Connecticut western news., 1900-01-25
CAMPAIGN IN PANAY.
GENERAL HUGHES oEMoRALlzes THE
 INSURGENTS.

Work of MncArthur, Bates, schwnn,
 Younu and Wheaton In Luxon.
 Many Spanish Prisoners Released.
 Robber Bands Suppressed.
 The war department has received the
 following csblegram from General Otis
 at Manila dated Jan. 19:
 General Hughes reports from San Jose
 le Buena Vista, on the western coast of
 Panay, that he crossed the mountains in
 T northwesterly direction from San Joa-
 suin, southern Panay, on Jan. IT and
 struck the enemy crossing the Anaque river, capturing rhed cannon and Nor denfeldt He pursued the insurgents through Antique, Eaga and Sibalom, their capital, and marched to San Jose. The casualties were slight. The enemy's | loss was considerable. The entire popula-
 ton fled to mountains. The heat is op-
 pressive.
 General Macarthur reports on the 11th inst. that B rifles surrendered at Flora Blanca; that at Manibaug McRae of the Third infantry captured three in- surgent officers. the wife of General Mes
 cardo, considerable msurgent property and liberated three spanish prisoners;
 that at Calang captured ten insurgents, burned seven tons of rice and insurgent barracks; thHt Sullivan, Thirty iu- fantry, ncaI San Jose surprised msurgent force, captured six q flies and considerable | live stock; that Lieutenant Houle of the Third infantry captured near Malolos l | officer, p men and rifles: that Van Horn of the Seventeenth infantry struck Ladrones at Santa Cruz. killed 1I, wound l ed !. captured 13 and rifles.
 Ia. tl,,,. Nl,sN ,...f that strong mountain position west Ma balacat occupied by General Hizon and | 50 men captured by McRae of the Third | infantry. The enemy left lieutenant and | four dead men in the trenches. McRae | captured 1 captain. 1 man, 130 rifles, sev- | eral thousand rounds of ammunition, de- | stroyed an arsenal and quantity of rice; | casualties, one man wounded.
 l General Bates reports that General | Schwan's column of cavalry is refitting at | Batangas to move eastward on 10th. ln- | fantry is now moving al that direction. | The enemy is rctreating. suffering loss in | men and property; our casualties are few, | mostly slight wounds. Bates also reports | that portion of Wheaton's troops will en- | ter Lemery and Taal tomorrow. They | are meeting opposition in mountains, | which impedes their march.
 ''Six officers, 54 enlisted men. I civil
 employees, II friars and all Spanish pris- oners released by Schwan arrived from | Bataugas last evening; nearly 200 arrived
 in Manila on the day before via Calamba. General Young is at Eigan and re- | ports number of successful skirmishes in mountains with remnants of the insur- | gent organization and robber bands, with slight casualties among his troops. General Kobbe's expedition, consist
 ing of the Randolph Light battery, For Il ty-third and Forty-seventh infantry, con voyed by naval vessels Helena and Nash
 vile. sailed for Alloy province and Samar
 and Leyte islands yesterday"
 A later dispatch from General Otis says:
 | Major Johnson, commanding battalion | Forty-sixth infantry, Wheaton's brigade, | reports from Lemery. 18th and 20th insts.: Drove enemy through Balayang eastward morning 18th, capturing IT rifles, one feldpiece. Few hours later
 through Calaca, capturing four prisoners,
 four horses and equipments, six rifles killed three insurgents. Advanced toward | Lemery that afternoon. capturing ene- my's outpost of three men, six horses | Advanced on Lemery o'clock D. m. En' | emy strongly intrenched. Sent by navy \ Suubuht lo bdtullSuS lOE uSslslaAees WHei | three companies, Aluir's battalion, Thirty | eighth, were sent to Taal, insurgent | headquarters Johnson drove the enemy
 through Lemery on Taal, where he at. tackled the southern portion of the city
 and Muir the northern portion. The en | emy was dispersed, retreating in many | directions. Johnson's casualties, one man | killed, one seriously and two slightly wounded. Four fcldpicces and Il Quanti. | ty of rifles were captured. This move | ment of Johnson's was ably conducted !, and important in results.
 l "Enemy reported in large force and heavily intrenched at and near Santa l Cruz, Laguna de Bay. Schwan is swing ing his troops on this point, his left at tht | town of Bay, few miles east of Calam ba, his right, consisting of cavalry, ut tho \ city of TayabaSn v