Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-11-21
ADVANCE OF OUR TROOPS
Lawtcn and Macarthur Push For
ward in Pursuit of Rebels.
SEVERAL SKIRMISHES.
AguinaIdo's Secretary of the Interior
Taken Prisoner-Troops subsist
on the Country.

Manila, Nov. 1876. p. m.-The first
reports received from Gen. Lawton's col
umn in three days say he is on the road
between San Nicholas and San Manuel
west of the Anago river. The swollen
rivers prevented him from reaching Gen.
Wheaton.
Maj. Swigert, with two troops of the
Third cavalry, met heavy resistance at
is Yesterday hester Yen Ne believes s
Santa Ana. Col. Vessels scattered
battalion of insurgents near Santa Ana,
Thursday, killing four Filipinos and cap
tured fifteen, without loss. Thirty-slx
guns were taken.
Balances battalion of the Twenty
second regiment had skirnlsh at Mata-
belan bridge near Rosales. The people Of
ROSales welcomed the Americans Slav-
ems scouts have reached Paranauue.
north of Tarlac. They found four loco
motives wrecked and thirteen cars sound.
Gen. Macarthur is at Corona, where the
troops were welcomed by the people.
Pursuit of AguinnIdo.
Washington, u. Co. Nov. 1S.-Two dis
ment today from Gen. Otis, giving the
details of the advance of Lawton and
Macarthur. The first dispatch says that
Gen. Macarthur entered Corona yester-
day and pushed his advance to Paniqui,
a few miles beyond. The inhabitants re-
manned in their houses, receiving the
troops hosplta oily, the first instance dur
ing the entire advance from San Fer
nando. The railroad is intact from the
Washout north of Tarlac to Paniqui, but
the engines and cars were partially de-
str0yed by the insurgents on retreating.
Sufficient rolling stock can be repaired to
insure railroad service Nothing has
been received from Gen Lawton as the
telegraph line is only working to San
lose lose, south of Carranglan and thirty-five
lniles east from Tayug. His cavalry is
reported yesterday at Bayambong rail
road station south OF Dagupan. Rein
IorcementS and supplies leave Manila for
oan fablan, Wheaton's headquarters, to-
night. The indications are that the in
surSent troops are widely scattered and
lnat some are retreating into the western
LuZon province of Sambeles.'
Under date of today Gen. Otis again
telegraphed, having received advices
from LawtOn. Gen. Otis says: "a dis.
patch from Gen. Lawton dated on the
road between San Nicholas and San
Manuel, 1915 o'clock, 18th inst, trans
mits dispatches from Gen. Young and
Maj. Balance at Asingan and RosaIes Of
November ID and 16. former moving on
Pozarrubla, about tweIve miles east of
San Fabian and twenty-five miles west
or San Nicholas, where Maj Swigert
hnds the enemy strongly intrenched.
Young and Balance have had several
sklrmlshes with the enemy, driving them
northwestward, capturing prisoners, guns
ana large amount of property. The |
troops have subsisted on the country and |
are cordially received by the inhabitants. |
1t would appear that the insurgents are |
driven northwestward off the road to
Bayongbong, their mountain capital. |
Lawton reports the drowning of Lieut. |
Luna. Thirty-fourth infantry, his aide.
and two men of his escort, in crossing |
Agho river: also reports as still missing
Lieut.. Thayer and ten men sent to COM
municate with Wheaton. He speaks of
the fortitude, endurance and cheerful
ness of command. Hayes telegraphs |
from San Isidro that he holds Agui |
naldo's secretary Of interior. Indications
now of good weather"
Pursuit of the Rebels.
Manila, Nov 17-Capt Thayer's !
troops reconnoitered Barabandon today
Urdaneta with 1900 men.
Capt. Balance moves to Rosales from
Humingan by steamboats, to prevent |
Aguinaldo's escape or his junction with
the rebels, who are reported to be rendez-
vOusing to the south between Rosales and |
Laguna de Canaren in the vicinity of !
Moncada and Aneo, where it Is said there |
are nearly 1000 insurgents Dodds !
troop of cavalry captured $4,000 pesos of
insurgent money ($69,375), which had
UteIl DuIleu III d cduN Ou tuIee ullleS ABOVE
San Nicolas. The money had been car
ried toward the mountains in a train of
bull carts. which left here on the 18th
Yesterday detail of cavalrymen cap
tured a Filipino officer and some men
near the place where the bull carts had
been abandoned.
Signal Men Prisoners.
When Lieut-Col. Howes entered Vie |
toria Filipino handed him a letter from
private in the American signal corps,
who had been taken prisoner by the reb-
els. The letter read as follows:
Victoria, Oct 21.-There are twenty-one
of us here. We are all we'll and expect to
leave for the mountains every day Stone
and Smith are with me- The photograp her
of company is Ill at Tarlac.
This letter explains why so many sig
nal corps men have not appeared. Sauls-
bury, the photographer referred to, was
captured at Cabanatuan after having his
horse shot from under him. When Gen
Macarthur entered Tarlac be found a
letter written by Salisbury to Aguinaldo,
requesting the latter to allow him to go to
Manila, as he had been wounded and
needed medical treatment.