The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-03-06
MORE FIGHTING IN LUzON
Gen. Bates Expedition Innicts Loss
of $50 on the Insurgents.
Two Americans Killed. Including Lieut..
Gaileher-Scouts Report that Enemy
Has Reiterated 10 Mountains
-HRrassing FOREIGNERS.

Manila. March 5-Gen Bates expAdi-
| tlon TO Southern LuZOn, consisting of the
| FOrtieth and Forty-fifth resiments.-.a
total of 2,S0e men. has occupied Nueve
fCaceres. province of South Canarines.
Daet, province of North Camarines. and
the neighboring smaller towns. The
enemy resisted at one point. and TWO
| Americans were killed, including Lieut.
John h. Gdileher. of the Fortieth regi-
| ment
| On February 20 the expedition arrived
at San Miguel Bay. landed, and in three
columns Immediately pushed inland con-
verging upon Nueva Caceres, and at
| tempting TO control the enemy's routes uf
! retreat
At Lithuanian, northwest of Nueva Ca
ceres. the enemy was concealed in the
rice field. and resisted battalion OF the
torteth regiment, which engaged them
at close quarters with bayonets. After
forty minutes fighting the enemy fed and
Lithuanian was occupied. The Americans
| buried sixty-four of the enemy. whose
total loss In killed and wounded is es,i-
mated at 40.
From Libamanan the expedition mo-
ceeded to Nueva Caceres. tire gunboat
Paragua arriving ten minutes ahead oF
the troops. The town was found practi-
caily deserted. The Americans. dafIy
scouting IN the vicinity, report thar the
enemy have retreated into the noun
tainS '
The insurgents around Legaspi and AL
pay, province of South Camarines. are
haraSslng the Americans nightly For
eignerS doing business at Legaspi are IIv-
ing on ships I'm the harbor or In tbe
American barracks.
Gen. Otis has cabled the FOLLOWING ar
count of recent military operations in In.
zon. dated March ), lSyj:
Bates, with two hattalions of ,be
Fortieth and Forty-ffth regiments and
detachments Of artillery. engineer. ana
signal corps, total 200 men, landed troops
on the southeast. northwest. and south |
ern coasts Of San Miguel Bay. Camarines
province. 10 move on Neuya Caceres in |
three columns. The only strong opuosi-
tlon was encountered by Goodwin and the
Ddtt+ilOn or his regiment al Libmau3o !
northwest OF Nueva Caceres. G0dwin's /
loss was Adjt Galleher died OF wounds
lnftt enlisted men. severely and fvr
slightly wounded. The enemy left sivfv-
Tour dead on the field and many wounded /
VINO were cared for by our medical Of 1
hceTs.
Goodwin captured a number of armed |
insurgents, eighteen Spanish prisoners |
thirty rifles. and considerable amr1unl- 4
tion and property. Particulars of minor |
eHSagements OF other column not report |
ed; Nueva Caceres Wds found practically /
deserted; inhabitants in mountains The
troops are now covering important points I
~ the provinces Of CsmGTines. AIbay, ana /
Sorsogon. The navy er.ier@d mos yaIua-
bic aid in landing tTcaFs and sIIuDifey
Lieut.. John Barber Gaiieher yhcsa
death + reported by Gen. OTIS, vas born
AZ Frankfort, Ky, September ~. 1874 and
served In the Porto Rican campaign a.
hrst lieutenant and adJutaut Of the rirs;
Kentucky Volunteers. He was aUDoin 81
first lieutenant or the FOFtiath Voiu1t.er
Infantry, August 4, 1888. ana served Yifb
his regiment in the Philippines from De-
cember last up 10 the time Of his drafh
Manila. March 6.-Lleut Edgar + Ko,b- I
Ter. of the Ninth Infantry. was shot In The
abdomen and killed at a village six nile
north Of Tarlac where he went ia search
Of some hidden rifles FIlIplE0. ur0r, /
ising 20 produce the rifes. led him int I
an ambush away from MS comma nd. m
soldie-s IN revenge burned the village ard
killed lwenty-fOur % the enemy.
The transport Sheridan will ssii TODAY
with % soldiers and cOnyicis and - in
sane soldiers