Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-05-11
Two Nebraskans killed.


peaceful overtures of their commission.
ers, the Filipinos vigorously resisted
the advance of General MacArthur's S
division from Apalit toward San Fer
nando, fighting desperately at long
range, after running from trench to
trench when driven out by the Amer
ican artillery.
The movement commenced at $50
a. NJ. General Hale's brigade, consist
ing OF five gatlings, two battalions Of
the Fifty-first Iowa regiment, the First
Nebraska regiment and the First Da-
kota regiment. advanced along the
road, O few miles west of the railway
line.
General Wheaton. with Hotchkiss
and Gatling guns, under the command
of Lieutenant Naylor of the Utah light
artillery, mounted on hand cars, pushed
ahead, the Twentieth Kansas and First
Montana regiments deploying to the
right and left when feasible. The coun-
try to be traversed proved the worst
yet encountered, miles of marshes and
many unfordable streams delaying the
advance materially. Both brigades met
with resistance simultaneously on ap-
preaching the rlver near San Tomas
The center span Of the railroad bridge
had dropped into the river and the
rebels had only left small force to
check General Wheaton, their main
body lining the strong trenches in front
of General Hale.
Although the attacking force poured
very heavy artillery and musketry
fire across the river, the enemy stub
bornly resisted for over an hour, ulti-
mately breaking when Major Young
shelled their left flank, and then re-
treating along the river bank under
cover
| General Lawton in the meantime tried
Intellectually to draw the fire of the Fill
pinos in the trenches east of the track.
So soon as they discovered that the
nature OF the country would permit only
few skirmishers on each side of the
embankment the rebels regained their
courage and fought desperately for
three-quarters of an hour, in the face of
the American volleys and rapid fire
fusillade, until fanked by the Montana
regiment. Then general scramble en-
sued, most of the enemy boarding trains
that We're in readiness and the others
taking the road to San Fernando, after
burning the villages of San Tomas and
Minalin
About noon General Wheaton crossed
the broken bridge, cleared the strag-
glers out of the villages and advanced
toward San Fernando. General
Hale effected crossing simultaneously,
after slight delay necessary to repair
a stone bridge.
Our loss up to that hour (noon) was
two members of the Nebraska regiment
and one of the Montana killed, and
Captain Albrecht, three members of
tana. four Of the Nebraska and one of
the South Dakota wounded. The
enemy's loss was very slight
After short rest the advance was
continued, General Wheaton encoun-
tering the first series of entertainments
ments near San Fernando The rebels
now opened hot fire.
Colonel Funston of the Twentieth
Kansas was wounded, one lieutenant
was killed and four were wounded
while leading four companies of the
Kansas regiment to outfank the enemy.
General Hale pushed along the road,
tianking the trenches. More than 100
sick and wounded men of General Law
toms brigade We're brought to Manila
from Malolos by last nights train. The
heat is unbearable.