Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-08
STILL CHASING REBELS
bur Troops Gain Fresh Laurels at San
Juan del Monte.
WORK OF HALE'S BRIGADE.
Following I'p Successes at San TOlnn
and Mariquinn. Boys In Blue
Put Thousands of Fill
pinOs to Flight.

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man. the Manila correspondent of TIL
Journal, cables as follows:
The insurgent forces at San Juan de
Monte, which numbered several thou
sand. have been driven from their pc
sitions with great loss.
A conference of the regimental ant
brigade commanders was held at day
| break, and the attack was then decided
upon.
In order that the entire rebel force
might be encompassed and driven in re-
treat in q body the lines If Genera
Hale's brigade swept forward in the
form OF "V," with the open ends to-
ward the Pasig river.
The form of advance inclosed the
rebel position completely and permitted
a terrible concentration. of fire. The
positions of the American forces were
| as follows:
On the west. the Wyoming regiment;
on the northeast, the Nebraska and
Twentieth infantry. On the river side
gunboat was detailed for the action
to shell the enemy in retreat.
AS soon as the lines We're we'll under
way in the massed advance the Wyo-
ming regiment closed in, firing rapidly
and effectively. Suddenly one of the
companies of the regiment sprang from
the line with a cheer and, with an Off
Ger at Its head, dashed toward the in
surgent trenches.
Electrified the Lines.
1t was Company G, and the action
electrified the American lines. The 9TH
er companies Of the Wyoming regiment
leaped to the front, and the entire line
swept down upon the Filipinos.
Maintaining their fire for only short
time after the roaring charge, the reb-
els leaped from their earthworks and
fed. closely pressed. Retreat was cut
off in all directions, save toward the
Pasig river, and as the insurgents
turned that way they were met by a
pitiless Smelling by the gunboat.
The infantry lines closed in at once
from the east. The Nebraska regiment
was led by Colonel Votsenburg, who
carried his men forward with great
speed.
In the woods the rebels We're scattered
into small bands and driven along the
river front. The loss of the insurgents
was very heavy, the accurate fire of the
5uhoooS N1SoSih6 ptehiS III ZIG liCSliS
lines.
The only casualty to the American
forces was the wounding of Private
Speach Of the Nebraska regiment.
The American forces We're halted at
the river for rest. The insurgents had
been utterly routed.
This engagement was the following
up of the advance made Monday by
General Hale's brigade in San Tolan
and Mariquina. 1t was then that the
Americans met and defeated the lar
gest body of natives yet encountered.
General Wheaton's brigade was also
in action. the fighting having spread to-
ward his flank.
Had Eight Fieldpieces.
The Colorado Nebraska and Wyo-
ming regiments, with eight fieldpieces,
the Utah regiment and two companies
of the Oregon infantry We're in the
fighting line. In the rear the Twen-
tieth infantry was held in reserve.
Resistance was made by the natives
the moment the American troops APP
preached San Tolan. Their fire was not
effective. however, while the marks
of the western regiments was
superb.
The troops in General Wheaton's bril-
gade We're the California, Idaho and
Washington regiments and the Sixth
regular artillery.
In the face of the telling fire the reb-
els chung to their position before the
towns until shells from a river gunboat
began dropping among them. Then the
American infantrymen advanced, and
the rebels fled from their earthworks.
They carried some of their dead and
wounded with them, but a great num-
Der were left upon the field of battle.
Eight Americans We're wounded
There has been considerable skir-
along the outpost lines in the
district around San Tolan and San
Pedro. The insurgents to the number
Of $50 had dragged two fleldpieces to an
near San Pedro and had
so set them up as to have a flank fire
upon General Wheaton's position. They
were attacked and their gunners routed
The conditions in Negros island are
said to be improving. Commerce is
alive again. Business at Ilolo, how
aver, is dead. Skirmishing beyond the
,ity continues at intervals.