Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-03-08
ADOPT F|uP|NOS' TACTICS.
Col. Andersen Ambushes Insurgents
Near Balangas and Kills and
Wounds Many.
The EFFECT OF THE BLOW is Statutory
Americans Entrnpped and LOse
Horses and PrOvisiOnx-Gen. Otis
Sends Account OF the Situntion-
Officials Confident the Insurrec-
ton Is About Over.

Manila. March =, a. 1n.-COl. Ande.-
son, with the Thirty eighth infantry.
employing the insurgents own tactics,
has ambushed the enemy near Ba1an
gas. Through spies Col. Anderson
learned that a detachment of insur
gents would pass q certain road. He
posted his soldiers concealed among
the trees lining the road. and when
the enemy arrived the Americans vol
leyed unexpectedly. killing "a insur-
gents. wounding 80 and capturing sew
eral. Some arms and ammunition also
We're captured The effect of this blow
has been salutary. The enemy in this
locality is dismayed
Americans Trapped.
Manila, March "A hundred in
surgents seven miles from San Fer
nando de la Union ambushed ten men
of the Third cavalry. who We're escort
ing provision train. The Americans
scattered. and while returning 10
camp one man was killed. The in
surgents captured four horses and a
quantity of provisions. A subsequent
reconnaissance OF the locality devel-
oped the fact that there We're intrench-
ments there. and a force of Filipinos,
estimated to number 500 men.
The Third cavalry is preparing to
drive the insurgents out. The recently
purchased naval transport Alava sen,
to Rigay, in the gulf of Liberate. for
Spanish prisoners. has returned here
bringing 500 persons. including priests,
officers, soldiers and civilians and ten
Americans.
Otis Sends Messages.
Washington. March 3-Three cable
messages from Gen. Otis We're received
at the war department. one contain
ing long list of casualties among the
troops in the Philippines since the last
report. A second announced the ar
rival at Manila of a government trans
port from the east coast of Tayabas
province with American and 40 Span
ish soldiers recently relieved from cap
tivity among the insurgents.
The third message stated that since
the recent opening to commerce of the
island ports. $4,000 tons of hemp and TO-
600 bales of tobacco had been received
at Manila and that large shipments of
the commodities named will soon be
made to the United States and other
countries. The fact that Gen. Otis has
not reported any military operations
since the departure of Gen. Bates eN-
petition to southern Luzon to complete
the plan of opening the hemp ports in
that quarter is accepted by war depart
ment officials as an indication that the
campaign is progressing satisfactorily
and that our forces have not met with
any serious opposition by the insur-
gents in recent movements.
Insurrection Almost Over.
The officials are confident that the
backbone of the instruction is broken
and that there will be no further hos
tilities on large scale and that affairs
in the archipelago will be in fairly good
shape by the time of the arrival of the
Philippine civil commission about the
middle of May for the proposed trans
fer of governmental control from the
military to the civil authorities.
Otis Coming Home.
Gen. Otis is expected to return to the
United States on leave of absence soon
after the arrival of the Philippine com
mission. Ii is desirable that he should
meet the commission and give it the
benefit of his knowledge of affairs in
the Philippines.