Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-04-04

Of the trenches had gullies and connect
ing paths through the cane and brush.
enabling them to retreat unseen.
The problem the Americans have to
face is to drive or lure the insurgents to
fight In force. The trenches seemed
thinly manned, except in the vicinity of
Malabon.
The Americans fighting a hidden foe
suffered greater loss in proportion than
did the enemy. The loss OF the Fill
pinos had formerly been estimated from
the number of bodies found scattered in
the swamps and through the brush. A
larger percentage of the enemy's
wounded died than of the Americans,
many Of them perishing from neglect
the Americans naturally attending their
own men first.
MANILA, March 27-7:40 a. m.-The
Americans have advanced along the line
of the Dagupan railroad, driving the
Fiipinos from Malinta and New Cana
yam, where there were 5000 inhabitants
Last night the brigades of General Har-
rison G. Otis and General Hale ell
camped in the enemy's trenches at New
Canayan and that of General Wheaton
at Malinta.
General Wheaton's brigade formed a
junction with the remainder of General
MacArthur's division at Malinta. and
the latter. leaving General Wheaton
there, marched along the railroad to
New Canayan. This place was forti
fed, and for 800 yards from it there
were trenches on each side Of the track
These were. taken possession of by thu
American troops. The movement OF
the Americans will be pushed in this
direction.
The Filipinos. realizing that the rail
road is the crucial line, have constructed
row after row of trenches running dia-
gonally on both sides of the track at n
distance of few hundred yards apart
This work was designed most intelli
gently and has evidently been done un
der the direction OF experts. 1t repre-
sents an enormous amount Of labor.
Most of the rebel positions are protected
by thick earthworks, majority Of them
topped with stones and provided with
loopholes. Some have sheetiron roofs.
The days work of the United States
troops consisted OF storming the sue
cessive trenches. The Filipinos occupy.
ing them were completely hidden. The
enemy poured - strong fire from every
trench until they were disturbed by "A
fianking volley, when they would disap-
pear into the woods and jungle, only to
make a stand at the next line. The
American loss WAS remarkably small,
seven being reported killed and II
wounded. 1t is known the Filipinos
were SO protected that they suffered lit
tie. No dead insurgents were found in
the trenches. Forty prisoners were
taken by the Americans, and 1t is esti.
mated that the rebel casualties num-
bered 30. The insurgents broke their
guns when they were compelled to
abandon them.
The Helena and the Army gunboats
shelled Malabon and the country be-
yond, while the Monadnock focused all
its batteries upon Paranaque for two
hours for the purpose Of destroying the
military stores there. A great smoke
was caused, but, AZ the insurgents are in
possession Of tho town, the results Of
the shelling are not obtainable.
The evacuation of Malab0n WAS a
picturesque rout. thousands Of men,
women and children, loaded down with
household goods. some with their dear
est treasures = fighting cocks = under
their arms. poured across the swamps in
the early morning.
Ten soldiers Of the Oregon regiment,
while searching for two Of those killed