The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-11
THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN
AMERICAN TROOPS WOW 4 CTIYE IN
 NORTH OF LUZON.

The Landing at San Fabian n Spectacu-
 lar rAffair-Co-operation of Troops and
 Navy Complete-Gunboats Maintain
 Terrific Bombardm ment-Rebels Driven
 from Their Trenches s-Aguinaldo'n
 Flight.
 landing of the American troops at
 San Fabian on Tuesday was the most
 spectacular affair of the kind since
 General Shafter's decentralization at
 Daiquiri. The cooperation of the
 troops and the navy was complete. The
 gunboats maintained a terrific bom-
 bardment for an hour while the troops rushed waist deep through the surf un-
 der, heavy but badly armed rifle fire from the insurgent trenches and charg- ed right and left, pouring volley after volley at the feeling rebels. Forty Fi- lipinos were captured, mostly non-com- missioned officers. Several insurgent dead and five wounded were found in building which had suffered consider ably from the bombardment. The town was well fortified. The sand dunes were rivetted with bamboo twen- ty feet thick which afforded fine cov- CT.
 The troops camped in the rain during the night and in the morning General Wheaton established his headquarters in church, quartered his men in the houses and sent the captured Filipinos beyond the outposts, with orders not to return. The inhabitants describe all . tho roads as practically impossible, and say they believe Aguinaldo has se- creted a yacht in the River Longapo, near Subig, for use in his flight when he finds his capture otherwise inevit- able.
 Wednesday was devoted to recon Major Logan went north- ward to Santo Tomas and burned the barracks. Captain Bucks Thirteenth went to San Jacinto and disposed of small bands Marsh's went toward Magdalen on the Dagupan road and had several sharp engagements with small partiess
  twenty prisoners and had five men wounded The Santo Tomas road seems to be the only possible means of retreat for large body north from Tarlac, and General Wheaton com mands it. The insurgents of this sec ton are going to reinforce Tarlac. The Oregon has arrived here from Hong Kong. Captain Chynoweth and Lieutenants Davis, Van Horne and Bradford, with two companies of ,the Seventeenth regiment, accommodating northeast of Mabalacal, have attacked and routed battalion of insurgents, killing twenty-nine of them. Three Americans were wounded. General reports by the Bennington hat when the landing was made at San Fabian the insurgents encountered were on their way to Dagupan, where hey expected the expedition to land. They retreated to the mountains. Twen- weight Spanish prisoners were res- ,ued. The report of the landing at Lingayan was brought by the com nander of the Manila, who saw the ight He got the geography mixed.
 It has been raining hard during the week., handicapping Generals MacAr- hur and Lawton. The transportation S the chief difficulty. In the advance General Lawton depended on the river o get his supplies. The San Isidro iver is fed by mountain streams and S. alternately, too shallow for naviga- ion or too swift. Two and three aunches were necessary to pull the cas- Q, moving the supplies from San Isi- lro and the mule trains moving supplies rom San Isidro over the muddy roads made only two or three miles day and he troops were short on rations much f the time The only provisions the ountry yields are rice, a few chickens nd buffalo The officers carry sup- 'ly of cash to pay the natives literally or all they take. The highlands are ool and the health of the troops Is ,ood
 General Young has captured another arge quantity of insurgent munitions f wsr, which they were obliged to cave in their hurried retreat. General facArthur is bringing supplies from lngeles by the use of mule and carabo cams. Reconnaissance along the ront have discovered the insurgents trongly entrenched before Bamban, Iith several cannon and a rapid fire un, but they are short of ammunition.
 Major Bell has been engaged in mother daring exploit. While scout 1g with five officers and two men of he Thirty-sixth infantry and Lieuten- mt Hawkins and ten men Of the Fourth avalry he crept behind trench con- aiming hundred Filipinos, rode them own and killed and wounded twenty len and captured six. He also brought ack thirty Mausers.