Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-17
FOUGHT IN THE MUD.
Gen. MacArtbur,s Soldiers Attack and
Defeat Large Portion of the Fill
pinO Army.


Manila, Aug. 1O.-Details of Gen.
NacArthur's advance beyond San Fer
nando yesterday show that the Amer
leans covered five miles in the first i've
hours and at 2 o'clock had advanced
six miles along the railway. stretch
ing on each side of it for TWO miles
and resting at night three miles from
angeles, which will be made the nor
thern base of operations, instead of
San Fernando. where IL garrison of
500 men has been left. The casual
ties are between 80 and 40. The Fill
pinos were surprised, expecting
American forces to move against IicO.
They followed their usual tactics of
holding their trenches until they be-
came too warm and then retreating
in disorder.
The Twelfth and Seventeenth regi-
ments had the sharpest engagements
The country our troops passed over
is covered with rice fields and bamboo
thickcts, the hardest possible ground
for marching. The mud, in places,
was knee deep.
Angeles is one of the richest towns
north of Manila and is considered Il
better base of operations than San
Fernando.
The American position had long been
unpleasant. The rebels almost sur
rounded the town and fred nearly
nightly into it, the Americans not re-
plying, except on extreme provocation.
1t was necessary to keep 500 to 600
men on outpost duty constantly.
The attack was opened at o'clock
in the morning, a battery of the First
artillery shelling Bacolor, on the left.
simultaneously Bells Thirty-sixth in
fantry struck Racolor from the rear
and drove the rebels out. Armored
cars. each with Il siX-pounder and two
Gatling revolving cannon on board,
then moved out on the railroad track
in the center of our lines. Soon after
wards these guns did sharp execution.
Battery NJ, of the Third artillery, and
100 men of the Iowa regiment made
feint towards Mexico, while the main
body of troops, consisting of the Iowa
regiment, the Seventeenth regiment
md battalion OF the Twenty-second,
under Gen. Wheaton on the right. and
the Ninth regiment, Twelfth regiment
and BELLS regiment, under Gen. Lis
cum, on the left. advanced steadily.
pouring their fire into the rebels and
receiving a heavy fire in return.
The rebels were well protected by
trenches and seemd not TO lack ammu-
milton. But they were unable to
Withstand for any length of time the
hail of shots our artillery and infan-
try poured in on them and retreated.
leaving many dead and wounded or
the field. \ dozen prisoners were
captured by our troops. The weather
was extremely hot and our troops suf-
fered greatly.
Capt. Deems. with a provost guard.
has captured a noted Filipino faltir.
who. by means of ventriloquism, has
persuaded the natives that he has
supernatural powers. He raised much
money, ostenSibly for the insurrec-
ton. which he kept for himself Our
soldiers surrounded his house and
corralled 30 Filipinos. Many others
escaped. The troops also captured
$1,000.
manuel as the falir is generally
known, has been predicting the fall
of Manila. His 'prophecies" have
created excitement among the natives
who believe them.
Reports from rebel sources say 15C
Filipinos were killed in Gen. Halls en-
gagement at Calamba and in the sub
sequent skirmiSheS.