The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-09

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3:15 p. m.--General Schwan's column.
/ consisting of the Thirteenth infantry,
battalion of the Fourteenth two
troops of cavalry, Captain Rei1Iy's bat
terry of the Fifth artillery and Loves
scouts, advanced from Bac0or this
morning and occupied Cavfte Viejo
and Novelette,.
The American loss was three officers
and mine privates wounded one OF the
officers being m0rtally hurt. The loss
of the enemy is unknown. but the
bodies of three Filipinos We're SEEM.
There were two sharp fights near
Noveleta- loves scouts first encoun-
tered the enemy near Cavite Viejos and
soon put them to flight, continuing
their advance.
Captain Saffold's battalion OF the
Thirteenth regiment. with two COM
panies of the Fourteenth and a num-
ber Of TagalOs scouts. Captain Nc
GFath commanding the troops Of the
Fourth cavalry and Captain Reilly's
battery, came upon the enemy in q
strongly entTenched position on the
road between Cavite NleJ0 and low
eleta. A fight lasting half an hour fol-
lowed, resulting in the enemy's being
driven back. The American forces
sustained considerable losses in this
engagement, the men being shot from
the trenches and shacks along the road.
The column then pressed ON To- Nov
eleta, which they found deserted. and
viii remain there tonight.
Navy Participated.
The marines and naval forces Coop
Grated with the troops. The gunboats
Wheeling, Petrol and Callao lay off@the
shore near Novelette,, and threw shells
into that town and Santa Cruz for an
no
rines to land. Two battalionss con-
sisting of $50 marines. under Colonel
Elliott advanced along. the peninsula
from Cavite to Noveleta. The only
way was by narrow road through
swamps.
A mile beyond the marines outpost
the column was suddenly encountered
with a volley from the trenches across
the road. A flank movement was exc
cuted and the insurgents We're driven
from the trenches, the marines wading
through rice fields. in turning the flank
of tine enemy, who TetTeated to strong
sand forts across the creek dividing
the peninsula, destroying the bridge
across the stream.
The marines waded through more
rice fields, forded the river in water
to their shoulders and carried the forts.
meeting with feeble resistance, the
first encounter having disheartened the
enemy. Squads were sent to Noxeleta
and burned the town and huts all along
the road from which the enemy com
menced the firing. There a. junction
was formed with the scouts, who had
been sweeping the swamps and thick
cts. Thence the marines returned to
Cavite, thoroughly exhausted.
Lawton Not There. @
Lieutenant Wynne, with a three
FOUNDER, did good execution during the
advance. General Lawton was not in
personal command of today's move
m6nts.
Captain Cewles' battalion Of the
Fourth infantry. while accommodating
today. found body of several hundred
insurgents near San Nicolas. After
brisk fight lasting thTee-quarters| Of an
hour, the enemy was driven or In
this engagement the American casual
ties were four men slightly wounded.
Six of the enemy were killed. but the
number of wounded is not known.
The bad condition of the roads made
the progress of the artillery Slow