Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-23
FIGHT LIKE TROJANS
Insurgents, Undismayed by De-
feat, Resist stubbornly.
Observation-Disclosures
Gen. Otis Continues the weyler system Of
Censorship Over Press Dispatches,
Msgnifyipg American Forces
Operations.
DEFEATED, BUTUNCONQUERED
CIV Telegram

Py Telegraph)
| MANILA, Aug. 19-vIA HONG
| KONG, Aug. 222-'The Filipino rebels
appear to retain much more of "a
| lighting spirit than might be expected
| after their recent San Fernando ex-
periences and General Lawton's Jlrut-
bings in the south
After giving up Sam Fernando with
a feeble struggle, they entrenched
| themselves at Angeles. working fer
several days and imprcssing non-com-
batants into the work thus saving she
armed men for the fighting. They en-
gagged Lieut.. Colonel Smiths regiment
and the artillery warmly for four
hours, making one Of the most stlb-
porn resistances OF the campaign. But
| the Americans are indebted to the p 1cr
craftsmanship of the F,ilipinos as well
as to their own strategy for their small
| loss.
AGAIN STRONG IN CAvITE.
In the province Of Cayite, where it
Was supposed the rebe's had been scat
tered and denoralized beyond recupera-
| ton. they have assembled an army Of
| several thousand men, distributed
among the important towns from the
lake to the bay. After the San Fern
ando engagement the rebels attempted
| to deter the Americans from a further
advance northward by 1nenacing the
railroad communications. Several hun
dred of General Pic Del Pillar 81 men
crossed the Rio Grande. between the
American outpost towns. and threat
| ened Baliuag, Quingua and other
| places With small American garrisols
while during SUNDAY and Monday
nights. smaller bands tried to tear At
| the railroad tracks at several points
| between Bigaa and Nalolos. Reinforce-
merits Of American troops however,
We're sent along the railroad from
| a q n .t,i;1
forces at 5Baliuag and Qunqua sailed
out against General Pho Del Pillars
laae1a5saaad belszSEeFes 81 veh
| away.
In brushes between these F'ilipinos
and Americans during three days the
Americans lost several men while the
Filipino loss was heavy.
| PRESS censor BUSY.
Qf these operations the Associated
Press correspondent was permitted to
send only an inadequate dispatch.
dictated verbatim by Major General
Ctis. The censor writes stereotyps
official phrases and adJectives into the
| dispatches, tending to magnify the
American operations and to minimize
| the opposition. General Otis SAYS tie
newspapers are not public Institutions
| but private enterprises and the cor
respondents are only here on suffrance
! YAH reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food is in
creasinG and that the rebel conman-
ders at -Aparri and other points re-
fuse TO obey AGuinaldo's order in re
| gard TO closing the ports held by the
rebels against American ships and say
| that any ship bringing stores will be
| welcomed. Several ships from Manila
are now at such ports.
THOUSANDS COME AND GO.
Hundreds of people come into
Manila daily and return to the rebel
lines with food and other commodities.
| The guards stationed along one road
reported that five thousand persons
passed through the lines in three days
and that 40 tons of rice was carried
out, in small! parcels. on the same rosd
| in ten days Much of this subseuuent-
! ~ goes 10 aid the rebels. but the au-
rhorities permit this ti,atfice from
motives of charity towards the women
and children, who are Undoubtedly suf-
| fering.
General Macarthur is establishing
municipal government in the VILLAGES
north of Manila.
The mayor of Baliuag, the first town
where General Lawton established the
same rule, who was supposed to he
one of the most friendly and trust
worthy of the natives, has been placed
! in Jail charged with arranging with
the rebels for an attack on the town.
TROOPS WITHDRAWN.
| The American troops have been with
I drawn from that part of the coun-
try. Which was half cleared of rebe S
in the expedition of the Americans in
June last.
:Maceto, which was abandoned for the
/ third time after its recent capture.
1t is alleged that more than half the
| HCwitzer ammunition during the fight
| at Angeles was defective and failed to
! explode.