The Worthington advance., 1899-11-10

lieved 60 hare begun D new e1mpal-
one thst in enerKy snd rsp5dffy win -
doubsed1y throw nj other Iand operu-
TORS By our troops into the hset-
ground. Adviees reviewed satssrasy
from the general Indicate thss z1ove.
ment alI sIong sle line was oFdersd foS
November and 8. Tf there has Been
10 change in pIxns since these dis
patches came-and this Is not likely
the initial move By our forces has n
ready taken place.
If was decided TO make The advsnee
at this time not only because sIe roads
are now in fair conditions. but for the
more important reason thar the ensmy
Is scattering into small bands, and the
desire il TO meet and crush them before
they get TOO far into the mounsafHs.
Aguinaldo IL reported TO have fewer
than 3,oo0 men with him. Whetherthis
means that there is q general d1sinse-
grafton from his ranks or new
strategicaI move in the directions Of q
guerrilla warfare remains TO be seem.
Including the troops scheduled toar-
rive ON the dates set for Beginning sfe
general movement Ger- Ofis eaEIed she
war department. that he wouEd have g.
97f officers and men, apportfoned fhus:
Infantry, 1871 officers and q. .Dss men.
cavalry. 1Is officers and s.fsT nsens ar
filIery, 80 officers and 1.gs2 men, gem
eral and staff officers, 1sf, enlisted
men Of staff department. 2.3f7.
Manila, Nov. s.-Sunday evening" q
fleet of transports and 9unboats left
Manila for the most important expedr
tion of the autumn campaign It's des-
tinatIon is supposed TO be Dagupan or
some other northern port Gem Whea-
ton commands. with a brigade consist
ing of the Thirteenth infantry. ffae
Thirty-third infantry. two guns Of the
Sixth artillery and two gatlIngs- The
transports Sheridan- Francisco de
Reyes and Aztec carried tie troops.
with the gunboat Helena as escort A
dispatch boat was sent ahead 70 arr
range rendezvous with the United
States cruiser Charfeston and the other
warships that are patroII7nx fl1e north
coast of Luzon. The landing will Be
made under cover of the guns Of the
fleet.
It is assumed here that The purpose
of the expedition il to more down the
Dagupan-ManfIa railroad toward Tar
lac or to prevent AauinaIdofs forces
making another base farther north
Dagupan and Apparrf are the strong
holds of the insurgents I'm the north,
and It is supposed the points where
most OF the ffIfbustering parties Eand-
Since the beginning Of the h0stiITffes
It has been the unanimous opanior OF
military experts here that Dagupan
should be made base Of operations.
but sufficient troops have heretofore
been lacking. With Gems Wheaton,
Macarthur and Lawton moving upon
Tarlac from three directions. and the
mountains hemming IN the other side,
the insurgent capital viii soon become
untenable.
Should the concerted operations sue
cesd, organized fnsurrecfIou, an large
scale, should be at an end early next
spring. although guerrilla warfare -
likely to continue for a long time No
one anticipates that the insurgents viii
make many hard battIess Tho prBbIem
is to move the troops about the country.
to maintain transportation and 60 hold
The territory gained The moral effect
of the arrival OF a large American army
is calculated upon to sap AguinaEde's
strength by deserfions and through the
loss of hope among the supporters Of
the revolutionary movement
Manila. Nov. 6.-Two columns of
Gen. MacArthur's division on Sunday
took Magalang, about six miles north
east of Angeles Col Smith, with two
battalions of the SeveHteeuth infantry,
two guns Of the First artillery and
body OF engineers. advanced from I'm
geIes. Maj o'Brien. with battaIion of
the Seventeenth infantry and two troops
of the Fourth cavalry moved from
CaIuIut- Capt. Smith killed II fnsur-
gents, wounded I2s and captured So as
well as taking a lot of insurgsnt trans
portatfon- Maj. OTBrien killed 70 Insur-
gents, wounded many and took . pris-
oners. The Americans had II mem