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SPLENDID WORK. :,
Is Done by the American Forces in
the Advance on Calumpit.
Manila, April 25.-Gen Mac
Arthur's division fought it's way
to the Filipino trenches before
Calumpit today, advancing four
miles, mostly through woods and
jungle and across Bagbag river.
This was accomplished at cost to
the Americans of six killed and %
wounded. The First South Da-
kota were heavy losers. After
forling the river the South Da-
kotans pursued the insurgents to
the outskirts of Calumpit, but the
town was found SO strongly pro-
tected that Gen. Macarthur deem
ed it best to withdraw the tired
fighters and to go into camp for a
nights rest before making the
final assault. The largest build
ings in Calumpit were being fred
by the IFlipinos while the Ameri-
cans were crossing the river fully a
mile away, indicating the enemy's
intention to abandon the place.
The insurgents seem to have
adopted a settled policy of retiring
; from one position after another
after mfiicting the greatest pos
sible damage upon the advancing
Amerie eans. The forcestoday were
; well dllled. Every foot of ground
!. was tspaciously disputed by the
!, !, roughly organized troops, who
,, stood firm even before the artillery.
: The enemy had planned to wreck
. our artillery transport train. This
= attempt was a failure, but span
of the iron railway bridge over the
river was destroyed, hampering the
! American transportations for some
y time. The Filipinoscut thegirtler,
intending to have the structure
fall with the train, but it collapsed
: prematurely Of it's own wei ight.
Bagbag river which is about 100
! yards wide at that point WIS splen-
. didly fortified and the Americans
: were compelled to approach across
= an open space from which the
rebels had cleared every obstruc-
ton tosight
WELL ENTRENCHED.
: The bank of the river, a high
=, bluff. was surmountet] with
!. t. trenches capped with rocks, loop
N holed and partly hidden by bushes.
; Gen. Weaton's brigade approached
the river along the railway leaving
the camp beyond Malolos city.
Gen. Hale who started yesterday
was earlier on the march and
sweeping westward toward the
railway, while the armored train
was being pushed by Cinnamon,
the Twentieth Kansas regiment
advancing in extended order on
the left and the First Montana
regiment, with Utah light artillery
! on the right. The rapid fire guns
I on the train Opened the ball'' at
/. IL 80 a. M, about mile from the
river, their popping alternating con-
tinuously with the boom Of six
Founders. The Montana regiment
!, and Utah artillery batteries at the
, same time entered the jungle from
5 which the insurgents who were
S occupying the large struggling
? village of huts, poured heavy vol
! leys. In the course of an hour the
, Americans had forced a passage
: through the woods to the open
space in front of the river and the
i artillery Immediately on wheeling
5 into the open began shelling the
: Filipino trenches. In the mean
time Company X, Twentieth Kan
:, sas, led by Capt. Boltwood, per-
. formed one of the most brilliant
!, achievements of the campaign.
: The regiment was being held in
5 reserve and company K charged a
!, distance of mile over a cornfield
on the bank of the river, near the
!. bridge, where the insurgents from
the trenches were peppering the
{ armored train then about 200 yards
down the track. The company
found shelter in the ditch. Col.
Frederick Funston called for
. volunteers to Cross the river and