The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-27
THE MARCH
TO MAL0L0S.
The Most Decisive Fighting Of the
War With Filipinos.
THE AMERICAN CASUALTIES
For Two Days Are As Killed and
las Wounded,
COL, EGBBRT AMONG THE DEAD.

ficer For Nearly Forty Years - Prince
LOswenstine, Formerly on the STAFF Of
General Miller, Was Killed in Front Of
the Firing Line-One Man Of the Tenth
Pennsylvania Killed and Three Wounded
General Macarthur Leads the March to
Malolos
Manila. March 27. The United
States troops, under Brigadier General
Lloyd Wheaton, captured the town of
Malinta, beyond the Tulihan river.
yesterday after a sharp fight. Colonel
Harry c. Egbert, of the Twenty-s
regular infantry, was killed. Prince
Loewenstein, formerly at Iloilo, some
how got in front of the firing line and
was shot in the side, dying almost in
stantly. A German who accompanied
him was wounded. Prince Loewenstein
was formerly honorary aide on the
staff Of General Miller.
The American casualties yesterday
were much lighter than those of Sat
urday, the total losses thus far re-
ported since the engagement COM
menced being 45 killed and las wound
ed
General Wheaton entered Malinta,
which is a small village of huts, at
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The United States gunboat Helena
and other guboats have been shelling
Malabon, about a mile northwest of
Caloocan, for several hours
The insurgents made a fierce resist
ance to the American advance up the
railroad at Malinta. In addition to
the fatal wounding of Colonel Egbert
several men of the Twenty-second in
fantry and several Of the Oregon and
Kansas regiments were killed.
Evidently anticipating a lombard
ment by the fleet, a thousand rebels
vacated Malabon Saturday night, leav-
ing few to burn the town. General
Wheaton's brigade, composed of the
Second Oregon regiment and the
Twenty-second and Twenty-third in
fantry, stretched out along the rail-
road from Caloocan to the Tuliahan
river, was powerless to prevent the
withdrawal, owing to the natural OBJ
stacles and to the strong opposition.
A column of smoke at daybreak was
the first intimation of the enemy's
intentions, but others followed at var
ious points, all soon blending in a
dense balloon shaped cloud. The
flames of the burning rice mills and
large buildings could be plainly seen
from Caloocan. despite the strong sun
light.
By II o'clock in the morning the
only building of Importance not de-
stroyed in the center of the town was
a large stone church. but even at
noon fresh fires were started among
the native huts in the outskirts OF
Malabon, although the general exodus
took place much earlier Many of the
rebels sought refuge in the suburbs
Navotas and Casag, or were driven in
land by the shells of the Helena, Cal
lao, Ningdapan and Laguna de Bay.
In the meantime General Wheaton's
brigade held the railroad to the river,
but was unable either to repair the
bridge, which had been destroyed by
the enemy, or to advance, owing to
the opposition and the hills on the
other side.
The calculations of both General
Hale and General Harrison Gray Otis.
whose brigades constituted General
MacArthur's division, were much in
terfered with by the character of the
country in front of both, and the
enemy was able to take advantage Of
this, so that the operations against
Novaliches and Polo were delayed
though the right wing of the division
swung out, sweeping the enemy in a
northwesterly direction.
General Wheatons headquarters on
Saturday night were about half a mile
south of the river, on the railroad.
The opposite bank was protected by a
blockhouse and intrenchmeEts. Oc-
casionally the artillery and infantry
fired across the stream. Finally the
engineers moved a construction train
up to the bridge, the iron framework
OF which remained and began to re-
place the floor. While this was going
OAA tAAt 91AbAAA CAN1bh lEElll6llA crossed
the river on the left, and the Twenty
second on the right, with four COM
panies of the Twenty-third infantry
supporting the latter regiment. A ris-
ing, clear ground stretched away a dis
tauce Of nalf a mile to Malinta, situ-
ated on its crest.
In front of the village were strong
Filipino intrenchments, but no Fill
pinos were to be seen. Apparently
they had fled The Twenty-second
regiment approached diagonally, with
General Wheaton and his staff close
behind, and scouts closely observing
the ground.
When the Americans were within
about 300 yards Of the intrenchments
the Filipinos suddenly volleyed heav-
fly. The Twenty-second, which was
holding the center, suffered consider
ably, but, with the Oregons on the left
and the Kansans on the right IN the
woods, the lighting was kept up for
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