Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-30
MALOLOS FALLS NEXT.
Our Troops Now Ready to Capture
the Filipinos' Capital.
FIERCE FIGHTING ON THE WAY.

In the March TO Agutnaldo's Head
quarters Our soldiers Met with De-
termined Resistance Among Our
Dead Is Colonel Egbert.
Manila, March 80. General Otis sent
The following advices to Washington to-
day:
Macarthur advanced at 6 o'clock
yesterday morning from Marilao. Pass
ed rapidly TO Bocave At II 40 took M
the advance for Bigaa, and at 3:15 this
afternoon for Guiguinto, three and Al
half miles from Malolos reaching that
point at 5 o'clock Casualties for the day
about 10. Fierce fighting in the after
noon. Troops made the crossing of the
river at Guiguinto by working the ar
tillery over the railroad bridge by hand
and swimming mules against fierce re-
sistance. The column will pass on the
railroad to extreme front, nearly re-
paired, and win resuppIy troops today
General MacArthurs division advanc-
ed from Marilao along the railroad to
Bigaa, five miles, distant, with the Ns-
braska, South Dakota and Pe6nsyIva-
MIA regiments on the right and the Kan
sas and Montana regiments and the
Third artillery on the left. General
Wheaton's brigade is in reserve.
The American forces met strong OPP
position in the jungle. First one Ne
braskan, then one Pennsylvania, and
afterwards two Of the Montana regi-
ments were killed. Thirty-fye were
wounded, including one officer of the
Kansas regiment.
The rebels burned the villages as they
retreated in bad order towards MaIolos
The enemy also tore up sections of the
railroad in many places and attempted
to burn the bridge at Bigaa, but the fire
was extinguished, owing TO the timely
arrival Of the Americans. The rebels
had not finished their trenches along the
line of yesterdays march, showing they
were not prepared for our advance. 1t
is believed, however. that there will lie
hard fight before Malolos is taken
The Minnesota regiment reinforced
the division yesterday, marching from
the water works during the night to
Manila and going to the front by train
On Saturday and Sunday there was
sharp fighting with the rebels by tho
forces under, Generals Wheaton and
Macarthur. On Sunday General Whea-
toms troops captured the town of Ma
linta. and in the fight Colonel Harry c.
! Egbert, of the Twenty-second regula-
infantry, was killed, after having served
| continuously as q line officer for nearly
30 years. Prince Loewensiein, of Ger
many, was also killed. He somehow got
in front of fhc firing line. Our total
loss in two days fighting was three Of
ficers and % enlisted men killed and 2l2
wounded. OF the Tenth Pennsylvania
/ regiment Private Aliz Newell was killed
and Privates Charles o. Walker, Eu-
gene Morgan and Vernon Kelly wounded
On Saturday night. evidently antici-
pating a bombardment of the town, a
| thousand rebels evacuated MaIabou
| leaving a few to burn the town. Owing
TO the natural obstacles and to the
| strong opposition our troops were power
less to prevent the withdrawal Little
was left of the place when the American
soldiers took possession.
| After three days scrambling in the
\ brush General Macarthur aud his army
rested on Sunday and Monday on the
plain beyond Marilao, which town was
| captured Sunday morning. Meantime
the engineers had been repairing bridges
partly destroyed by the rebels, and the
| advance guards accompanying them ha 4
| frequent skirmishes with the Filipinos.
| There We're many acts of signal bravery
on the part of our troops, men swim
ming and fording the river in the face
| of rain of bullets and charging the
rebel trenches. On our side 20 men were
! killed and 81 wounded on Monday. On
| Tuesday the army, refreshed by a well
come rest, resumed the march to Malolos.