Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-11
TROOPS LANDED UNDER FIRE
A Spectacular Debarkation Of Amer
leans at San Fabian.

leans at San Fabian.
INSURGENTS WE'RE CONCEALED
BEHIND SAND BREASTWORKS
AND HELD THEIR PLACES UN-
DER COMMANDMENT BY GUN
BOATS, BUT SCATTERED AND
FLED WHEN THE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS RUSHED WAIST
DEEP THROUGH THE SURF,
FORMED IN LINE AND POURED
VOLLEYS INTO THEM-GEN.
OTIS REPORTS ON TUESDAYS
ENGAGEMENT.
MANI A, November 1O.-5: SIS p. m
The landing of the American troops
at San Fabian Tuesday was the most
spectacular affair of the kind since
, Gen. Skaters Decentralization at
Daiquiri. The cooperation of the
troops and the navy was complete.
The gunboats maintained a terrific
bombardment for an hour, while the
troops rushed waist deep through the
surf under a heavy but badly aimed
rife fire from the insurgent trenches,
and charged right and left, pouring
volley after volley at the fleeing rebels.
Forty Filipinos were captured, mostly
on-commissioned officers. Several in
surgent dead and five wounded were
found in buiSiing which had suffered
considerably from the bombardment
The town was well fortified. The sand
dunes were rivetted with bamboo
twenty feet thick, which afforded
fine cover.
When the transports arrived in the
gulf they found the gunboats Princeton,
Bennington and others waiting. After
consultation with Gen. Wheaton, Com
mander Knox, of the Princeton, and
Commander Sheridan, of the Benning-
ton, anchored on the shallow, two
miles off shore. The gunboats formed
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Manila close inshore. With the first
gun of the bombardment the small
boats were filled rapidly, without con-
fusion by Major Cronites battalion of
the Twenty-third infantry, and Captain
Bucks battalion of the Thirteenth in
fantry. While the line of boats moved
shoreward, the gunboats poured the
full force of their batteries into the
trenches, soon forcing the insurgents to
nee through the burrows dug back of
the trenches. About 200 men held their
places until the keels of the boats
grated on the shore when their Mauser
bullets commenced to sing overhead.
! The battalion formed in good order.
Captain Buck, with Pierce's and Pat
toms companies, pursued the insur-
gents on the left, into the bamboo
thickets. On the right was frail foot
| bridge across the river, leading to the
towns.
Gen. Wheaton personally command
ing, ordered charge across the bridge
and Captain Rowland of his staff, led
Coleman's and Elliott's companies of
the Thirteenth and Shields company
of the Twenty third, who behaved
splendidly under their first fire into the
town, which was found to be nearly de-
serted, except by the aged and some
Spaniards who had hidden in the
buffalo wallows, and who came shout
ing delightedly toward the Americans.
Two companies of the Twenty-third
had a skirmish along the Dagupan
road with the retreating Filipinos.
Major Shields of the staff. with his
command captured several insurgents.
The troops camped in the rain dur
ing the night, and in the morning Gen.
Wheaton established headquarters in
church, quartered his men in the
houses and sent the captured F'ilipinos
beyond the outposts, with orders not to
return
The inhabitants describe all the roads
as practically impossible and say they
believe Aguinaldo has secreted yacht
in the river Longapo, near Subig, for
use in his fight when he finds his cap
ture is inevitable.
Wednesday was devoted to reconnais-
sances. Major Logan went northward
to Santo Tomas and burned the Fill
pino barracks. Captain Bucks Thir-
teenth went to San Jacinto and dis
posed of small bands Marshs Twenty
third went toward Magdalen, on the
Dagupan road, and had several sharp
fights with small parties. They killed
eight men, brought in twenty prisoners
and had five men wounded.
The Santo Tomas road seems to be
the only possible means of retreat for
a large body north from Tarlac, and
Gen. Wheaton commands it. The in
surgents of this section are going to
reinforce Tarlac. The battleship Ore
gon has arrived here from Hong Kong.
Captain Chenoweth and Lieutenants
Davis, Van Horn and Bradford, with
two companies of the Seventeenth reg
iment, accommodating northeast OF
Mabalacal, attacked and routed a bat
talon of insurgents, killing 29 of them.
hree Americans were wounded.
Gen. Wheaton reports by the Ben
nington that when the landing was
made at San Fabian the insurgents en-
coutered were 800 recruits who were
on their way to Dagupan, where they
expected the expedition to land. They
retreated to the mountains. Twenty
eight Spanish prisoners were rescued
The report of the landing at Linga-
yen was brought by the commander of
the Manila, who saw the fight. He got