Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-10
GENERAL MAC ARTHuRs ADVANCE
Our Casualties Thirty to FOrty-A
Trying March.

MANILA, August $50 =. M.-Details
of General MacArthur's advance upon
san Fernando show that the Americans
covered five miles in the first five hours.
and at o'clock had advanced SIX miles
along the railway, stretching on each
side of it for two miles. and resting at
night three miles from Angeles. which
will be made the northern base Of ope-
rauons. instead of san Fernando where
q garrison of six hundred men has been
left. The casualties are between thirty
and forty The Filipinos were surprised.
expecting the American forces TO move
against Tico. They followed their usual
tactics of holding their trenches until
they became too warm. ana then re-
treating in disorder. They are now fall
ing back westward toward poric.
The Twelfth and Seventeenth regiments
had, the sharpest engagements. The
country our troops passed over is COW
cred with rice-helds and bamboo thick
ets-the hardest possible ground for
marching. The mud in places, was knee
deep.
Angeles is one Of the richest towns
north Of Manila. and is considered to be
a better base Of operations than San
Fernando.
Of the Iowa regiment the Seventeenth
Regiment. the Ninth Regiment, the
Twelfth Regiment, Bells new Thirty
sixth Regiment a battalion of the Six
teenth Regiment Troop Il, OF the Fourth
Cavalry, and fifteen guns.
The movement had been planned for
some time. but was delayed by rains.
Finally, two days OF sunshine dried the
rice-helds sufficiently TO warrant the at
tempt. The American position had long
been unpleasant The rebels almost sur
rounded the town, and fired almost night
" into it, the Americans not re-
plvlng. except on extreme provocation.
IL was necessary TO keep 500 to GOO men
on outpost duty. constantly.
Captain Deems, with a provost guard,
last night captured a noted Filipino faNr,
with several aliases, VINO by means
of ventriloquism. has persuaded the ma
tives that he has supernatural powers.
He raised much money, cstensibiy Tor
The insurrection. but which he kept for
himself. our soldiers surrounded his
house and corralled thirty Filipinos.
Many others ecaped. The troops also
captured 81 GOO.
Emmanuel as the fakir is generally
known, has been predicting the fall OF
Manila. His prophecies have created
excitement dlllNll6 TN 4'''N''N'
lieved them.
Reports from rebel sources say lJO FIN
pinos were killed in General Hairs en-
eagement at Calamba, and in the sub
secuent shrmishes.
our troops are now about Angeles
waiting for the artillery. which has the
Greatest difficulty in moving, owing 10
the wetness of the ground
The attack was opened at o'clock IN
The morning. a battery Of The First Artil-
lery Smelling Bacolor, on the left Sim
ultaneously. Bells Thirty-siXth Infantry
struck Bacolor from the rear and drove
the rebels out. Armored cars each win
"a six-pounder and two Calling revolving
cannon on board, then moved out on the
railroad track in the centre OF our lines.
soon afterwards these guns lid sharp
execution. Battery NJ, OF the Third Ar
tillery and l00 men Of The Iowa kegi-
ment made a feint towards Mexico. while
the main body OF troops, consisting OF the
Iowa regiment the seventeenth Regi-
ment. and "A battalion Of the Twenty
second. under General Wheaton, on the
right. and the Ninth Regiment. Twelfth
Regiment. and Bells Regiment, under
General Liscum. on the left, advanced,
pouring their Are into the rebels, ana