Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-30
IN WHEELING, W.. A THURSDAY, MARCH 1889
THE Army SWEEPING ONWARD.
Americans Resume the Advance on
AguinaldO's Capital.

Americans Resume the Advance on
AgulnaldO's Capital.
THE TNSURGENT FORCES DRIVEN
BEYOND BOCAVE-THE AMERI-
GAN FORWARD MOVEMENT
MET BUT SLIGHT RESISTANCE
-BY TEN O'CLOCK, GENERAL
MARTHUR'S FORCES HAD AID
vANCED THREE MILES-REB-
ELS BURNING EVERYTHING
BEHIND GREENHOUSES De-
SERTED WITH MONEY AND
VALUABLES LYING ABOUT Elk
POSED.
Washington, March 29.-The follow
ing advices from Manila were received
by the War Department tonight:
Manila, March 80.
Adjutant General, Washington.
Macarthur advanced at yesterday
morning from Marilao. Passed rapidly
to Bocave. At eleven forty-five took
UP advance for Bigaa, and at three
fifteen afternoon, for Guiguinto, three
and one half miles from Malolos, reach
ing that point at five. Casualties for
the day about seventy. Fierce fight
ing in the afternoon. Troops made
crossing of river at Guiginto by work
ing artillery over railroad bridge by
hand and swimming mules against
fierce resistance. Column will pass on.
Railroad to extreme front nearly re-
paired and will re-3upply troops to-
day.
(Signed), OTIS.
Manila, March 29-The American
army advanced at six O'Clock this
morning, sweeping onward three miles
before ten o'clock and driving the reb
els beyond Bocave, to the east of Buca-
Ian, and on the railroad leading to
Malolos.
Our troops met with but slight re-
s.stance.
The Filipinos fired volleys yesterday
evening for the purpose of drawing the
American fire and disclosing the locali-
ty of our positions.
Two men of the Pennsylvania regi-
ment and one man belonging to the Da-
kota regiment were wounded. The
Americans remained silent.
The country between Marilao and
Manila presents a picture of desola-
ton. Smoke is curling from hundreds
of ash heaps, and the remains of trees
and fences torn by snrapnel are to be
seen everywhere. The general appear
ance of the country is as if it had
been swept by cyclone. The roads
are strewn with furniture and cloth
ing dropped in flight by the Filipinos.
The only persons remaining behind are
a few aged persons, too infirm to es-
cape. They camp beside the ruins of
the former homes and beg passersby
for any kind of assistance. The ma
jority of them are living on the gen.
crosby of or soldiers, who give them
portions of their rations. The dogs OF
the Filipinos cover in the bushes, still
terrified and barking, while hundreds
of pigs are to be seen searching for
food.
Bodies of dead Filipinos are strand
ed in the shadows of the river or in
the jungle, where they crawled to die or
were left in the wake of the hurriedly
retreating enemy.
The inhabitants who fed from Mar
ilao and Meycauayan left in such
panic that on tables our soldiers found
spread money and valuables, and in
the rooms were trunks containing other
property of value. This was the case
in most of the houses deserted. They
were not molested by the soldiers, but
the Chinese who slip in between the
armies are looting when they can, and
have taken possession of several
houses, over which they raised Chinese
flags, some of which were torn down.
An old woman was found hidden in a
house at Meycauayan yesterday, just
dead, apparently from fright and hun
ger
Manila, March 29-7:35 p. NAT
daylight Gen. MacArthur's division ad-
vanced from Marilao along the rail-
road to Bigaa, five miles distant, with
the Nebraska, South Dakota and Penn
sylvania regiments on the right, and
the Kansas and Montana regiments
and the Third artillery on the left.
Gen. Wheaton's brigade is in reserve.
The American forces met with strong
opposition in the jungle. First one
Nebraskan, then one Pennsylvania
and afterwards two of the Montana
regiments were killed. Thirty-five were