Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-08
DISPERSED
Gen. Halls Column Drives
the Insurgents From Their
Strongholds.
REBELS FLEE IN DISORDER
Had Every Advantage But Could No,
stand Before American VaIor-But
Small Losses on our side Found
Antipoio the Rebels strongest
Position Deserted.


Mania, June ID p m'-Gel. liars COL
umH h the movement upon the MotonS
peninsula competed circuit OF twenty
miles over rough and mountainous coun-
try having Two engagements with the IN
surgehts' one OF them severe, ana Keep
lhS UP an almost constant IRE agaEst
scattered Dahds OF reDeIs Tor nearly II
hours from ! O'CLOCK saturday morning,
wheh the column lert the pumping sta
tol'
Inc flIlplnos were driven In every dIec-
tlon ana the country through whIch Oicn.
/ Han passed was pretty thoroughly clear
4 cd. AT ~ CLOCK TINS morning the column
reached n point few miles from TaytaN,
Wheh zen. nan was met ny Ten. Lawtoh,
who had already entered the town and
found IT deserted
Gen. Halls objective point was Antipolo,
ten miles Off and there was desultory fir
ing all along the line of march. The gun
boats could he heard shellng the hills in
advance OF the column.
the column after driving the rebels from
the foot hills near Maria Chino about
noon yesterday with loss of but two or
three slightly wounded, proceeded with
all possible haste toward Laguna De Bay,
the FOURTH cavalry in the lead, the ore
son regiment, Texas and the Fourth IN
fantry last. At B O'Clock these three reGi-
ments fought their second battle of the
DAY, ana II resulted, like the first. IN the
complete rout OF a large Filipino force To-
Gated in the mountains and having every
advantage OF position In this fight the
American loss was four killed-three Of
the Fourth Cavalry and one Oregonian-
ana about 10 wounded. The Filipino loss
cou!d not be ascertahed but the eirilc
fire which the Americans poured into them
FOR malt an hour must have inflicted SCI
we're punishment. In this engagement our
troops made one of tho most gallant
charges or the war ana the enemy was
forced to flee in the greatest disorder.
1t was the intention TO press on to An
tpolo last night but this was found i'm
. possible owing to the two fights and the
. constant marching for more than Il houl 5
with nothing TO eat since morning and no
? supply train in sight. The troops, more
: over, suffered from the Intense heat many
being Irostrated and all greatly exhausted
Consequently they bivouacked for the
, night on the second battlefield.
, Tne cavalry, the Oregonians and two
, companies of the 4th infantry had Just
crossed small creek about O'Clock yes
terday afternoon and entered upon sun
Ken road from which they were emerging
upon small valley surrounded on all
sides by high and heavily wooded hills
, when the rebels, concealed in the noun
tains on the three sides of the plain, open
ed hot fire and sent showers of bullete
= into the ranks of the Americ ans. The lat
9 ter dcployed Immediately in three drec-
2 tons.
f Then followed charge across the rice
t fields and ditches and up the hillsides
c from "hlch me shots came all the TIME
. pouring in terrific hail, while the AIR re-
= sounded with the constant rattle OF mus
e kerry
The 4th cavalry being in front, suffered
e the seVerest loss when the attack opened
e two of their killed being sergeants, anf
e the other private. Inc OreGoniah klllec
o was "A private,
n Inc natives we're unahie 10 sI"hd lI'
Y vigorous Using OF the Americans long an'
d az the hrst sign OF thelr WaNerlhg' 'h'
t cavalry, Oregonlans ana an iniahtrH mel
$ broke INTO wild chccrs ana chareed SUI
n faster up the hlllslde' pouring IN Nohe3
II after Nofley until the enemy ielt the pace
$ where they were parually cohceaed ~
3 the thlcket hed over the sun mt III w
Y widest CONFUSION ana disappeared !" tH
o surrounding valleys
: AFTER the fght was over the nr'hs w"