The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-15
JUST TOOK Two
HOURS TO TRIM
THE INSURGENTS
Last Saturday, In one d tho shaEpest
Engagemsnts Of the FiH-
pino War.
.INSURGENT SHARPSHOOTERS
Picked ont omeerB EiFst- Roads n
impossible Condition, ptlay-
Ing Our EroopS.

MANILA. Nov. Il. 5 p. m.-The Thls-
ty-thild infantry, IN one Of the sharpest
two hours' engagements Of the war.
with an equal force Of Insurgents, ave
miles from San Fabian. saturday lost
one officer and six men killed and one
omeer and twelve men wounded. The
Americans captured twenty.nine Fill-
pinos and 100 rides ana found eighty
one insurents dead lying in the trenches
and rice fields Many more Fillpinos,
doubtless were killed OF wounded.
General wheaton was informed that
the enemy was gathering at San Jaeln-
to for the purpose Of preventing the
Americans from controlling the road
from Dagupan north, whereby Aguln-
aldo might retreat. The Thlrty-thlrd.
Colonel Howe commanding. and a de-
tachment Of the Thirteenth. with q
gatllng gun, HAwland commanding.
were sent to dlspSrEe them. The troops
encountered the worst road ever found
in the island Of Luzon. There was .
succession Of creeks, whose bridges the
Americans had to stop and repair, and
mlry ditches, and at certain places men
and horses struggled waist deep In
quagnlres. A hundred soldiers had to
drag the gatling gun part OF the way,
the horses being useless. The insur-
gents opened the tight two miles from
San Jaclnto, while the leading Ameri-
can battalion was passing q clump Of
houses, in the midst Of a cocoanut
grove, knee deep in mud. The Filipino
sharpshooters. hidden In trees, houses
and small trench across the road, held
their IRE until the Americans were
close to them. When they began fring
other Flliplnos opened fre from thick
cts, right and left, further away. The
lnsurgent sharpshooters picked of the
oaicers arat. Five Of the Americans
who fell wore shoulder strapg or chew
fons. But the Thirty.third never
waverea. It's crack marksmen knocked
the Filiplnos from the trees like squir-
rels and the Americans rushed the
trenches leaving four dead insurgents
there. The regiment then deployed un-
der fire, with Major John A. Logan's
battalion in the center. Major cronies
on the right and Major Marsh's on the
left The sltirmish line. which was a
mile long, advanced rapidly. keeping up
constant mrs. The FilipInos made an
unexpectedly good stand. many Of them
remaining under cover until the Ameri-
cans were within twenty feet Of them.
Major Marsh fanked a small trench full
OF insurgents. surprising them and
slaushtering nearly all OF them before
entering the town. The gatllng killed
ave Of the force holding the bridge and
swept the country beyond the town,
driving about 15O Filiplnos into the
hills. Marsh's battalion. entering the
town first, captured big battle nag,
which was flying over q convent.
The insurgents are supposed to have
retreated toward Dagupan. It was Inn
possible to pursue them as the Ameri-
can troops were exhausted and their
supply Of ammunition was low. The
outposts killed five FilIplnoS during the
fight. The body Of the Filipino lieuten-
ant colonel commanding was found
among the killed.
The regiment returned to San Fabian
Sunday, It being impossible to get sup
plies over the roads A proclamation
Of the Filipino secretary Of war was
forwarded to all the villages giving
glowing accounts Of alleged Filipino
victories and saying that $500 Ameri-
cans had been killed and 1900 wounded
during the war.
The dead and wounded were brought
to Manila to-day. The officers who are
returning say 1t is impossible for Gen.
Wheaton to attempt a junction with
General Young, on account Of the roads.
Prisoners say It ls reported that Aguln-
aldo, with an army they estimated at
10000 Cprobably a great exaggeFatlon),
is retiring toward Dagupan, intending
to leave By railroad for the northwest.
Some Of them said they believed the
Filipino army had passed the line in.
tended by Generals Wheaton and
Young to be covered on AGulnGldO's
rear, and that he passed San Fabian,
going northwest, a fortnight ago.