Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-26
FURIOUS FIGHT
IN PHILIPPINES
ooe Utah ArtiIlerlst Is Killed, Two
Wounded.
CHARGE OF HALE's BRIGADE
...,b Dakota Regiment ssorc the
urun, Of the battle Brave Work
Of Kansas BOYS.

Manila. April &c. 1880 y. m.--cen.
MscAt,hur's division fought It's way to
,ho Fillpino trenches before caiumpi,
,o1sy. advancing -four miles. mostly
through woods and jungle and crossing
me uaebag river This was accom-
pil,hed at cost TO the Americans of
,x Killed and twcnty-cisht wounded.
,bc Flf,t south Dakota regimen, being
The heaviest loser.
AMER fording the river, the South
pako,ans pursued the insurgents TO
the outskirts Of the city Of calumplt.
hut that town was found TO be 80
,,ronRly protected that Gen. MacAr-
thur deemed II best 10 withdraw the
tired fighters and 10 into camp for
nights res, before making the anal as
sanlt.
cALuMpIT ABLAzE.
Tho largest buildings In caiumpit
were being fred by the riiipinoa while
the Americans were crossing the river.
fully a mile away. showing the encmy'n
Intention 10 abandon the village. The
rnplnoa have adopted .. settled policy
Of -stlrinr from one position after an
other. INJECTING the greatest possible
damage upon the advancing army.
The forces today were we'll drilled.
Every foot OF the ground was tcna-
ciousiy disputed BY the ,hotouEhiy Or
ranlScd troops. who stood remarkably
hrm even before artillery IRE.
TO WRECK ARTILLERY.
The enemy had planned to wreck our
artillery transpor, train. This attempt
Vas failure. but a span OF iron bridge
across the river was destroyed. hnm-
rcring the American transportation for
some time. The Fiiiplnoa Gu, the CIR
deu Intending 20 have the structure
IAN with the train. but II collapsed pre-
matureiy Of lts own weight.
The BagbaE river. which IL about a
hundred yards wide ut that place. was
srlendldiy fortified and the Americans
vcfc compelled to approach an open
space from which the rebels had
shared every obstruction to sight. The
tanks u the river nrr a hlgh blum.
which was Hurmounted with trenches.
capped with rocks. loopholcd and part
y hidden by bushes.
UTAH AnTILLEny.
Gen. Wheaion'p brigade np"pourhed
he flvtr along the railroad, leaving
ianii, hs, Maiploa city. Gen. Hates
ltislcn. which started ycatcr LAY. was
fafhcf un thu march. and lweep.ng
eastward toward the railroad.
TLr HfaCfcd train was belnH ptrhcd
~ hlnamen. the Twentictn Eaurss
Rlricli advancing on the left ruI the
girrt houihHa' regiment. with the Utah
.Fit Aiilllgry on the right.
Tile rapid nfing guns on the train
sTcrcG N" hall at 1850 a. m. ihou' a
filr fruin TIE river, their popping al
.etrn'inh continuously with the boom
u the SiA founders.
UTAH GUNS SHELL.
The Montana regiment nnd she Utah
At,tetlrs ~ the same time entered 'hc
lrhglv, ffoh which the insurgents who
Aftr oteul ylhr a large ntrng gllng va.
Arc ~ Lulf, poured heavy Nolleyn, In
ne tcursv " an hour the 'rlops had
'pivsd . way 20 the open space " froat
y Ire ri'r and the artillery. i'ams-
illtrly uucn whccllnE into the open. be-
Tan nl.ellinr the Filipino ircnehoa
H. thr itttLtlmc Company ", Twsn-
10th Kansas. ied by CeW. Rsi'Nood.
reformed enc Of the most brilliant
i'hlryemeniR OF tho campaign. TIE
irglmfht was being held IN reserve.
mi Company X charged u dls.atge ~
4 quarter " q mile over cor lf.li 10
lho hank ~ the river near tho bridge.
Aheip the Insurgents, from a trench.
hoiF rtpporins the nrfnorcd train. thrn
about 900 yards down the track. che
company found shelter IN u ditch.
BRAVE KANSAS WORK.
Col. Fred Funston called for volun-
,tcrr To cross tho river. and the colonel
almrcli Lieut.. Ban. "a private of Conn
iany X, a private OF Company T.,
fnnipeter iiarsneld and Corp, Fergu-
lon Of Company I crawlod along the
fun rlrderr.
While this was going on the men OF
Company X, from tho ditch. were flu
'lllallnR the trenches IN the endeavor
W divert attention. but the Filiplnon
81 the range from a trench down the
fifrr and bullets soon apn'tcfcd the
Aniefn under the structure, Having
'Wched the broken span. the small but
ialorOuh party OF Americans slid down
ne calnFon. SWAN few yards 20 tho
ihOre aud crawicd up the bank. the lit
No colotel leading the way 10 tho
trenches. revolver In hand, while the
lew remaining Fiilplnoa bottled.
Col Funston said afterward; 1T
Vas not much TO do. We knew they
iolld not shot straight, that our boys
Mould attend TO them while We were
mo slug"
ilALEs MEMS HARD FIGHT.
Gen. Ilaie'a troops. ON the right. had
he hardest lighting. They followed
ne north bank Of the river, ncnreat the
own from tho east with the First
Nebraska on the left and First South
Dakota and Fifty.iifHt Iowa beyond,
The country 10 he traverred was most
y Jungle, but the Fillpinos stood their
tlound. even In the open npaces.
Gen, Hnle's right Joined den. Wheat
ms left soon after noon, curve In
lolr an ennlading hrc on the enemy'f
trenches. About this time the cheers
y the Kansas troops announced that
me Americans had crossed the river.
CHARGE or HAl.E's BRIGADE.
Gen. IIale's men began TO ford thu
-hlco, a branch ~ the Bngbag stretch
~ 20 the north, The general himself
Hunglng In 10 his neck, ana the rogi.
ntnta all carrying nags founderet
nfQsa the stream. The guns OF III,
ulah light artillery were dragged ovei
lsAt ana formed an extended line q
smsunee upon the trenches befor,
vAlumplt, where tho Fillpinos wer,
pouring volleys into the Americans.
UTAH MAN KILLED.