Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-13
FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES.
6en' roung Drives Enemy from Arayat-Gcn
Schwan Has No Fighting.

Manila, Oct. 12-6.10 p. M.-Gcn. Youn.
with two battalions of the 2fth Infantry
nine troops of the 4th Cavalry and ma
scouts Of the 37th Infantry, left SantI
Ana at o'clock, this morning. ana occu
pied Arayat at 9, after skirmish lasting
half an hour. The enemy, estimated a.
300 men, retreated toward Magalan.
The swampy character Of the country
prevented the use Of the cavalry The
men Of the 2ith charged the trenches 4 ~
emmy st the town on fire and succeeded
in burning q small section. Five dead
and three wounded Filipinos were left on
the field The Americans had one man
wounded.
Gen. Schwan's column is now between
Perez Das Marinas and linus. The roads
are very heavy and there has been no
fighting as yet.
lilo p. M.-Gen. SchWan's expedition
having accomplished its object the
troops are all returning to their for
mer position, abandoning the towns
taken. Cen Schwan is enroute from
Perez das 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 wires.
Gen. TriaS, with the organized bodies
of insurgents retreated to Slang and
indian at the base of the mountains.
The movement Of the United States
troops was a fine display of American
generalship and energy, while the Fill
pinos, adopted what Gen. Allejandrino
terms our peculiar method of war
fare"
The whole country is an immense
swamp and the Filipinos never expect
ed that the Americans could or would
attempt to invade it during the wet
season. Moreover, the line of march
furnished a succession of surprises, the
advancing troops being generally at
tackled from unexpected points
In cavitc province. the scene Of the
hottest fights and their greatest sue
cesscs over the Spaniards. the F'ilipinos
might have been expected to. make a
rcsnlutc stand. if anywhere their whip
pings al cavite, Niejo and Noveleta
their tactics consisted chiefly in a con
tinuous exhibition OF their agility and
their transformation from warriors to
amigos.
The marines. while accommodating
about the scene Of Sundays encoun-
trr find that the trenches have been al
ready reoccupied although the enemy
manifested more than the usual will
ingness to retreat before the Ameri-
cans. Armed bands have reappeared
along the shore road between Bacoor
and Rosario and the troops returning
by that route expect another fight at
Rosario. At Malabon. the Americans |
corraled 200 or 800 natives. supposed to
be fighting men, 4 few of them We're |
caught with arms in their hands, but |
large numbers We're found in hiding |
dressed in khaki like the American uni |
forms.
y majority of them were in the garb of |
amigos but they are suspected of shoot |
ing at the troops from houses. a growing |
habit, which hOurished throughout the |
advance whenevr small parties Of Amer
leans strayed from the main body. The
prisoners are a white elephant on the |
hands of the Americans. The Malabo1 |
spent an unhappy night incar
cerated in church. A native priest ANA |
an uncle of Gen. Trias Were discovered il |
the Filipino arsenal outside the town.
They are credited with being two Of the
pillars of the insurrectiOn but they Wig
orously proclaim their innocence.
The leading citizens OF Rosario are teln
canoes. laden with the American army
impcdimonts, 10 Bacoor. The prisoners,
with the exception Uf those caught rel
handed. will be released. as owing to the
fact that The insurgents have 81 many
more men than guns. the keeping of pris
OnerS is useless expense unless the
policy of recommendation which Gen.
Weylcr pursued is to be adopted
In conversation with am Associated
Of Rosario remarked: They will all hr
engaged in their Old business as soon AZ
released" When asked where the army
had gone the merchant replied: "A ma
inritY of them are here. They simply hid
their guns when they saw superior
force approaching.
The fighting falls the hardest on the
women ana children. Hundreds Of them
snent the nigh; before the Americans
reached Rosario. in boats. the hay for
miles being crowded with small craft
in the town. One woman was
shpt.
The work of the cnmmiSsary ana quar-
crmastcr's department. directed ny Cap
aims Biddle and Horton. was remarkable
throughout. The transportation of sup
llc' from Rosario to Malabon seemed to
PC impossible. The wagons had tea bc re
'catcdly unl2aded and reloaded while b.
nc dragged through the mire. Gen.
Schwan is marching back without tho
oams. I'LL the loads Of baggage being
shipped from I|acnor by canoes ana the
wagons going empty.
\ telegraph squad under Lieut.. Clark
kept the wires abreast Of the lin" 10
hut in order TO do this the
cams had IT, be abandoned ana the coils
II wire carried by coolies.