The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-08
"A Brilliant Campaign.

a Brilliant Campaign. I
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Ten days ago Aguinaldo's
army was within a few miles
# Manila. 1t was drawing
rapidly from Northern
on the strength Of a
PROMISE that the city would
.oon be attacked. Today that
army has been forced out of all
the successive lines of earth
that cost it months of
Its so-callcd seat of
has fallen. A
attempts of the Tagals
70 make a stand behind their
lefenses were useless. Our
army quickly carried
them by direct assault. Several
were crossed under fire.
Without delay the advance
pressed upon the town that
Aguinaldo had chosen for civil
and military headquarters. of
course hewas expected to- give
battle there, for he had been
boasting that he would soon be
strong enough to take Manila.
But he burnt his capital and
retired. If the Tagals have
accepted him as aprodigy they
see him now as he is, an up
start braggart who is desolating
the country he can not hold
and bringing untold misery up
Jon his dupes. The Tagal man
lof destiny and resounding
proclamations finds safety only
Jim flight.
With the fall of Malolos the
main object of the campaign is
aitained. Not that the town is
IA great strategic point. But it
was the deliberately chosen
capital of the enemy, aud it's
fall is sufficient proof to the
|world that the revolutionists
can not maintain themselves
successfully anywhere on the
island. The Fabian policy is
mot a good one for pretenders.
.\guinaldo's only claim To the
sovereignty of the Philippines
was armed seizure. The So
vereignity by every information
|al right was vested in Spain
and formally coded to the Unit
ed States. He clutched at it
ard lost. His policy of retreat
ay mean a. harassing form of
warfare, but the natives, who
are an agricultural people as
far as civilized, will coon tire
loft harboring ard feeding mere
.uerillas. y Ii. ii it comes to
lighting in the Indian style the
.\merica,l army is we'll qIaiii
ID to take care of itself. The
regiments at Manila,
nd those under orders to go
there, contain thousands IF mem
|th, urough1y trained in Indi: n
warfare, and whose equal Is.
shis respect. can be found in nc
,ther army. The breaking up
If Aguinaldo's followers into
irregular bodies will be "a
concession Of impotence.
Our army can now choose
the exact positions wanted
within thirty miles of Manila.
NTH these key points secured
he city Will be relieved from
IL daily tren,ors al out what
trriraldo intends to do. We
interior lines, il cu ling a
railway, and control the
navigable waters. How far it
may be considered advisable to
follow Aguinaldo's retr ats is
not yet known, but tt ere is
nothing in Northern Luzon
" hose possession is an urgent
matter, and nothing that we
ga. not take when it is wanted.
The strategic results of the
amp: ign are complete as they
stand. If the Tagal army had
! made a determined fight it
would have been smashed or
captured. It choose to run a:
way rather than tight a general
battle, a proceeding that nc
,1generalship can prevent, and
!, flor which, according to an old
|adag a bridge of gold .hould
iIbe provided. Our soldiers nave
done splendid work through
> cut, and the important fruitso
their victorious advance vii
soon appear.
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