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DRIVING BACK THE FILIPINOS
SETERELY PUNISHED FOR THEIR
ATTACK At TAGUIG.
General Wheaton Extends His Lines and
Advances Eleven NIiIes-The Enemy
Driven Before Htm-Ohicial Reports
Place Filipino Loss Mt 2OO-PrisOners
Say That Enemy is Weakening.
,heuton Extends HisLtnesand

Manila, March 1850 p. m.-Some
of the rebels recently expelled from
Cavite and the small towns in the vi
cinity of Pasg combined forces and last
night-as already cabled-attacked a
company of the Washington volunteers,
a detachment post at Taguig, about a
mile and a half southeast of Pasg.
| General Wheaton Immediately reinforc-
ed the Americans with two companies
each of the Washington and the Oregon
regiments. The post had held the enc
my in check, and the fire of the REIN
forcing companies repulsed them, driv-
ing them across to an island formed in
the estuary. They were thus in front
of the Twenty-second regulars. On dis
covering that they were entrapped, the
rebels fought desperately, aided mate
rally by the jungle and the darkness;
but they were completely routed, with
heavy loss, after two hours' fighting
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twenty wounded, among the latter
Lieutenant Frank Jones.
General Wheaton determined to pun
ish the natives, and at daybreak to-day
his brigade started in the following or
der: The Sixth artillery, holding the
extreme right: the Oregon volunteers
holding the center; the washington
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and the Twenty-second regulars occu-
pied the right of the line which swept
the whole country along the lake, in
southeasterly direction, toward General
Ovenshines' positions. The line thus ex-
tended over two miles of country, rough
and covered with thick jungle, advanced
eleven miles. The enemy fled, the last
of them being seen about half-past
three this afternoon. At scarcely any
time did the Americans get within 1900
yards of them. The troops are return
ing to Pasig tonight exhausted by the
hard work under a hot sun. The Oregon
regiment had one man killed and four
wounded and the Twenty-second regu-
lars one wounded. According to the Of
fetal reports no fewer than 200 Filipinos
were killed
General Otis says the American army
and gunboats now command the lake.
He estimates that property of the insur-
gents valued at 100000 has been de-
stroyed, while quantities of rice and
sugar, and four hundred tons of coal,
which is very valuable here, have been
captured. Many Of the prisoners repre-
sent that the Filipinos are weakening.
The generous treatment that the Ameri-
cans administer to the native prisoners
and wounded seems to influence the in
surgent army powerfully In the opin-
ion of the Americans, however, the Fill
pino leaders will continue to provoke
fighting just as long as they can retain
their hold upon their followers because
they have everything to gain and moth
ing to lose. The enemy have twice as
many men on their firing lines as they
have arms, and the fact that so few
arms are captured by the Americans is
because the guns of the wounded Fill
pinos and of many who surrender are
spirited away.
2:55 p. m.-The armed tugs Laguna de
Bay and Oeste have returned from San
Pedro Macati and reported the results
Of their tour of the lake. On Friday
last they shelled the town of
Morong. the rebels fleeing without max
ing any response to the fire. The Amer
leans landed a party, which destroyed
a quantity of stores and all the stone
except the church. The ex-
petition then proceeded to Majayjay, /
where a sugar mill and saw mill were
destroyed. On arriving at Santa Cruz.
1 town of 1000 inhabitants, it was found I
hat the enemy was strongly entrenched |
and prepared to defend the position, as
sisted by two gunboats and several |
aunches. Moreover the mouth of the I
liver was blocked with rocks and bam-
300. A few shells caused an exodus of |
he citizens, but not of the enemy's
troops. The Americans did not attempt
landing. Captain Grant, who is in
,farge of the expedition, asked for REIN
'orcements and will probably take Santa
Cruz tomorrow.
BELGIUM'S DEMAND ON CHINA.