Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-29
MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR.

up the railway, and MacArthur's column
is marching toward Bulacan.
The South Dakota boys charged the
trenches at Polo. killing twenty-five of
| the enemy and WOunding sixteen. Agui-
naldo has fed to Maolos.
All the Filipino prisoners beg for food.
Aguinaldo has issued proclamation say
ing he will punish with death all who re-
fuse to fight He has been daily promis-
ing the loot of Manila, saying the Ameri-
cans were beaten.
The insurgents are bushwhacking about
Pasig and ParanaQue. The monitor Mo-
nadnock shelled and set fire to Para
naQue.
The railroad over the conquered coun-
try to the rear is being repaired and
fresh troops are getting into cars to be
rushed forward. Everything indicates
that within forty-eight hours Wheaton
and Macarthur will be fighting before
Malolos.
Among those who fell at the taking of
Meicauayan is Capt. Krayenbuhl, COM
missary lieutenant of the Third artillery.
He is mortally wounded.
The report that President Schurman
of the Philippine commission was killed
turns out to be unfounded. He was I'M
der fire all day yesterday, but escaped
without scratch.
Town of Polo in Flames.
Polo is in flames. and the 5000 rebels
who constituted its garrison are III re-
treat to rejon Aguinaldo's main column
Of insurgents at MaloloS.
The town Of Malinta, beyond the Tuia-
han river, was taken by Gen. Wheatons
division. The fighting was sharp all lay,
and today's battlefield is carpeted with
the insurgent dead.
Our own losses were comparatively
slight. though among our dead is Col.
Harry c. Egbart, 4 hero OF two years.
The plan to cut off the 5000 insurgents
in Malolos failed by reason of the rough
hess of the ground and the thickness
of the jungle, which prevented Gen. Mac
Arthur from getting far enough around
to the north of Polo to shut the enemy in.
We have to be content with d victory
consisting of having driven the enemy
from his position and having killed sew
eral hundred at a cost to ourselves dur
ing the three days fighting of twenty
two killed
The victory in this light was a sweep
ing one. The insurgents, though beset
with cavalry, infantry and artillery, vol
unteers and regulars, fought desperately
in their trenches.
In today's engagement Wheatons bri
gade figured almost exclusively. There
were engaged the Fourth, Twenty second
and Twenty-tbird infantry, the Utah
troops, the Third artillery. and the Ore
gon troops. These were stretched out
along the railroad from Caloocan to the
Tuliahan river.
The rebels had destroyed the bridge
over the river and on the further side
made their stand. While the engineers
We're trying to replace the bridge on the
iron Orders the Second Oregon regiment
dashed across the river, wading and
swimming
The Twenty-second and four compa-
MES Of the Twenty-third gained the west
bank of the Tuliahln about the same
time. This brought them exactly oppo-
site Malinta.
From the river where the American
troops struggled up the bank there is {;
steady rise of half mile to the village
which crowns the hill. The crest of the
rise was torn UP with intrenchments, and,
with their eyes fixed on these, the Ameri-
cans moved steadily forward
The light artillery began to throw up
the brown earth. The target work was
perfect. but no Filipino showed himself,
and the troops could not tell how much
damage was being done.
The rebels had profted by the lessons
taught them. They reserved their fire
until our troops were within 800 yards.
Fringe of Hot Rebel Fire.
The Twenty was in advance
when the seemingly dead trenches came
TO life with fringe of fire. With Col.
Egbert at their head, the Twentysecond
dashed at the intrenchments,
The Oregon and Kansas troops, at the
right and left respectively, were fighting
with equal gallantry, but they. were in
the woods and made no spectacle as fine
as that furnished by the advance of the
Twenty
In the middle of the charge Col. Fig
bert fell forward on his saddle, shot
through the abdomen.
CLOSE bobip5 him CT. ocrlipo oh
the grass, regardless of the hot fire,
came Gen. Wheaton and his staff. They
bore the litter with the mortally wounded
colonel back past the geenral, who barred
his head and gave soldiers greeting to
the dying officer.
1T was done nobly,' said the general.
81 am done for; | am too DID," gasped
Egbert He was dead before they got
him to the rear.
The charge swept on until three lines
of trenches had been taken and thirty Of
cur men were down, killed or wounded
Despite the new conservatism of the
| insurgents that had led them to hold
their fire and to shoot low, they did not
wait for us.
The trenches were empty when the
| men of the Twenty-second piled into
| them. While they were gasping there
| from the heat and the dead and wounded
/ were being brought into the shade of the
/ trees to be carried across the river by
| the Chinese stretcherbearers. MacAr-
thurs advance guard, the Third artillery,
and the Twentieth Kansas regiment,
/ Joined w neatOn.
Advance Over Ridge to Malinta.
The advance to Malinta was made over
! the Noyalches Rial. Halls command in
the flank movement of MacArthur's d
vision surprised the insurgents III the
northern trenches.
The Filioinos fed along the railroad
burning rice mills, tearing up the tracks
and obstructing all they knew how. They
finally took refuge in the church of Ma
linta where they made Il stand.
The American troops were coming oil
the run. however, and Malinta was
taken by assault. the rebels continuing
TO retreat toward Polo, destroying as
they went.
AS they fell back the insurgents broke
up into comparatively small bodies, sc