The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
FINISH FOR AGG!E
MOST IMPORTANT EXPEDITION OF
THE CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Wheaton With q Brigade Load
ed ON Transports and Accompa-
MED by q Naval Escort Starts,
Presumably for Dagupan-Plan to
Advance ON Aguinald0 From
Three Sides, Which, With Noun
/ tains Hemming in the Other Side,
Will Soon Make His Capital I'm
tenable.

Manila, Nov. 7.-Yesterday evening q
fleet Of transports and g%unhoats left,
Manila for the most important eXredi-
ton Of the autumn campaign. Its
destination is supposed to be Dagupan,
or some other northern port. Gen.
Wheaton commands. with q brigade
consisting Of the Thirteenth infantry,
T%hirty-third infantry, two guns Of the
Sixth artillery and two Cuttings. The
transports Sheridan, Francisco de
Reyes and Aztec carry the troops, with
the gunboat Helena as an escort.
A dispatch boat was sent to arrange
a rendezvous with the cruiser Charles
ton and other warships which are pa
trolling the northern coast of LuZon.
Of the guns Of the fleet. It is assumed
here that the purpose of the expedition
Is to move down the Dagupan-Manila
railway toward the east, or to prevent
Aguinalao's forces making another
base further north.
Dagupan and Apparri are strong
holds of the insurgents in the north,
and it is supposed are the points where
most of the filibustering expeditions
land. Since the beginning OF hostin-
ties it has been the unanimous opinion
of military experts here that Dagupan
should be made a
Base of Operations,
but sufficient troops heretofore have
been lacking. With Generals Whea-
ton, Macarthur and Lawton moving
upon the enemy from three directions
and the mountains hcmming in the
other side, the insurgents capital will
soon become untenable. Aguinaldo
may attempt to shift his headquarters
to the rich tobacco country at the
northern end of the island. Possibly he
may slide around Gen. LawtOn's front
to the southern provinces, but as Mac
Arthur's and Gen. Wheaton's troops
are spread across the country from
Angeles to Cabanatuan, it will be diff
fcult for the insurgents to escape.
Should the concerted operations
succeed organized instruction on q
large scale should be at an end early
next spring, although guerilla warfare
is likely to continue for a long time.
No one anticipates that the insurgents
will make many hard battles. The
problem is to move the troops about
the country, to maintain transportation
and to hold the territory gained. Whe
moral effect of the arrival of a large
American army is calculated upon to
sap Aguinaldo's strength by assertions
and through the loss of hope among the
supporters Of the revolutionary move
ment.
Macarthur Takes Maya1ang.
Mania. Nov. Z. - Two columns of
Gen. MacArthur's division yesterday
took Magalang, about six miles north
east Of Angeles. Col. Smith. with two
battalions of the Seventeenth infantry,
two guns of the First artillery and a
body Of engineers advanced from An
geles. Maj. O'Brien, with a battalion
Of the Seventeenth infantry and two
troops Of the Forty-eighth cavalry,
moved from Calulut Col. Smith killed
eleven insurgents, wounded 1913 and
captured fifty, as we'll as taking a lot
Of insurgent transportation. Maj.
O'Brien killed forty-ninc insurgents,
wounded many and took forty-eight
prisoners. The Americans had eleven
wounded. y