The Van Buren press., 1899-04-15
PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Wheaton Driving the Filipinos
Who Attacked Him Back to
the Foothills.
LAWTON's SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS.
The villages of Pagsanjan and Lum-
boanE Captured-He Needs More
Troops-Opiniob Expressed TINT
There IL nm End to the Big Ea'
gsgements.


Troops-Opinion Expressed That
There is an End to the big En
gsgements.
Manila, April f2, 6:10 p. m.-Gen
Wheaton started at daylight with the
Tenth Pennsylvania and the Second
Oregon regiments and two guns ia
drive the rebels from the American
right flank between the railroad and
the foothills. He met with slight re-
sistance near Santa Maria, and had one
man wounded. But the enemy bolted
when shelled by the artillery, and
burned and abandoned the town of
Santa Maria, where q thousand rebeli
were reported to have been concen'
trated.
Enemy I'm Full Retreat.
During the rest of the day the enc
my was in full retreat towards the
mountains, burning the villages be.
hind the retreating force. Occasion
ally few of the rebels dropped to the
rear and fired at the advancing Ameri
can troops from the jungle, apparently
with the idea that this would check
our advance and cover the retreat OF
the Filipinos. But, finding these tao
tics Intellectual these rebels scrambled
after the main body. The American
guard along the railroad has been ma
terially strengthened, and it Is not
likely the rebels will succeed in get
ting in the future to as close quarters
as they did Tuesday, even if they re-
turn frem the mountains.
Gen. Lawton's Operations.
Menla, April ia Gen. Lawton
operating to the south of Manila, ha,
captured the villages of Pagsanjan and
Lumboang. unresisted at the former
| point, but after fight at Lumboang
| Our casualties were confined to the
| wounding of one man. Several of the
| insurgents were killed and fifty were
| captured.
The mouth of the river commanded
by Lumboang was effectively blocked
against the entrance of our gunboats
but shells from the Laguna de Bay
| drov. most of the insurgents in wild
fight up the mountain side.
| Rushed by the Americans.
| A small force remained in the old
church in the village until rushed by
the American troops. The prisoner,
were taken at this point The river IL
being dredged, and the obstructioni
will be removed. Two native vessel,
were captured. They had been sunk
Santa Cruz and Pagsajan are now
| guarded by forces of the Fourth cav
airy and part of the Fourteenth in
fantry.
| Gen. Lawton has established tempo
rary quarters in Lumboang.
More troops are needed out here
The fighting has only just begun.
A New York World Dispatch.
New York, April 13.-A dispatch tc
the World from Manila says;
! While it is probable that there is nm
end to the big engagements in the
| Philippines between the American aud
Filipinos, the war Is not at an end by
any means.
! II is universal opinion among army
men here that it will require the pres
ence of $4,000 American troops to oc'
cupy the territory that has been taken
and to keep open communication
among the islands.
Harrassing Resistance.
Gen. Lawton's advance promises t.
meet with a harassing resistance
Trenches are built by the enemy from
town to town. On all sides the rebels
are in nightly communication by
means of signal fires.
They avoid being caught in trap
and are quick to harrass the flank.
Since the 25th the enemy's losses
have not been more than double ours.
Unappreciated Kindness.
Our kindness to the rebel wounded
and prisoners does not alay the
dogged enmity. Only a small portion
of the population of the north have re.
turned to their homes. Only the dis.
eosed and aged remained in Santa
Cruz.
Aguinaldo is reported to be in San
Fernando and still in absolute charge
of the defenses of the new capital and
OF Calumpit.
Dispatch From Gen. Otis.
Washington. April 13.-The follow.
ing cablegram has been received from
Ger. Otis:
Manila, April 12-Adjutant General,
Washington: Yesterday, in the lake
region, Lawton pursued the insur-
gents eastward from Santa Cruz dis.