to-
night, exhausted by the hard work under
a hot sun. The Oregon regiment had one
man killed and four wounded, and the
Twenty-second Regulars one wounded.
According to the official reports, no fewer
than 200 Fnipinos were killed.
Much Property Destroyed.
Gen. Otis says the American army and
gunboats now command the lake. He es-
Inmates that property of the insurgents
valued at $500,OO0 has been destroyed, while
quantities of rice and sugar, and 400 tons
of coal, which is very valuable here, have
been captured.
Many prisoners represent that the Fill
pino soldiers are weakening. The gener-
Gus treatment that the Americans admin
ister to the native prisoners and wounded
seems to influence the insurgent army
powerfully. In the opinion of the Ameri-
cans, however the Filipino leaders will
continue to provoke fighting just as long
as they can retain their hold upon their
followers, because they have everything to
gain and nothing to lose.
The enemy have twice as many men on
their firing lines as they have arms. and
the fact that so few arms are captured
by the Americans is because the guns of
the wounded Filipinos and many of those
who surrender are spirited away.
Work of the Armed Tugs.
The armed tugs Laguna de Bay and
Oeste have returned from San Pedro Ma
cati and reported the results of their tour
of the lake. On Friday morning last they
oiStiSu lHc lOWn VI AlOTeDB, the feDelS
fleeing without making any response to the
fire. The Americans landed a party, which
destroyed a quantity of stores and all the
stone buildings. except the church.
The expedition then proceeded to Ma
Jayjay, where sugar mill and sawmill
were destroyed.
On arriving at Santa Cruz, a town of
1,2O0 inhabitants, it was found that the
enemy was strongly entrenched and pre-
pared to defend the position, assisted by
two gunboat5 and several launches. More
over, the mouth of the river was blocked
with rocks and bamboo
few shells caused an exodus of the
citizens, but not of the enemy's troops.
The Americans did not attempt a landing.
Capt. Grant, who is in charge of the ex-
petition asks for reinforcements and prob
ably will take Santa Cruz tomorrow.
The troops that accompanied the expe-
diton were detachment of the Twenty
third Regiment under Capt. Pratt. which
was towed by the gunboat on a Casco-a
square ended fiat bottomed boat, used bv
the Fflipinos as a lighter. The Americans
had captured four Cascoes at Mataytav.
where they encamped on Friday night.
FIGHT OF WHEATON's BRIGADE.