Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-05
INSURGENTS DEFEATED.
They Retreat from Massand with
Heavy Losses.

Gen. wheaton Leads "A Brilliant Charge
---Funston again DIstiDgIished Him.
SELF and Was Wounded In the Hand.
Col. Summers, with six battalions of the
Oregon and Dakota regiments, Third in
iantry, and piece of the Utah artillery,
and Lawton's division proceeded north
yesterday morning to Massand, crossing
the river, charged the enemy in a string
en:renchment, driving them northward at
considerable loss His casualties are two
wounded. Both Wheaton and Hale found
the enemy strongly entrenched and com
manded by Luna four miles south of Fer
nando. Hale on the right dislodged the
enemy, Wheaton on the left leading in per-
son brilliant charge, scattering the enemy
with great punishment. Several officers
and enlisted men were seriously wounded.
Macarthur proceeds to San Fernando in
the morning. The delay is caused by the
partial destruction of bridge across the
river.
Macarthur has carried San Tomas after
strong resistance Hale on the right,
Wheaton attacked the left by a daring
charge, says another despatch. Funston
again distinguished himself. He was
wounded in the hand.
Col Summers took Moasim on the right,
resting four miles from San Fernando.
The Filipinos are retreating towards San
Isidore. The Filipinos are wavering in
their allegiance to the instruction and are
likely to assume neutral attitude. II
seems as though Luna's forces are destined
to destruction in few days unless they
surrender or scatter. The Americans are
skilfully posted along points of strategic
advantage.
Early in the day Thursday the war de-
partment received the following on the
situation: LawtOn holds Balinag and has
scattered the enemy northwestward, cap.
turing large amounts of their supplies.
His movements are difficult owing to the
character of the country, the rain and the
heat. He now covers the railway COM
munication. MacArthur's column is con-
centrated and advanced this morning. The
enemy to the south and east of Manila
numbers 5000, opposed by a sufficient
force. There are many requests from the
outlying countries for protection against
the insurgents.
The Filipino ENJOYS at Manila Wednes-
day abandoned the pretence under which
they came to Gen. Otis, that they repre-
scented Gen. Luna, and announced that
they came as representatives of Aguinaldo
himself. Col. Arguelles said that guinal-
do knew he would be overpowered in time.
but that he would continue the struggle as
long as possible unless he were given
"peace with dignity"
A body of rebels, encountered by a de
tachment of the Fourth Cavalry, at Pulilan,
Wednesday, did not reply to the fire of the
Americans. In reply to an officer sent to
parley with them, in the supposition that
hau Mt "A tn
had been ordered to refrain from fighting
during the negotiations. The rebels were
given half an hour in which to retire.
A Spanish prisoner who has escaped into
the American lines at Manila reports that
200 Filpinos were killed in the recent
fighting at Quingua.
At Balinag Tuesday evening there was a
running fight in the course of which one
American soldier was killed and three were
wounded. The rebels scattered before
Gen. Lawton and Gen. Hale.