The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-22
PUNISHING THE REBELS.
Brisk Fighting by the Forty-sixth
Infantry in LiIZOn-

Infantry in LaIZun.
The Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry is
giving a good account Of itself The al
most raw troops won three hotly con-
tested fights. January Is and 20 driving
the insurgents from one point to another.
and inflicting a heavy Icos on them. A
battalion Of the Forty-sixtl under Major
johnson, which is attached n Wheaton's
brigade. struck the enemy AT Balayang
January Is driving them through that
place. capturing seventeen rifles and
field piece.
The insurgents retreated to Calaca
where they made a determined stand. but
were routed. losing three killed, four
prisoners four horses and equipments,
and six rifles. At Lemery the enemy again
offered resistance. losing three men and
six horses and their outpost.
The insurgents were so strongly in
trenched at Lemery that Major Johnson
sent a gunboat to Batangas for re-enforce-
ments. Major Muir. with three companies
Of the Thirty eighth Volunteer Infantry,
went to Johnson's assistance, and the enc
my fell back to Taal, the insurgents
headquarters.
Johnson attacked from the south and
Muir from the north, dispensing the enc
my in all direction, capturing four field
pieces and a quantity Of rifles. Johnson
lost one man killed, one seriously. and two
slightly wounded.
General Schwan is advancing on Santa
Cruz, Laguna de Bay, where the enemy
is reported in large numbers and heavily
entrenched. A big battle is expected.
-afE n
menJ as follows:
Adiutaut General, Washington:
Major johnson. commanding Battalion Forty
sixth Infantry, Wheatons Brigade, reports from
Lamey, 18th and 2Oth instant. drove enemy
through Bal1yang eastward ron ing 18th. cap
turing seventeen rifles, one field plecei few hours
later through CalacI. captured four prisoners.
four horses and equipments. six rifles, killed
three insurg nts; advanced toward Lemery that
afternoon. captured enemv's outpost, three men,
six horses: advanced on Lomery 8 O'Clock p. M,
enemy strongly eutreuched, sent by uavy gum
/ boat 90 Bstangas S'r assistance when three com
plnics Mur's Battalion Thirtv-g ShJh sent 20
/ Taal insurgcnt hcadQusrters johnson drove one-
| my through Lcmery on Ts1l. whC-r hc alta .scd
! southern portion Of city and Muir northern por-
tion. enemy dispersed. TctrCatinE IN many tl-
! rectons; Johnson's casualties one man hiI,J
| one seriously and two slightly wounded, four
/ field pieces and quantity rifles captured, this
| movement 81 J0hnson's ably conducted and i'm
VoTtant In results; enemy reported i'm large force
/ ard heavily entrenched ~ aaS near Santa Cruz.
| Laguna De Bay; Schwan swinging his troops on
/ that point. his left n town of BAY few mites
east Calsmha, his right consisting Of cavalry at
/ City of Tayahas. OTIS.
General Otis cabled the War Department
today the following list Of recent casual
! ties:
Manila, January d. 1910.
/ Adiutnlt General, Washington;
p.JthS-Nareall- December 2S. John Cooling,
! n. Thirteenth Infantry; SISt. Everett Bsr..r g.;
/ January l3. S>k F. Thirty-tlitd Infantry; jy~,a-
I tor,- 10Th. John c. Battsrf. b. Twenty -fhiri lu
/ faury, nth. William Brady. N. Ninth Infantry
/ 10th. James Ross. J.. Ilirty-ffth Infantry
| 18th William NcqulGe, sergeant G.. Trrd A.
Jiilcry; chronic di1Uh0eg, l4,h. Frank House. r.
Fourth Infantry; rupture Of aortio saurri-u. 18th,
/ George Gatevaod. *. Tvcuty-aHh lIiautry
! wounds iu action. l2th. Peter Madden. q. Fourth
/ Cavalry; 18th Charles SinglDn8r. G.. Eleventh
| Cavalry; found IN Bicagu0 BautistG. Lr1uu. raS-
/ cred with iugiscd wounds. c.h, J.-.. 1 tri-pi.
] musician. A. Seventeenth Infantry. tuberculosis.
/ 10th. Robert Mills. corporal T. Eleventh Cavalry
/ pneumonia, Bart Meyers, g.. Twenty s-uiu'g Iu-
] iantry; Broncho-pUUmonia, 18th. Walter Harris,
/ p. FouiCh Infantry. Curslut. accidental I2th.
| Clarence B4raia, corporal NJ, Twguty--ryeu-H Iu-
/ iaHtry. OTIS.