The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
UNDER A O FIRE
GEN. WHEATON'S EXPEDITION
LANDS AT SAN FABIAN.
Was the Most Spectacular Affair of
Its Kind Since Skaters Disem-
barkati0n at Daiquiri-CO-Opera-
ton of Troops and Navy Was
Complete-Insurgents Were Driv-
en- From Strong Intrenchments
Running-Many Prisoners Taken.

Manila, Nov. 12.-The landing Of the
American troops at San Fabian Tues
day was the most spectacular affair
Of it's kind since Gen. Skaters disem-
barkation at Daiquiri. The co-opera-
ton Of the troops and the navy was
complete. The gunboats maintained a
terrific bombardment for an hour,
while the troops rushed waist-deep
through the surf under a heavy but
badly aimed rifle fire from the insur-
gent trenches and charged right and
left, pouring volley after volley at the
fleeing rebels. Forty Filipinos were
captured, mostly non-commissioned
officers. Several insurgent dead and
five wounded were found in Il building
which had suffered considerably from
bee1ocpse-drya7 d en- en- sh ct sh Inn
the bombardment. The town was
well fortified.
Then the transports arrived in the
gulf they found the gunboats Prince
ton, Bennington and others waiting.
After consultation with Gen. Wheeler,
Commander Knox, of the Princeton,
and Commander Sheridan, of the Ben
nington. anchored on the shallow two
miles off shore. The gunboats formed
a line inside, the Helena. Callao and
Manila close in shore. With the first
gun bombardment the small boats
were filled rapidly without confusion
by Mai. Cronite's battalion of the
T%wenty-third infantry and Capt.
Rucgk's battalion of the Thirteenth in
fartry. While the lines of boats
moved shoreward the
Gunboats Poured
the full force of their batteries into the
trenches. soon causing the insurgents
to flee through the burrows dug back
of the trenches. About 200 men held
their places until the keels of the
boats grated on the shore, when their
maEser bullets commenced to sing
overhead.
The battalions formed in good order.
Capt. Buck, with Pierce's and Patton's
companies pursued the insurgents on
the left into the bamboo thiskets. On
the right was n frail foot bridge across
the river leading to the towns. Gen.
Wheaton, personally commanding, or
dered a charge across the bridge, and
Capt. Rowland, Of his stat, led Cole
mans and ENiott's companies Of the
Thirteenth and Shields company Of
the Twenty-third, who behaved splen-
didly under their first fire, into the
town, which was found to be nearly
deserted, except by the aged and some
Spaniards who had hidden in the buf-
falo willows, and who came shouting
delightedly toward the Americans:
Two companies of the Thirty-third a
q skirmish along the Dagupan road
with the %retreating Filipinos. Maj.
Shields, of the staff, with his COM
mand, captured several insurgents.
The troops camped in the rain during
the night and in the morning Gen.
Wheaton established his headquarters
in a church, quartered his men in the
houses and sent the
Captured Filipin0s
beyond the outposts with orders not
to return. The Inhabitants describe all
the roads as practically impossible,
and say they believe Aguinaldo has a
secret boat in the Tonga river, near
Longpo, for use in fight when he finds
his capture inevitable. Wednesday
was devoted to reconnaisances. Maj.
Logan went northward to Santa Tom
as and burned the Filipino barracks.
Capt. Bucks Thirteenth went to San
Jacinto and disposed of small bands.
Marsh's Twenty-third went toward
Magdalan, on the Dagupan road, and
had several sharp fights with small
parties. They killed eight men, brought
in twenty prisoners and had five men
wounded. The San Tomas road seems
to be the only possible means of re-
treat for q large body north from
Tarlac, and Gen. Wheaton commands
it. The insurgents Of this section are
going to reinforce Tarlac.
Capt. Chenoweth and Lieutenants
Davis, Van Horne and Brantford, with
two companies of the Nineteenth regt-
ments, reconnoitering northeast of
Malabacal, attacked and routed a bat
TALON of insurgents, killing twenty
nine of them. Three Americans were
wounded.
1t has been raining hard throughout
the week, handicapping Generals Law
ton and Macarthur. The t%ransporta-
ton is the chief difficulty.
Mai. Bell has been engaged in an
other exuloit with the insurgents.
While scouting with five scouts and
two men of the Thirty-sixth infantry
and Lieut.. Hawkins and twenty men
of the Fourth cavalry, he crept behind
a trench containing 100 Filipinos, rode
them down and killed and wounded
twenty men and captured six. He also
brought back thirty Mausers.
Smashed a Safe. =.
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