The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-31
AMERICANS VICTORIOUS.
Flag Raised Over Malolos
This Morning : Army
Feasting on Cocoanuts
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MANILA. March 81 1S9S-The American
flag was raised over Malolos at ten
o'clock this morning. The Kansas Regi-
ment and the Montana Regiment, on en-
terng the city. found 1t deserved the
tering the city, found it deserted, the
residences burning and the rebels retreat
ing to the mountains in state OF terror.
1t is believed they cannot in future make
even faint resistance. The American
loss was small.
1t is evident that the rebels for some
time past have abandoned all nope OF
found there evidences of elaborate pre-
parations for evacuation. On the railroad;
the rails and ties for about mile nad
been torn up and probably thrown INTO INTO
were a few Cinnamon They said sAglln-
aldo left Malolos or "Wednesday;
The principal citizens of Malolos, their
families and goods have been taken into
the country over the railroad, while 9th
ers departed on foot carrying their pos
sessions and driving their cattle and other
animals before them.
Most of the rebel forces were removed
yesterday evening to positions east of the
railroad, leaving only some small bands
in the strong trenches in front OF Malo-
los.
General. Macarthur started for the rebel
capital at seven o'clock this morning,
with two rapid-fire guns fianking the
track, and two guns of the Utah Battery
L.
Artillery on the left of the rapids firing
continuously. The Kansas and Montana
Regiments moved upon Malolos and the
Nebraska and Pennsylvania Regiments
and the Third Artilley kept along the
right of the railroad.
The only effective stand made by the
rebels was at a bamboo and earthen
work half a mile from Malolosand, on
the right, where the Nebraska Regiment,
as was the case yesterday, had the hard
est work and suffered the greatest loss
Colonel Funston, always at the front,
was the first man in Malolos, followed
by a group of dashing Kansans. The
Filipino flag, which was flying from the
centre of the town, was hauled down by
some men of the Montana Regiment, who
triumphantly raised their own above 1t.
From the columns of smoke arising
from the city it seems as if the whole
place was ablaze. It turned out, how
ever that only the Presidencia, or Gov
ernment Building and few of the
smaller buildings, had been set fire to by
the rebels before they evacuated the
place.
From the reports gathered by the the
others, it is believed that the rebel army
is constantly losing strength on account
of desertlons, and that although the enc
my may make one or two more STANDS,
81 the forces of Aguinaldo will degenerate,
in perhaps month, to a few hundreds
who may continue wag1ng a guerrilla
warfare in the mountains.
The American troops behaved splendid
ly. They advanced steadily against sue
cessive lines of trenches, through woods
and jungles and suffering from frightful
heat. In addition, the American volun-
teers were handicapped in fighting by the
fact that their Springfield rifles are of
shorter range than the Mauser rifles in
the hands of the rebels Under these cir
cumstances, the steady advance of our
troops is really remarkable achieve
ment.
But the most noteworthy feature of
this onward sweep of the Americans, is
the patience and endurance of the .pri-
vate soldiers. They have never hesitat-
ed to plunge across any kind of diff
cult country, against any number of the
enemy and in the face of positions of en-
tirely unknown strength.
This afternon the victorious American
Army is feasting on eocoanuts and BAN
anas and enjoying a well-earned rest,
while the hospital train is carrying the
wounded back to Manila.